Hayden Pittman

#10 · TE · Sr. · UAB6′4″ · 230 lb · Spanish Fort, AL

Hayden Pittman: TE · UAB · #10.

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Hayden Pittman

TE · UAB · Sr · #10

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Five seasons in the UAB receiving corps to date. The first one came in 2020: All-Conference USA. One game to point at: 32 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Jacksonville State — Week 1, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	UAB	22	192	8.7	1	32
2020	UAB	19	227	11.9	1	28
2019	UAB	19	132	6.9	2	25
2018	UAB	8	66	8.2	0	19
2017	UAB	9	119	13.2	2	25
Career		77	736	9.6	6	32

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-0vs Jacksonville State	2	32	16.0	0	32	Season-high 32 yds
Wk 2	L 7-56@ No. 2 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@ No. 15 UTSA	3	18	6.0	0	6
Wk 13	W 42-25vs UTEP	2	9	4.5	1	5
Total		19	183	9.6	1	32

Signature game

Week 13 · 2021

W 42-25

vs UTEP

2 rec · 9 yds · 1 TD

With K. Greenwell — 34.7 yards per punt · 6 punts · 1 inside the 20 · D. McBride — 99 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.73Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 32 yds to the JaxSt 43 for a
Week 13 · UTEP · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.70Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 4 yds for a TD, (Matt Quinn KICK)
Week 10 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.55Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 25 yds to the LaTch 36 for a
Week 3 · North Texas · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.34Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 17 yds to the UAB 46 for a
Week 12 · UTSA · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +1.59Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 6 yds to the UAB 36 for a UT SAN ANTONIO Penalty, Defensive offside ( Yards) declined for a
Week 6 · Florida Atlantic · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.28Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 15 yds to the FlAtl 45 for a

4 more plays

Week 6 · Florida Atlantic · 3rd and 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
Week 1 · Jacksonville State · 2nd and 9 · Q4 · EPA −0.78Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Hayden Pittman for no gain to the JaxSt 31
Week 10 · Louisiana Tech · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA −0.73Dylan Hopkins pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 1 yd to the LaTch 35
Week 2 · Georgia · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +0.28Tyler Johnston III pass complete to Hayden Pittman for 6 yds to the Geo 36

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 39 (#86 of 119). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

39Below cohort / limited sample #86 of 119 · 2021?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2021. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road6g	1.7	12.8	8.4	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

2021 season

Head Coach

Bill Clark

Pass share

36.4%

285 pass / 499 run

Plays / game

65.3

12 games

Team sack rate

10.8%

334 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

22 catches in 11 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

39 · #86 of 119 TEs · 2021

Hayden Pittman

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Style of play

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

22 catches in 11 games

Five seasons at UAB

2020 9 games