Kaleb Hayes: DB · BYU · #18.
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Kaleb Hayes
Erases the deep middle of the field. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 7 tackles against East Carolina — Week 9, 2022.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | BYU | 32 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 |
| 2021 | Oregon State | 26 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11 |
| 2019 | Oregon State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Oregon State | 42 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 |
| Career | 102 | 74 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 50-21@ South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-20vs No. 9 Baylor | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-41@ No. 25 Oregon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-26vs Utah State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-28vs Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 35-52vs Arkansas | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-41@ Liberty | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 24-27vs East Carolina | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 31-28@ Boise State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-26vs Utah Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-26@ Stanford | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 7 |
Week 2 · 2022
W 26-20
vs Baylor
3 tackles · 2 pass breakups · 3 solo tackles
A close one, won by 6 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
22%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL32 tackles · 7 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Pass share
47.8%
391 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
62.9
13 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
414 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #237 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Oregon State and BYU, 102 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 35 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jonathan Smith and Kalani Sitake.
