Player Dossier

2012-2015

Arkansas State

Rocky Hayes

DB • 5'11" • Heflin, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Rocky Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive back

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Reliability

77

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Arkansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arkansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Idaho

Player Story

Rocky Hayes built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a defensive back from Heflin, AL wearing No. 3, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Rocky Hayes' career was his backfield work: 554...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.7783

Cleburne County · Heflin, AL

Committed To
Arkansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Rocky Hayes, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Arkansas State. Rocky Hayes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Rocky Hayes quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas State · DB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Arkansas State
Top game
Idaho
Recruit profile
2-star · Cleburne County · Arkansas State
High school pipeline
Cleburne County · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 3 · Class 2015

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 PostseasonArkansas State130-0--050
2012 Regular SeasonArkansas State130-0--350
2013 Regular SeasonArkansas State40-0--045.8
2014 PostseasonArkansas State40-0--010
2014 Regular SeasonArkansas State40-0--010
2015 Regular SeasonArkansas State60-0--065.1

Related Context

Rocky Hayes played DB for Arkansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Rocky Hayes recorded 554 rushing yards, 41 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Arkansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Arkansas State paired 6 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2015 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Idaho

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · Arkansas State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

75.2

Best Game by takeover score

Idaho

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 1. Idaho: 2. South Alabama: 0. App State: 1. UL Monroe: 1. Texas State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Idaho

Best efficiency game

40 vs Idaho

Result
Sat 12/5vs Texas StateW 55-171
Sat 11/14@ UL MonroeW 59-211
Fri 11/6@ App StateW 40-271
Wed 10/14@ South AlabamaW 49-31
Sat 10/3vs IdahoSplash gameW 49-352
Sat 9/12vs MissouriL 20-271

Player Story

Rocky Hayes story

Rocky Hayes built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a defensive back from Heflin, AL wearing No. 3, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Rocky Hayes' career was his backfield work: 554 rushing yards, 61 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 41 receiving yards across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2012 with Arkansas State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 41 receiving yards and 491 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arkansas State.

The arc is straightforward: Rocky Hayes moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Arkansas State

    2012-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220122013201420142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 PostseasonArkansas State00
2012 Regular SeasonArkansas State000
2013 Regular SeasonArkansas State3153
2014 PostseasonArkansas State15-2
2014 Regular SeasonArkansas State150
2015 Regular SeasonArkansas State6205

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Idaho

Week 5 · W 49-35 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#2

vs Louisiana

Week 9 · L 7-23 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Idaho

Week 7 · W 48-24

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Troy

Week 3 · W 41-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs Montana State

Week 1 · W 37-10

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Arkansas State

6 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

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#2

2012 Postseason · Arkansas State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Arkansas State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games