#32

Hayes Maples

Senior linebacker for Southern Miss. 2023: 51 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Southern Miss · Sr. · #32

6′2″ · 228 lb · Hattiesburg, MS

CFB Index 44 · #344 of 577 LBsHigh confidenceSouthern Miss 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 2370 nationally · Signed with Southern Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Southern Miss. 2023: 51 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Southern Miss in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Southern Miss, 234 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Southern Miss2-star out of Oak Grove

202010 games

The role got bigger.

All-Conference USAsecond

202112 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2370 national

CFB

College

Southern Miss

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

3 coaches

2018–2019

Jay Hopson

Southern Miss

2020

Scotty Walden

Southern Miss

era →

2021

Will Hall

Southern Miss

era →

2023

Will Hall

Southern Miss

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Southern Miss6-5HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2019Southern Miss7-6HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2020Southern Miss3-7HC: Scotty Walden · Run-leaning

2021Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #344 of 577?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#369 / 2842 · 83rd pct

Tackles#561 / 2842 · 80th pct

Solo tackles#1167 / 2842 · 58th pct

Sacks#1326 / 2842 · 50th pct

0.5

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1868 / 2842 · 28th pct

1.0

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th pct

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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.2	0.1	0.0
Road5g	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	5.0	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #344 of 577 LBs

Two-star recruit. Now #344 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Southern Miss	51	18	1.0	0.5	--	1	--
2021	Southern Miss	60	31	4.5	1.5	1	--	--
2020	Southern Miss	91	34	8.0	0.5	--	--	--
2019	Southern Miss	31	19	2.5	1.0	--	--	--
2018	Southern Miss	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		234	102	16.0	3.5	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 40–14

vs Alcorn State

2 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 26-point win at home against Alcorn State.

With B. Wiles — 267 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 54.2 · 3 rush yds (6 car) · T. Mims — 30 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 40-14vs Alcorn State	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 3-21vs Tulane	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 37-44@ Arkansas State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 36-50vs Texas State	6	2	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 6	L 13-17vs Old Dominion	7	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 3-55@ South Alabama	5	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 38-48@ App State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 24-7vs UL Monroe	1	0	0.0	0.0	1
Wk 11	W 34-31@ Louisiana	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 20-41@ Mississippi State	11	1	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 13	L 17-35vs Troy	5	2	0.5	0.0	—
Total		51	18	1.0	0.5	1

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

Hayes Maples

2018

202010 games

202112 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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