#23

Marcus Hayes

Sophomore safety for New Mexico. 2018: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

S · New Mexico · So. · #23

5′11″ · 201 lb · Rockford, IL

New Mexico 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 2181 nationally · Signed with New Mexico

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 safety for New Mexico. 2018: 2 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 51 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to New Mexico in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at New Mexico, 51 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2017

Signed with New Mexico3-star out of Lutheran School

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2181 national

CFB

College

New Mexico

2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018New Mexico3-9HC: Bob Davie · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (88th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#259 / 2662 · 88th pct

Solo tackles#571 / 2662 · 78th pct

Tackles#595 / 2662 · 77th pct

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1588 / 2662 · 37th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.6
Road5g	5.6	0.3	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.7	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jason Eck

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	New Mexico	51	31	1.5	0.0	5	2	--
Career		51	31	1.5	0.0	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2018

W 62–30

vs Incarnate Word

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

Dominant 32-point win at home against Incarnate Word.

With T. Tuioti — 327 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 84.0 · 54 rush yds (11 car) · 1 TD · E. Lilly — 14 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week