Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024Kentucky
Maxwell Hairston
DB • 6'1" • 186 lbs • West Bloomfield, MI, USA
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Maxwell Hairston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
87
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
77
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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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
- 4
- Program Path
- Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Player Story
Maxwell Hairston built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from West Bloomfield, MI wearing No. 1, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Maxwell Hairston's career was his...
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- Committed To
- New Mexico
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2026
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 1 · Pick 30
- Overall
- No. 30
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
Maxwell Hairston, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Kentucky. Maxwell Hairston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 87
- TFL
- 2.5
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 10
- Touchdowns
- 6
Quick Answers
Maxwell Hairston quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kentucky · DB
- Career Tackles
- 87
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Kentucky
- Top game
- Vanderbilt
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Crete-Monee · New Mexico
- High school pipeline
- Crete-Monee · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 1 · Pick 30 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- No. 1 · Junior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DB 457th (top 47%) · SEC 268th (top 37%) · National 2,129th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 13 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 59.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 13 | 63 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 6 | 4 | 59.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 | 44.6 |
Related Context
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Maxwell Hairston played DB for Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Maxwell Hairston recorded 87 tackles and 6 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Kentucky paired 12.5 primary output with 30.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Kentucky
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
29.9
Usage
5.6
Consistency
46.2
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 2. Georgia: 0. Ohio: 1. Texas: 1. Louisville: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 3 by 32.5. Georgia: 4 by 16.7. Ohio: 1 by 14.2. Texas: 7 by 39.2. Louisville: 4 by 46.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 4 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Louisville
Player Story
Maxwell Hairston story
Maxwell Hairston built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive back from West Bloomfield, MI wearing No. 1, spending time with Kentucky. The clearest part of Maxwell Hairston's career was his defensive production: 87 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 6 interceptions across 19 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Kentucky. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Maxwell Hairston's production has multiple signals. With 19 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Kentucky.
The arc is straightforward: Maxwell Hairston moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Kentucky
2021-2024
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kentucky | 0 | 8.3 | 2.2 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Kentucky | 12.5 | 30.8 | 6.4 | 12.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kentucky | 12.5 | 30.8 | 6.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Kentucky | 7 | 29.9 | 5.6 | -5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Vanderbilt
Week 4 · W 45-28 · Conference game
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#2
vs South Carolina
Week 2 · L 6-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Louisville
Week 14 · L 14-41
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Havoc Plays
57.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.
#4
@ Georgia
Week 6 · L 13-51 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
54.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Florida
Week 5 · W 33-14 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
47.8 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Kentucky
12.5 primary output · 30.8 efficiency · 6.4 usage
59.6
#2
2023 Regular Season · Kentucky
59.6
12.5 primary · 30.8 efficiency · 6.4 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Kentucky
44.6
7 primary · 29.9 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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