Jermane Hayes

#11 · WR · Memphis5′10″ · 160 lb · Orange City, FL · University

Receiving yards45295th of 467 receivers Last gameW 49–22vs Army · Oct 31

Nextat South FloridaThu Nov 12 · 8 pm ET

Worth knowing

Jermane Hayes spent one season at Southern Miss before this one.
Jermane Hayes has 54 receiving yards a game at home, 45.5 on the road.

His most important play this season

Q3, 13:37 · Memphis down 13Marcus Stokes finds Jermane Hayes for a 59-yard touchdownEast Carolina at Memphis, week 8Q3, 13:37 · Memphis 10, East Carolina 165959-yard touchdown pass5959-yard touchdown pass59-yard touchdown passM.Stokes pass complete deep right to J.Hayes caught at ECU10, for 59 yards to the ECU00 touchdown, 1ST DOWN, kick goodWatch from this play

All 2 of his plays on video

Every catch and target this season

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a catch, dashed to the catch point then solid afterthrown to him, incomplete

Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 11, middle 4, right 22.

Jermane Hayes

WR · Memphis · #11

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Jermane Hayes takes over from Cortez Braham at Memphis.

452receiving yards37catches5receiving TD

Read the story so far

Jermane Hayes arrived as a 3-star prospect. Jermane Hayes lines up at WR for Memphis.

On the field, the headline is 452 rec yds, with 37 rec.

Jermane Hayes inherited the WR job from Cortez Braham.

WR successionleap of faith

Inherited fromCortez Braham
Pushed byAlante Brown 4★
How many games until Alante Brown (4★) takes the job from Jermane Hayes?

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Style of play

Play style

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Willie McNealWestern Kentucky · 2014 · 96% season match
Simms McElfreshApp State · 2014 · 87% season match
Lynquez BlairGeorgia State · 2014 · 83% season match
Macgarrett Kings Jr.Michigan State · 2015 · 83% season match
Ryan SwitzerNorth Carolina · 2015 · 81% season match

Fans

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

Memphis in the news

NCAA grants Popovic eligibility after six gamesAudacy Oct 26

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Memphis	37	452	12.2	5	93
2025	Southern Miss	4	36	9.0	0	12
Career		41	488	11.9	5	93

Season	Team
2026	Memphis	1	6
2025	Southern Miss	--	--
Career		1	6

Last game (Wk 9): 86 receiving yards, 9 catches, 2 receiving TD.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-21@ UNLV	3	22	7.3	0	11
Wk 1	W 42-24vs Arkansas State	3	35	11.7	1	31
Wk 2	L 20-38@ Boise State	2	5	2.5	0	5
Wk 3	W 45-21vs UT Martin	8	57	7.1	0	14
Wk 5	W 59-8@ Charlotte	6	123	20.5	1	93	Season-high 123 yds
Wk 6	W 38-13vs UAB	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 7	L 17-31@ Tulane	2	32	16.0	0	25
Wk 8	W 41-34vs East Carolina	3	89	29.7	1	59
Wk 9	W 49-22vs Army	9	86	9.6	2	17	2 TD catches
Total		37	452	12.2	5	93

The latest game

Oct. 31 · W 49-22 vs Army, play by play

A big game: 9 catches for 86 yards and 2 touchdowns. Memphis threw to him on 10 of its 35 passes. 74 of the 86 came before halftime.

9 of 10 targets caught
7 moved the chains
3 of 3 on 3rd and 4th down

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
1st & 10incomplete
1st & 1017 1st down1
2nd & 713 TD
1st & 55 TD
Second quarterbegan up 14-7
3rd & 516 1st down2
2nd & 87
3rd & 410 1st down3
3rd & 26 1st down4
Third quarterbegan up 28-14
1st & 102
2nd & 810 1st down
FinalW 49-22

a catch, by its yardsa touchdownthrown to him, incomplete

1
17-yard catch. First quarter, tied 0-0.
2
16-yard catch on 3rd and 5. Second quarter, tied 14-14. Converted.
3
10-yard catch on 3rd and 4. Second quarter, up 21-14. Converted.
4
6-yard catch on 3rd and 2. Second quarter, up 21-14. Converted.

The season, game by game

Signature game

Week 9 · 2026

W 49-22

vs Army

9 rec · 86 yds · 2 TD

Dominant 27-point win at home against Army.

With M. Stokes — 371 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.2 · 30 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · H. Tuck — 48.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 5 · Charlotte · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +6.87Stokes to Hayes: a 93-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · East Carolina · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +5.67Stokes to Hayes: a 59-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · East Carolina · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +2.86Stokes to Hayes: a 15-yard pass.
Week 1 · Arkansas State · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.84Stokes to Hayes: a 31-yard touchdown pass.
Week 9 · Army · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.78Stokes to Hayes: a 16-yard pass.
Week 9 · Army · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +2.67Stokes to Hayes: a 13-yard touchdown pass.

4 more plays

Week 3 · UT Martin · 3rd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.23Stokes to Hayes: a 14-yard pass.
Week 9 · Army · 1st and 5 · Q1 · EPA +1.88Stokes to Hayes: a 5-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · UNLV · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +1.69Stokes to Hayes: a 5-yard pass.
Week 7 · Tulane · 2nd and 6 · Q4 · EPA +1.49Stokes to Hayes: a 25-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Rec yards452tied for 95thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Receptions37tied for 76thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch12.2tied for 291stAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs5tied for 35thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Long catch932ndAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rush yards6tied for 137thAmong 212 receivers with 12 or more catches

98th in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Catches378th in the American Athletic this season.

Receiving yards4528th in the American Athletic this season.

Receiving touchdowns5tied for 6th in the American Athletic this season.

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +11 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

37 rec · 452 yds · 5 TD

37 of 37 receptions matched to play-by-play

47 of 47 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

4718% of team targets

Catch rate

79%37 of 47 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

15% of targets (7)

86%catch rate

Air -1.7 · YAC 5.7 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

45% of targets (21)

90%catch rate

Air 3.9 · YAC 2.2 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

28% of targets (13)

69%catch rate

Air 13.5 · YAC 2.1 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

13% of targets (6)

50%catch rate

Air 39.0 · YAC 21.3 avg

79% catch rate on 47 targets · 18% of the team's targets · 50% catch rate on 6 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced

2026Memphis7-2HC: Charles Huff · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 67 (#74 of 465). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

67Quality starter #74 of 465?

12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (89th percentile). Strength: epa / target (84th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#61 / 569 · 89th pct

78.7%

EPA / target#93 / 569 · 84th pct

0.69

TD rate#106 / 569 · 81st pct

8.5%

Yards / catch#314 / 569 · 45th pct

12.2

Explosive rate#388 / 569 · 32nd pct

8.5%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#2 / 468 · 100th pct

Rec TDs#35 / 468 · 90th pct

Receptions#76 / 468 · 83rd pct

Rec yards#95 / 468 · 80th pct

452

Rush TDs#32 / 212 · 43rd pct

Yards / catch#291 / 468 · 38th pct

12.2

Rush yards#137 / 212 · 33rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.8	54.0	12.2	0.8
Road4g	3.2	45.5	11.6	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	39.6	9.7	0.3
Weeks 8+2g	6.0	87.5	19.6	1.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

42.1%

268 pass / 368 run

Plays / game

70.7

9 games

Team sack rate

5.4%

299 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

37 catches and 1 carry in 9 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

67 · #74 of 465 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #74 at the position.

Starter

The No. 1,500 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the American Athletic.

Jermane Hayes

This week

Worth knowing

His most important play this season

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

Fans

Memphis in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

37 catches and 1 carry in 9 games

Starter

Two seasons, two schools

Moves

2025

2026 9 games