Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Texas A&M
Dayon Hayes
DE • 6'3" • 264 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dayon Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
61
Solid production for an edge defender
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Pittsburgh • Colorado • Texas A&M
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Player Story
Dayon Hayes built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive end from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 50, spending time with Colorado, Pittsburgh, and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Dayon Hayes' career was...
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- Committed To
- Pittsburgh
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Dayon Hayes, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh. Dayon Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 110
- TFL
- 34
- Sacks
- 18.5
- QB hurries
- 15
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Dayon Hayes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas A&M · DE
- Career Tackles
- 110
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
- Top game
- Boston College
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Westinghouse · Pittsburgh
- High school pipeline
- Westinghouse · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 50 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 17 tackles · DE 119th (top 42%) · SEC 272nd (top 36%) · National 2,257th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | - | - | 0 | 48.8 |
| 2021 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2022 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 12 | 45 | 10.5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 64.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado | 4 | 16 | 3.5 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 35.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 11 | 17 | 4 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 42.5 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Dayon Hayes
Dayon Hayes played DE for Pittsburgh, Colorado, and Texas A&M. Across 6 tracked seasons, Dayon Hayes recorded 110 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Pittsburgh.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Pittsburgh paired 24.5 primary output with 33.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Pittsburgh, Colorado, Texas A&M.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Auburn
Win with 3 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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2025 Regular Season · Texas A&M
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
19.6
Usage
5.3
Consistency
46.5
Best Game by takeover score
Auburn
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 0. Utah State: 1.5. Notre Dame: 1. Auburn: 3. Florida: 2. Arkansas: 1. LSU: 1. Missouri: 0. South Carolina: 3. Samford: 1. Texas: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTSA: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 3 by 27.5. Notre Dame: 1 by 14.2. Auburn: 3 by 42.5. Florida: 2 by 28.3. Arkansas: 2 by 18.3. LSU: 1 by 14.2. Missouri: 2 by 8.3. South Carolina: 1 by 34.2. Samford: 0 by 10. Texas: 0 by 10
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.4 · Games = 10 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · -0.4 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
Auburn
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs Auburn
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Texas | L 17-27 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Samford | W 48-0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs South CarolinaSplash game | W 31-30 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Missouri | W 38-17 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ LSU | W 49-25 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Arkansas | W 45-42 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs FloridaSplash game | W 34-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs AuburnSplash game | W 16-10 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Notre Dame | W 41-40 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Utah State | W 44-22 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs UTSA | W 42-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Dayon Hayes story
Dayon Hayes built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive end from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 50, spending time with Colorado, Pittsburgh, and Texas A&M. The clearest part of Dayon Hayes' career was his defensive production: 110 tackles, 34 tackles for loss, 18.5 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 45 career games in the available record. That gives Dayon Hayes' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Pittsburgh
2020-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Colorado
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Texas A&M
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 5 | 31.3 | 9.7 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 15 | 19.7 | 5.5 | 10 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 15 | 19.7 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Pittsburgh | 9 | 22.8 | 9.9 | -6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 9 | 22.8 | 9.9 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Pittsburgh | 24.5 | 33.5 | 9.9 | 15.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Colorado | 5.5 | 30.4 | 8.3 | -19 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 14.5 | 19.6 | 5.3 | 9 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Boston College
Week 12 · W 24-16 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
8
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
8 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Miami
Week 13 · W 42-16 · Conference game
8
Havoc Plays
90.3 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
8 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.
#3
@ Colorado State
Week 3 · W 28-9
4.5
Havoc Plays
87.2 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Syracuse
Week 13 · W 31-14 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Austin Peay
Week 2 · W 55-0
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Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
24.5 primary output · 33.5 efficiency · 9.9 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh
48.8
5 primary · 31.3 efficiency · 9.7 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Texas A&M
42.5
14.5 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 5.3 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
16
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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