Tight end for Maryland. 2016: 4 catches, 17 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′5″ · 240 lb · Salisbury, MD
The story
2017 tight end for Maryland. 2016: 4 catches, 17 receiving yards, 1 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearDerrick Hayward
Derrick Hayward has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Maryland. The receipt on tape: 9 rec yds, 1 receptions against Florida International, Week 2, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Maryland, 52 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Randy Edsall → D.J. Durkin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2016
W 28–17
1 rec · 5 yds
With P. Hills — 200 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 65.0 · 20 rush yds (7 car) · T. Johnson — 115 rush yds (9 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 41-14@ Florida International | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 9 | Season-high 9 yds |
| Wk 3 | W 30-24@ UCF | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-17vs Michigan State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bowl | L 30-36@ Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 1 | 9 |