Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2021-2022Kansas State
Josh Hayes
S • 6'0" • 189 lbs • Lakeland, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Josh Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
78
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
86
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Kansas State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Virginia • Kansas State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Player Story
Josh Hayes built his college career from 2021 through 2022 as a safety from Lakeland, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Kansas State and Virginia. The clearest part of Josh Hayes' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- North Dakota State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2023
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 4
- Overall
- No. 181
- NFL Team
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Josh Hayes, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Kansas State. Josh Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 62
- TFL
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Josh Hayes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kansas State · S
- Career Tackles
- 62
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Kansas State
- Top game
- Iowa State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Lake Gibson · North Dakota State
- High school pipeline
- Lake Gibson · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2023 · Round 6 · Pick 4 · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 61 tackles · S 65th (top 13%) · Big 12 31st (top 7%) · National 353rd (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 49.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 11 | 61 | 5.5 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 66.1 |
Related Context
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Josh Hayes played S for Virginia and Kansas State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Josh Hayes recorded 62 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Kansas State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Kansas State paired 12.5 primary output with 34.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 34.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Virginia, Kansas State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Kansas State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
34.5
Usage
6.9
Consistency
72.2
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 2. Tulane: 1. Oklahoma: 0.5. Texas Tech: 1. Iowa State: 2. TCU: 1. Oklahoma State: 2. Texas: 1. Baylor: 1. West Virginia: 1. Kansas: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Missouri: 4 by 36.7. Tulane: 4 by 26.7. Oklahoma: 8 by 38.3. Texas Tech: 7 by 39.2. Iowa State: 11 by 65.8. TCU: 6 by 35. Oklahoma State: 2 by 28.3. Texas: 7 by 39.2. Baylor: 5 by 30.8. West Virginia: 1 by 14.2. Kansas: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 8 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Iowa State
Best efficiency game
65.8 vs Iowa State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | vs Kansas | W 47-27 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ West Virginia | W 48-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | @ Baylor | W 31-3 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Texas | L 27-34 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Oklahoma StateSplash game | W 48-0 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/23 | @ TCU | L 28-38 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Iowa State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 10-9 | 11 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Texas Tech | W 37-28 | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | @ Oklahoma | W 41-34 | 8 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Tulane | L 10-17 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs MissouriSplash game | W 40-12 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Josh Hayes story
Josh Hayes built his college career from 2021 through 2022 as a safety from Lakeland, FL wearing No. 1, spending time with Kansas State and Virginia. The clearest part of Josh Hayes' career was his defensive production: 62 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 7 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Kansas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Josh Hayes' production has multiple signals. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kansas State and Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Josh Hayes moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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Virginia
2021
Opening stop
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Kansas State
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Virginia | 1 | 14.2 | 9.2 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kansas State | 12.5 | 34.5 | 6.9 | 11.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Iowa State
Week 6 · W 10-9 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Missouri
Week 2 · W 40-12
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Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Louisville
Week 6 · W 34-33 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Oklahoma State
Week 9 · W 48-0 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
60.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Texas Tech
Week 5 · W 37-28 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
50.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Kansas State
12.5 primary output · 34.5 efficiency · 6.9 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · Virginia
49.7
1 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 9.2 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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