Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Nevada
Hayden McDonald
DB • 5'8" • 177 lbs • Seattle, WA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Hayden McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
24
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
18
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
32
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Nevada
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Player Story
Hayden McDonald built his college career in 2025 as a defensive back from Seattle, WA wearing No. 22, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Hayden McDonald's career was his defensive production: 35 tackles...
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- Committed To
- Columbia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Hayden McDonald, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Nevada. Hayden McDonald shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 35
- TFL
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Hayden McDonald quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · DB
- Career Tackles
- 35
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- Fresno State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · O'Dea · Columbia
- High school pipeline
- O'Dea · 32 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 35 tackles · DB 258th (top 27%) · Mountain West 90th (top 18%) · National 1,115th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 11 | 35 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.2 |
Related Context
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Hayden McDonald played DB for Nevada. Across 1 tracked season, Hayden McDonald recorded 35 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Nevada paired 0.5 primary output with 13.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.0
Efficiency
13.7
Usage
2.6
Consistency
3
Best Game by takeover score
Fresno State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 0. Sacramento State: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Fresno State: 0.5. San Diego State: 0. New Mexico: 0. Boise State: 0. Utah State: 0. San José State: 0. Wyoming: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 7 by 29.2. Sacramento State: 3 by 12.5. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 16.7. Western Kentucky: 5 by 20.8. Fresno State: 2 by 13.3. San Diego State: 2 by 8.3. New Mexico: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 4 by 16.7. San José State: 3 by 12.5. Wyoming: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 8 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Fresno State
Best efficiency game
29.2 vs Penn State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ Wyoming | W 13-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs San José State | W 55-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Utah State | L 14-51 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Boise State | L 3-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/19 | @ New Mexico | L 22-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/12 | vs San Diego State | L 10-44 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/5 | @ Fresno State | L 17-20 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Western Kentucky | L 16-31 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Middle Tennessee | L 13-14 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Sacramento State | W 20-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Penn State | L 11-46 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Hayden McDonald story
Hayden McDonald built his college career in 2025 as a defensive back from Seattle, WA wearing No. 22, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Hayden McDonald's career was his defensive production: 35 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Hayden McDonald's 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
Nevada
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Regular Season | Nevada | 0.5 | 13.7 | 2.6 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 66 Fresno State
Week 6 · L 17-20 · Conference game
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5
Havoc Plays
31.7 takeover
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 31.7 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 15 Penn State
Week 1 · L 11-46 · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
22 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 22 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 69 Western Kentucky
Week 4 · L 16-31
0
Havoc Plays
17.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.5 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 127 Middle Tennessee
Week 3 · L 13-14
0
Havoc Plays
15.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.6 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 118 San José State
Week 12 · W 55-10 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
12.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Nevada
0.5 primary output · 13.7 efficiency · 2.6 usage
22.2
Milestones
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Impact games
0
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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