Player Dossier

2012-2016

Oklahoma State

Austin Hays

WR • 6'2" • San Antonio, TX, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Austin Hays reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

17

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

24

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Oklahoma State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Oklahoma State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Savannah St

Player Story

Austin Hays built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Austin Hays' career was his receiving role:...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8326

Landry-Walker · New Orleans, LA

Committed To
Hawai'i
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Austin Hays, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Postseason · Oklahoma State. Austin Hays reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
790
Receptions
71
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Austin Hays quick answers

Latest team and position
Oklahoma State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
790
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 31 games
Best season
2012 Postseason · Oklahoma State
Top game
Savannah St
Recruit profile
3-star · Landry-Walker · Hawai'i
High school pipeline
Landry-Walker · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 17 · Class 2016
2016 Receiving yards rank
131 receiving yards · WR 545th (top 56%) · Big 12 65th (top 41%) · National 777th (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 PostseasonOklahoma State10425069.4
2012 Regular SeasonOklahoma State1025369269.4
2013 Regular SeasonOklahoma State118042.4
2014 Regular SeasonOklahoma State4957042.4
2015 Regular SeasonOklahoma State1122200254
2016 PostseasonOklahoma State5319050.3
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma State57112150.3

Related Context

Austin Hays played WR for Oklahoma State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Austin Hays recorded 41 passing yards, 790 receiving yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Oklahoma State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2012 Postseason

Oklahoma State paired 394 primary output with 80.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 41.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kansas

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

Games

4

Receiving Yards / G

14.3

Efficiency

41.7

Usage

12

Consistency

73.4

Best Game by takeover score

Kansas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Missouri State: 21. UTSA: 13. Kansas: 21. West Virginia: 2

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. Missouri State: 3 by 46.7. UTSA: 2 by 43.3. Kansas: 2 by 70. West Virginia: 2 by 6.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins18.3 · Games = 3 · +16.3 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 1 · -16.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Kansas

Best efficiency game

70 vs Kansas

Result
Sat 10/25vs West VirginiaL 10-34221103
Sat 10/11@ KansasW 27-2022110.510.50011
Sat 9/13vs UTSAW 43-132136.56.5008
Sat 9/6vs Missouri StateW 40-2332177015

Player Story

Austin Hays story

Austin Hays built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a wide receiver from San Antonio, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Austin Hays' career was his receiving role: 71 catches, 790 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 41 passing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Austin Hays' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Oklahoma State

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201220132014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 PostseasonOklahoma State39480.511.9
2012 Regular SeasonOklahoma State39480.511.90
2013 Regular SeasonOklahoma State853.34.3-386
2014 Regular SeasonOklahoma State5741.71249
2015 Regular SeasonOklahoma State20067.57.9143
2016 PostseasonOklahoma State13178.99.7-69
2016 Regular SeasonOklahoma State13178.99.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Savannah St

Week 1 · W 84-0

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

77

Receiving Yards

86.4 takeover

77 receiving yards with a 64.2 efficiency score.

#2

@ Kansas State

Week 10 · L 30-44 · Conference game

81

Receiving Yards

83.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

81 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Kansas State

Week 10 · W 43-37 · Conference game

59

Receiving Yards

78.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Kansas

Week 7 · W 27-20 · Conference game

21

Receiving Yards

69.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

21 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.

#5

vs West Virginia

Week 11 · W 55-34 · Conference game

49

Receiving Yards

68.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

49 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2012 Postseason · Oklahoma State

394 primary output · 80.5 efficiency · 11.9 usage

69.4

#2

2012 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

69.4

394 primary · 80.5 efficiency · 11.9 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Oklahoma State

54

200 primary · 67.5 efficiency · 7.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games