6′1″ · 215 lb · Clarksville, TX
Tyler Hayes: S · Massachusetts · #30.
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Tyler Hayes
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his second year in the same secondary at Massachusetts. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Liberty — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Massachusetts | 49 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 53 | 30 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 |
| Career | 102 | 53 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-15vs Duquesne | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 21-55@ Boston College | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-34@ Georgia Southern | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-63@ Florida International | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-31vs Charlotte | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 42-58@ Ohio | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 42-58vs South Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-24vs Coastal Carolina | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 22-17@ UConn | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 62-59vs Liberty | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 16-35vs BYU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-66@ No. 5 Georgia | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 23 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
49tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL49 tackles · 3 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Mark Whipple, all balanced offenses — 8-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Whipple
Pass share
50.7%
413 pass / 402 run
Plays / game
67.9
12 games
Team sack rate
8.5%
459 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Massachusetts, 102 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Whipple.
