Breon Hayward: LB · UTEP · #17.
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Breon Hayward
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Second year in the same linebacker corps at UTEP. First career honor, 2021: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 14 tackles against North Texas — Week 11, 2021.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
87 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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 this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-3@ New Mexico State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 38-28vs Bethune-Cookman | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-54@ Boise State | 9 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-21vs Old Dominion | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 26-13@ Southern Miss | 8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-3vs Louisiana Tech | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-28@ Florida Atlantic | 14 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 23-44vs No. 16 UTSA | 9 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-20@ North Texas | 14 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-28vs Rice | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 25-42@ UAB | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 87 | 48 | 5.0 | 1.5 | — | 3 |
Week 1 · 2021
W 38-28
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Edged out Bethune-Cookman at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
98tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%6 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups98 tackles · 6 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Dana Dimel, all run-leaning offenses — 10-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 8.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 10.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dana Dimel
Pass share
43.9%
365 pass / 466 run
Plays / game
69.2
12 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
340 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at UTEP, 115 tackles — the college career is complete.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM
All-Conference USA 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Doc Holliday and Dana Dimel.
