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.
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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%)
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.
Recognition
Honors
- 20232023 Coaches All-SEC · official_conference_selectionsecond
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