Player Dossier

2022-2025

Nevada

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.

Usage / Role

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Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

8

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.877

McQueen · Reno, NV

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

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonCalifornia514140030.1
2023 Regular SeasonNevada411210210061.4
2024 Regular SeasonNevada3291910042.4
2025 Regular SeasonNevada21091030.5

Related Context

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

2022 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 100 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: Arizona

Win with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · California

Games

5

Scrimmage Yards / G

2.8

Efficiency

100

Usage

0.4

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Arizona

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 14. USC: 0. Oregon State: 0. Stanford: 0. UCLA: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins7 · Games = 2 · +7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Arizona

Best efficiency game

100 vs Arizona

Result
Fri 11/25vs UCLAL 28-35
Sat 11/19vs StanfordW 27-20
Sun 11/13@ Oregon StateL 10-38
Sun 11/6@ USCL 35-41
Sat 9/24vs ArizonaW 49-3111414014

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. 1

    California

    2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Nevada

    2023-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonCalifornia141000.4
2023 Regular SeasonNevada11233.716.398
2024 Regular SeasonNevada2974.72.4-83
2025 Regular SeasonNevada1029.94.6-19

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

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150+ scrimmage yards

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2+ TD games