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Kaleb Hayes

Senior defensive back on BYU's 2022 roster.

DB · BYU · Sr. · #18

5′11″ · 190 lb · San Bernardino, CA

CFB Index 33 · #237 of 322 cornersLow confidenceBYU 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1504 nationally · Signed with Oregon State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on BYU's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Oregon State in 2017.
Transferred from Oregon State to BYU in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at BYU, 102 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2017

Signed with Oregon State3-star out of San Gorgonio

202110 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1504 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2019

Kalani Sitake

BYU

2021–2022

Kalani Sitake

BYU

Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Oregon State2-10HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Oregon State5-7HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced

2021BYU7-6HC: Jonathan Smith · Run-leaning

2022BYU8-5HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

33Below cohort / limited sample #237 of 322?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (95th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#111 / 2755 · 95th pct

Solo tackles#974 / 2755 · 63rd pct

Tackles#1207 / 2755 · 55th pct

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2352 / 2755 · 7th 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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.4	0.0	0.0	1.2
Road6g	1.7	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

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #237 of 322 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #237 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	BYU	32	21	7	--	--
2021	Oregon State	26	21	11	--	--
2019	Oregon State	2	2	--	--	--
2018	Oregon State	42	30	6	--	--
Career		102	74	24	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 52–26

vs Utah Tech

1 PD · 2 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 26-point win at home against Utah Tech.

With J. Hall — 456 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 84.7 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · R. Rehkow — 43 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 61 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 50-21@ South Florida	1	0	—	0
Wk 2	W 26-20vs Baylor	3	3	—	2
Wk 3	L 20-41@ Oregon	2	0	—	0
Wk 5	W 38-26vs Utah State	5	3	—	1
Wk 6	L 20-28@ Notre Dame	1	0	—	0
Wk 7	L 35-52vs Arkansas	5	5	—	1
Wk 8	L 14-41@ Liberty	2	1	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-27vs East Carolina	7	5	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 10	W 31-28@ Boise State	2	1	—	1
Wk 12	W 52-26vs Utah Tech	2	2	—	1
Wk 13	W 35-26@ Stanford	2	1	—	0
Total		32	21	—	7

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

Kaleb Hayes

2017

202110 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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