Last confirmed: Rutgers, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 201 lb · Upper Marlboro, MD · Dr. Henry Wise
Damon Hayes: DB · Rutgers · #22.
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Damon Hayes
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Damon Hayes has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Rutgers. On tape: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Penn State, Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-21vs Massachusetts | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 0-30@ No. 20 Iowa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 16-30vs Boston College | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 0-52@ No. 20 Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-48vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-35@ Indiana | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-34vs Liberty | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-38@ Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-27vs Michigan State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 6-27@ No. 12 Penn State | 6 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 30 | 19 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
20%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
30tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%2 TFL30 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nunzio Campanile
Pass share
38.2%
278 pass / 450 run
Plays / game
60.7
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
315 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Rutgers, 159 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 42 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Chris Ash, Nunzio Campanile, and Greg Schiano. Multi-era developmental context.
