#81

Hayden Hurst

Former tight end at South Carolina. 2017: 44 catches, 559 receiving yards, 2 TD.

TE · South Carolina · #81

6′5″ · 250 lb · Jacksonville, FL

Baltimore — drafted 2018, Rd 1, Pick 25, #25 overall

The story

Former tight end at South Carolina. 2017: 44 catches, 559 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Drafted round 1 by the Baltimore in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at South Carolina, 1,281 receiving yards — drafted at #25 overall by Baltimore.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2018

Drafted by Baltimoreround 1, pick 25

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

South Carolina

2015–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R1 · #25

Baltimore · 2018

Coaching lineage · 2015–2017

2 coaches

2015

Steve Spurrier

South Carolina

2016–2017

Will Muschamp

South Carolina

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Spurrier → Will Muschamp. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

BaltimoreEntering 9th NFL season

#25Rd 1 · Pick 25

BaltimoreEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015South Carolina3-9HC: Steve Spurrier · Run-leaning

2016South Carolina6-7HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2017South Carolina9-4HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (94th percentile). Strength: long catch (93rd percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rec yards#6 / 96 · 94th pct

559

Long catch#7 / 96 · 93rd pct

Receptions#9 / 96 · 91st pct

Rush yards#3 / 15 · 83rd pct

Rush TDs#2 / 15 · 80th pct

Yards / catch#37 / 96 · 61st pct

12.7

Rec TDs#51 / 96 · 39th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home9g	3.1	35.7	11.6	0.1
Road4g	4.0	59.5	16.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.8	42.2	15.5	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	44.2	9.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	South Carolina	44	559	12.7	2	--
2016	South Carolina	48	616	12.8	1	--
2015	South Carolina	8	106	13.2	0	--
Career		100	1,281	12.8	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2017

W 26–19

vs Michigan

-6 rush yds (2 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Charlton — 38 AVG · 50 LONG · 8 NO · J. Bentley — 239 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 33.4 · -1 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-28vs NC State	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Wk 2	W 31-13@ Missouri	3	69	23.0	1	39
Wk 3	L 13-23vs Kentucky	4	39	9.8	0	19
Wk 4	W 17-16vs Louisiana Tech	3	39	13.0	0	18
Wk 5	L 17-24@ Texas A&M	6	76	12.7	0	27
Wk 6	W 48-22vs Arkansas	2	76	38.0	1	62
Wk 7	W 15-9@ Tennessee	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 9	W 34-27vs Vanderbilt	4	31	7.8	0	16
Wk 10	L 10-24@ Georgia	7	93	13.3	0	35	Season-high 93 yds
Wk 11	W 28-20vs Florida	5	59	11.8	0	23
Wk 12	W 31-10vs Wofford	3	10	3.3	0	6
Wk 13	L 10-34vs Clemson	3	28	9.3	0	16
Bowl	W 26-19vs Michigan	3	41	13.7	0	23
Total		44	559	12.8	2	62

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology