Dayon Hayes

DE • 6'3" • 264 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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Dayon Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.

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Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

Solid production for an edge defender

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Reliability

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

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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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Class 2020 · Rating 0.9001

Westinghouse · Pittsburgh, PA

Committed To: Pittsburgh
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2020

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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%)

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.

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