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Player Dossier
2012-2016Oklahoma 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.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
13
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
44
Limited ceiling signals so far
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 10 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 69.4 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 10 | 25 | 369 | 2 | 69.4 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 42.4 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 4 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 42.4 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 11 | 22 | 200 | 2 | 54 |
| 2016 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 5 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 50.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 5 | 7 | 112 | 1 | 50.3 |
Related Context
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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
2015 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 67.5 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: Texas Tech
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2015 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
18.2
Efficiency
67.5
Usage
7.9
Consistency
71.3
Best Game by takeover score
Texas Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 14. Central Arkansas: 16. UTSA: 20. Texas: 8. Kansas State: 32. West Virginia: 13. Kansas: 19. Texas Tech: 30. TCU: 13. Baylor: 16. Oklahoma: 19
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. Central Michigan: 2 by 46.7. Central Arkansas: 1 by 100. UTSA: 2 by 66.7. Texas: 2 by 26.7. Kansas State: 5 by 42.7. West Virginia: 2 by 43.3. Kansas: 2 by 63.3. Texas Tech: 3 by 66.7. TCU: 1 by 86.7. Baylor: 1 by 100. Oklahoma: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins18.3 · Games = 9 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses17.5 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Texas Tech
Best efficiency game
100 vs Oklahoma
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/29 | vs Oklahoma | L 23-58 | — | 1 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| Sun 11/22 | vs Baylor | L 35-45 | — | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Sat 11/7 | vs TCU | W 49-29 | — | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Texas Tech | W 70-53 | — | 3 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Kansas | W 58-10 | — | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 0 | 10 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ West Virginia | W 33-26 | — | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 6.50 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Kansas State | W 36-34 | — | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 6.40 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/26 | @ Texas | W 30-27 | — | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Sat 9/19 | vs UTSA | W 69-14 | — | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Central Arkansas | W 32-8 | — | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| Thu 9/3 | @ Central Michigan | W 24-13 | — | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 394 | 80.5 | 11.9 | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 394 | 80.5 | 11.9 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 8 | 53.3 | 4.3 | -386 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 57 | 41.7 | 12 | 49 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 200 | 67.5 | 7.9 | 143 |
| 2016 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 131 | 78.9 | 9.7 | -69 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 131 | 78.9 | 9.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Savannah St
Week 1 · W 84-0
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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200 primary · 67.5 efficiency · 7.9 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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