Former defensive back at Southern Miss. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′10″ · 185 lb · Madison, MS
The story
Former defensive back at Southern Miss. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearHayes Puckett
Hayes Puckett has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Southern Miss. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Marshall, Week 11, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Southern Miss, 18 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Will Hall → Reed Stringer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 14 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 18 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 24-49vs South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-23vs Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-37vs Marshall | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |