Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Western Kentucky
Koron Hayward
LB • 6'5" • 248 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Koron Hayward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Player Story
Koron Hayward built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 34, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Koron Hayward's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Western Kentucky
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Koron Hayward, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Koron Hayward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 28
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Koron Hayward quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · LB
- Career Tackles
- 28
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Sandalwood · Western Kentucky
- High school pipeline
- Sandalwood · 34 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 34 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · LB 595th (top 47%) · Conference USA 198th (top 36%) · National 2,141st (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 5 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2025 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 55.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 9 | 15 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 55.8 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Koron Hayward
Koron Hayward played LB for Western Kentucky. Across 3 tracked seasons, Koron Hayward recorded 28 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Western Kentucky.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Western Kentucky paired 10 primary output with 19.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 19.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
19.9
Usage
6.1
Consistency
52.2
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Southern Miss: 4. Missouri State: 0. Delaware: 1. Florida International: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0. New Mexico State: 1. Middle Tennessee: 2. LSU: 0. Jacksonville State: 1
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.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Southern Miss: 4 by 56.7. Missouri State: 2 by 8.3. Delaware: 0 by 10. Florida International: 1 by 14.2. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 16.7. New Mexico State: 2 by 18.3. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 24.2. LSU: 2 by 8.3. Jacksonville State: 3 by 22.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 3 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Southern Miss
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/23 | @ Southern MissSplash game | W 27-16 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ Jacksonville State | L 34-37 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ LSU | L 10-13 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Middle TennesseeSplash game | W 42-26 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs New Mexico State | W 35-16 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 10/21 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 28-27 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/15 | vs Florida International | L 6-25 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/3 | @ Delaware | W 27-24 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Missouri State | W 27-22 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Koron Hayward story
Koron Hayward built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 34, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Koron Hayward's career was his defensive production: 28 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 15 career games in the available record. That gives Koron Hayward's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Western Kentucky
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 0 | 5.8 | 1.2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | 5.8 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 0 | 8.3 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Western Kentucky | 10 | 19.9 | 6.1 | 10 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 10 | 19.9 | 6.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 94 Southern Miss
Week 1 · W 27-16 · Postseason
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 127 Middle Tennessee
Week 12 · W 42-26 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
58.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 107 Florida International
Week 8 · L 6-25 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
42.8 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 123 New Mexico State
Week 10 · W 35-16 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
31.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.4 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 92 Jacksonville State
Week 14 · L 34-37 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
22.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 22.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Western Kentucky
10 primary output · 19.9 efficiency · 6.1 usage
55.8
#2
2025 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
55.8
10 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 6.1 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
39.4
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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