Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2015Southern Miss
Justice Hayes
RB • 5'10" • Flint, MI, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Justice Hayes leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.2 efficiency.
Impact Production
5
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
18
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Michigan • Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Player Story
Justice Hayes built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a running back from Flint, MI wearing No. 5, spending time with Michigan and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Justice Hayes' career was his...
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- Committed To
- Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Justice Hayes, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Michigan. Justice Hayes leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.2 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 660
- Rushing yards
- 506
- Receiving yards
- 154
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Justice Hayes quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 660
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · Michigan
- Top game
- North Texas
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Grand Blanc Community · Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Grand Blanc Community · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2015
- 2015 Scrimmage yards rank
- 253 scrimmage yards · RB 296th (top 53%) · Conference USA 90th (top 39%) · National 859th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2012 Postseason | Michigan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan | 5 | 83 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 2013 Postseason | Michigan | 6 | 21 | -1 | 22 | 0 | 30.2 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Michigan | 6 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 30.2 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan | 12 | 278 | 213 | 65 | 0 | 64.1 |
| 2015 Postseason | Southern Miss | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 47.4 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 8 | 244 | 195 | 49 | 2 | 47.4 |
Related Context
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Justice Hayes played RB for Michigan and Southern Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Justice Hayes recorded 506 rushing yards, 154 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Michigan paired 278 primary output with 53.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 36.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan, Southern Miss.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Win with 86 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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2015 Postseason · Southern Miss
Games
8
Scrimmage Yards / G
31.6
Efficiency
36.2
Usage
12
Consistency
28.3
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington: 9. Mississippi State: 30. Austin Peay: 84. Texas State: 11. North Texas: 86. Marshall: 15. UTEP: 15. Louisiana Tech: 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.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington: 7 by 13.4. Mississippi State: 7 by 31.4. Austin Peay: 11 by 68.6. Texas State: 4 by 28.6. North Texas: 16 by 56. Marshall: 4 by 44.8. UTEP: 5 by 31.3. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 15.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins39.8 · Games = 5 · +21.8 vs Losses
Losses18 · Games = 3 · -21.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
68.6 vs Austin Peay
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/26 | vs Washington | L 31-44 | 7 | 9 | 1.30 | 0 | — | — | 1.3 |
| Sat 11/28 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 58-24 | 2 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | — | — | 1.5 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs UTEP | W 34-13 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| Fri 10/9 | @ Marshall | L 10-31 | 3 | 14 | 4.70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs North Texas | W 49-14 | 16 | 86 | 5.40 | 1 | — | — | 5.4 |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Texas State | W 56-50 | 4 | 11 | 2.80 | 0 | — | — | 2.8 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Austin Peay | W 52-6 | 9 | 53 | 5.90 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 7.6 |
| Sun 9/6 | vs Mississippi State | L 16-34 | 6 | 13 | 2.20 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4.3 |
Player Story
Justice Hayes story
Justice Hayes built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a running back from Flint, MI wearing No. 5, spending time with Michigan and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Justice Hayes' career was his backfield work: 506 rushing yards, 120 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 154 receiving yards across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 154 receiving yards and 23 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Justice 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
Michigan
2011-2014
Opening stop
- 2
Southern Miss
2015
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20112012201220132013201420152015
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Postseason | Michigan | 83 | 31.1 | 6.1 | 83 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Michigan | 83 | 31.1 | 6.1 | 0 |
| 2013 Postseason | Michigan | 46 | 49 | 2.7 | -37 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Michigan | 46 | 49 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Michigan | 278 | 53.2 | 10.1 | 232 |
| 2015 Postseason | Southern Miss | 253 | 36.2 | 12 | -25 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 253 | 36.2 | 12 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs North Texas
Week 5 · W 49-14 · Conference game
Win with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
86
Scrimmage Yards
77.4 takeover
86 scrimmage yards and 26.7 usage.
#2
vs Austin Peay
Week 2 · W 52-6
84
Scrimmage Yards
75.6 takeover
Win with 84 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
84 scrimmage yards and 21.2 usage.
#3
vs Illinois
Week 7 · W 45-0 · Conference game
66
Scrimmage Yards
72.2 takeover
Win with 66 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
66 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
#4
vs Utah
Week 4 · L 10-26
44
Scrimmage Yards
67.6 takeover
Loss with 44 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
44 scrimmage yards and 9.3 usage.
#5
@ Michigan State
Week 9 · L 11-35 · Conference game
34
Scrimmage Yards
63.9 takeover
Loss with 34 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
34 scrimmage yards and 29.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · Michigan
278 primary output · 53.2 efficiency · 10.1 usage
64.1
#2
2015 Postseason · Southern Miss
47.4
253 primary · 36.2 efficiency · 12 usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Southern Miss
47.4
253 primary · 36.2 efficiency · 12 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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