Brendon Hayes: DL · UCF · #6.
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Brendon Hayes
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at UCF: Scott Frost and Josh Heupel. A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 1 sack against Cincinnati — Week 6, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 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 this player 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 62-0vs Florida A&M | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-14@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-27vs Stanford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 34-35@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-21vs UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27@ Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 41-28vs East Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 63-21@ Temple | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-29vs Houston | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 11 | L 31-34@ Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | 11 | 9.0 | 6.5 | — | 2 |
Week 10 · 2019
W 44-29
vs Houston
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Edged out Houston at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
56%9 TFLSack rate
41%6 sacksHurry rate
62%10 hurries16 tackles · 9 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
45.4%
457 pass / 549 run
Plays / game
77.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
491 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCF, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Frost → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
