#10

Hayden Pittman

Senior tight end for UAB. 2021: 22 catches, 192 receiving yards, 1 TD.

TE · UAB · Sr. · #10

6′4″ · 230 lb · Spanish Fort, AL

CFB Index 39 · #86 of 119 TEsMedium-low confidenceUAB 2021 alumnus

The story

4 tight end for UAB. 2021: 22 catches, 192 receiving yards, 1 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at UAB, 736 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20209 games

All-Conference USAsecond

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

UAB

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 2ND TEAM

All-Conference USA 2nd team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Bill Clark

UAB

Played his entire career under Bill Clark.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Bill Clark — 43-20 over that span.

2017UAB8-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2018UAB11-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2019UAB9-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #86 of 119?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: yards / catch (13th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#137 / 655 · 79th pct

84.6%

EPA / target#435 / 655 · 34th pct

0.52

TD rate#453 / 655 · 30th pct

3.8%

Explosive rate#512 / 655 · 21st pct

7.7%

Yards / catch#570 / 655 · 13th pct

8.7

Box-score rates (6)

Fumbles lost#1 / 39 · 78th pct

Receptions#60 / 146 · 58th pct

Long catch#80 / 146 · 44th pct

Rec yards#90 / 146 · 38th pct

192

Rec TDs#103 / 146 · 19th pct

Yards / catch#124 / 146 · 15th pct

8.7

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

45th → 34th percentile

Explosive rate

30th → 21st percentile

Catch rate

45th → 79th percentile

TD rate

25th → 30th percentile

Yards / catch

38th → 13th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.8	18.5	10.4	0.2
Road7g	1.7	15.6	9.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.6	18.1	11.6	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	14.0	6.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #86 of 119 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	UAB	22	192	8.7	1	--
2020	UAB	19	227	11.9	1	--
2019	UAB	19	132	6.9	2	--
2018	UAB	8	66	8.2	0	--
2017	UAB	9	119	13.2	2	--
Career		77	736	9.6	6	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.73Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 32 yds to the JaxSt 43 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · UTEP · 3&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 4 yds for a TD, (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 10 · Louisiana Tech · 2&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 25 yds to the LaTch 36 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · North Texas · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.34Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 17 yds to the UAB 46 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UTSA · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.59Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 6 yds to the UAB 36 for a 1ST down UT SAN ANTONIO Penalty, Defensive offside ( Yards) declined for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Florida Atlantic · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.28Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 15 yds to the FlAtl 45 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Florida Atlantic · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.14Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 15 yds Hayden Pittman fumbled, forced by Caliph Brice, recovered by UAB for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 2&9 · Q4 · EPA -0.78Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Hayden Pittman for no gain to the JaxSt 31
Week 10 · Louisiana Tech · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.73Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 1 yd to the LaTch 35
Week 2 · Georgia · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.28Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 6 yds to the Geo 36

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-0@ Jacksonville State	2	32	16.0	0	32	Season-high 32 yds
Wk 2	L 7-56@ Georgia	2	11	5.5	0	6
Wk 3	W 40-6@ North Texas	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 4	W 28-21@ Tulane	2	18	9.0	0	13
Wk 5	L 12-36vs Liberty	1	9	9.0	0	9
Wk 6	W 31-14vs Florida Atlantic	2	30	15.0	0	15
Wk 7	W 34-0@ Southern Miss	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 10	W 52-38vs Louisiana Tech	2	26	13.0	0	25
Wk 11	W 21-14@ Marshall	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 12	L 31-34@ UTSA	3	18	6.0	0	6
Wk 13	W 42-25vs UTEP	2	9	4.5	1	5
Total		19	183	9.8	1	32

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

Hayden Pittman

20209 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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