Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Nevada
Ashton Hayes
RB • 6'0" • 200 lbs • Reno, NV, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Ashton Hayes leans balanced backfield option traits and 29.9 efficiency.
Impact Production
4
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
6
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Nevada
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- California • Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kansas
Player Story
Ashton Hayes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Reno, NV wearing No. 26, spending time with California and Nevada. The clearest part of Ashton Hayes' career was his backfield work:...
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- Committed To
- California
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Ashton Hayes, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Nevada. Ashton Hayes leans balanced backfield option traits and 29.9 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 165
- Rushing yards
- 144
- Receiving yards
- 21
Quick Answers
Ashton Hayes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 165
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- Kansas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · McQueen · California
- High school pipeline
- McQueen · 7 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Junior
- 2025 Scrimmage yards rank
- 10 scrimmage yards · RB 664th (top 91%) · Mountain West 203rd (top 88%) · National 2,423rd (top 88%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | California | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 30.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 4 | 112 | 102 | 10 | 0 | 61.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 3 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 42.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 30.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nevada to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 18 | Dec 2, 2025 |
| 2023 | California to Nevada | P4 to G5/FCS | 18 | Dec 30, 2022 |
Ashton Hayes played RB for California and Nevada. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ashton Hayes recorded 144 rushing yards, 21 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Nevada paired 112 primary output with 33.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 29.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across California, Nevada.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Loss with 7 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
2
Scrimmage Yards / G
5
Efficiency
29.9
Usage
4.6
Consistency
70
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 7. Middle Tennessee: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
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First Half7 · Games = 1 · +4 vs Second Half
Second Half3 · Games = 1 · -4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
31.3 vs Middle Tennessee
Player Story
Ashton Hayes story
Ashton Hayes built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Reno, NV wearing No. 26, spending time with California and Nevada. The clearest part of Ashton Hayes' career was his backfield work: 144 rushing yards, 37 carries, and 21 receiving yards across 14 career games in the available record. His career also includes 21 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 275 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Ashton 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
California
2022
Opening stop
- 2
Nevada
2023-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | California | 14 | 100 | 0.4 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 112 | 33.7 | 16.3 | 98 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 29 | 74.7 | 2.4 | -83 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 10 | 29.9 | 4.6 | -19 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kansas
Week 3 · L 24-31
Loss with 56 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
56
Scrimmage Yards
71.1 takeover
56 scrimmage yards and 19.2 usage.
#2
vs Arizona
Week 4 · W 49-31 · Conference game
14
Scrimmage Yards
68.4 takeover
Win with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
14 scrimmage yards and 1.8 usage.
#3
@ UNLV
Week 14 · L 14-38 · Conference game
19
Scrimmage Yards
60.6 takeover
Loss with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
19 scrimmage yards and 5.5 usage.
#4
@ No. 15 Penn State
Week 1 · L 11-46 · Ranked opponent
7
Scrimmage Yards
49.6 takeover
Loss with 7 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
7 scrimmage yards and 7.1 usage.
#5
vs Eastern Washington
Week 4 · W 49-16
10
Scrimmage Yards
46.8 takeover
Win with 10 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
10 scrimmage yards and 1.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Nevada
112 primary output · 33.7 efficiency · 16.3 usage
61.4
#2
2024 Regular Season · Nevada
42.4
29 primary · 74.7 efficiency · 2.4 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Nevada
30.5
10 primary · 29.9 efficiency · 4.6 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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