Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Kentucky
Josaih Hayes
DL • 6'3" • 322 lbs • Horn Lake, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Josaih Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
18
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
26
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State
Player Story
Josaih Hayes built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Horn Lake, MS wearing No. 97, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Josaih Hayes' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Josaih Hayes, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Kentucky. Josaih Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 62
- TFL
- 7.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Josaih Hayes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DL
- Career Tackles
- 62
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Kentucky
- Top game
- Mississippi State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Horn Lake · Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Horn Lake · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · DL 787th (top 73%) · SEC 440th (top 58%) · National 3,657th (top 59%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.8 |
| 2021 Postseason | Kentucky | 8 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 21.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 7 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 49.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 12 | 23 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 39.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.8 |
Related Context
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Josaih Hayes played DL for Kentucky. Across 6 tracked seasons, Josaih Hayes recorded 62 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Kentucky paired 8 primary output with 15 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 10.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
10.4
Usage
1.8
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. South Carolina: 0
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs South Carolina
Player Story
Josaih Hayes story
Josaih Hayes built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Horn Lake, MS wearing No. 97, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Josaih Hayes' career was his defensive production: 62 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Josaih 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
Kentucky
2020-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2021 Postseason | Kentucky | 3 | 11.6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 3 | 11.6 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1 | 5.6 | 0.8 | -2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 8 | 15 | 5 | 7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 2 | 19.2 | 5.9 | -6 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 10.4 | 1.8 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Mississippi State
Week 9 · L 17-31 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Louisville
Week 13 · W 38-31
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Louisville
Week 14 · L 14-41
1
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Missouri
Week 7 · L 21-38 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
53 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53 takeover score.
#5
@ Georgia
Week 6 · L 13-51 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Kentucky
8 primary output · 15 efficiency · 5 usage
49.7
#2
2023 Regular Season · Kentucky
49.7
8 primary · 15 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Kentucky
41.8
0 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 1.8 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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