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.
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- 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%)
Josaih Hayes played DL for Kentucky. Across 6 tracked seasons, Josaih Hayes recorded 62 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Kentucky.
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