Player Dossier

2023-2025

Sam Houston

Briceon Hayes

DL • 6'3" • 231 lbs • Huntsville, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Briceon Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.5

Efficiency

17.3

Consistency

10

Season Value

11.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Sam Houston

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Sam Houston • North Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Briceon Hayes, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Sam Houston. Briceon Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Sam Houston paired 0 primary output with 5.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Sam Houston, North Texas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · North Texas

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

17.3

Usage

4.5

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

San Diego State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San Diego State: 0. Unknown: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Army: 0. South Alabama: 1. South Florida: 0. UTSA: 2. Charlotte: 0. Navy: 1. Tulane: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San Diego State: 1 by 4.2. Unknown: 3 by 12.5. Western Michigan: 6 by 25. Army: 5 by 20.8. South Alabama: 4 by 26.7. South Florida: 5 by 20.8. UTSA: 4 by 36.7. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2. Navy: 2 by 18.3. Tulane: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.6 · n=7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · n=2 · -0.6 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=5 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · n=5 · +0.4 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UTSA

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs UTSA

Result
Sat 12/27@ San Diego StateW 49-4711000
Sat 12/6@ TulaneL 21-3410000
Sat 11/1vs NavyW 31-17200.500.500
Fri 10/24@ CharlotteW 54-2010000
Sat 10/18vs UTSAW 55-1744110
Fri 10/10vs South FloridaL 36-6353000
Sat 9/27vs South AlabamaW 36-2241100
Sat 9/20@ ArmyW 45-3851000
Sat 9/6@ Western MichiganW 33-3065000
Sun 8/31vs Unknown31000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Sam Houston

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    North Texas

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonSam Houston05.21
2024 PostseasonSam Houston1424.110.614
2024 Regular SeasonSam Houston1424.110.60
2025 PostseasonNorth Texas417.34.5-10
2025 Regular SeasonNorth Texas417.34.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Georgia Southern

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 56.8 takeover score.

#2

Hawai'i

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 56.8 takeover score.

#3

UTSA

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.4 takeover score.

#4

New Mexico State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.4 takeover score.

#5

Liberty

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 36 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Sam Houston

0 primary output · 5.2 efficiency · 1 usage

35.4

#2

2024 Postseason · Sam Houston

31

14 primary · 24.1 efficiency · 10.6 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Sam Houston

31

14 primary · 24.1 efficiency · 10.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8383

Huntsville · Huntsville, TX

Committed To
Sam Houston
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Career Facts

2

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

72

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 29 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
72