#14

Hayes Linn

Defensive back on Air Force's 2016 roster.

DB · Air Force · #14

6′0″ · Cartersville, GA

Air Force 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 defensive back on Air Force's roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Air Force, 32 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Air Force

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Air Force10-3HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#513 / 2668 · 76th pct

Solo tackles#992 / 2668 · 62nd pct

Tackles#1282 / 2668 · 51st pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

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Tackles for loss#2242 / 2668 · 8th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Road3g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+3g	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Troy Calhoun

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Air Force	32	23	0.0	0.0	3	--	--
Career		32	23	0.0	0.0	3	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2016

W 27–20

vs Boise State

3 TOT · 2 SOLO

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

With S. Brosy — 40 AVG · 56 LONG · 5 NO · A. Worthman — 45 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 38.4 · 80 rush yds (26 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 37-21vs Abilene Christian	3	2	—	1
Wk 2	W 48-14vs Georgia State	4	2	—	0
Wk 4	W 27-20@ Utah State	3	2	—	2
Wk 5	W 28-14vs Navy	7	6	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 6	L 26-35@ Wyoming	2	2	—	0
Wk 7	L 40-45vs New Mexico	2	2	—	0
Wk 11	W 49-46vs Colorado State	1	1	—	0
Wk 12	W 41-38@ San José State	6	3	—	0
Wk 13	W 27-20vs Boise State	3	2	—	0
Bowl	W 45-21vs South Alabama	1	1	—	0
Total		32	23	—	3

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