Bryce Hager in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Baylor, 2010–⁠14

Bryce Hager

Lettered 2011–⁠14 (school media guide)

Number
No. 44
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Austin, TX
Born
May 4, 1992, in Austin, Texas

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Bryce Hager played linebacker at Baylor (2010–⁠14). The St. Louis Rams took Hager in round 7, No. 224 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2014
Second-team All-Big 12
Drafted
No. 224
Round 7, 2015 NFL Draft (St. Louis Rams)

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2013 and 2014

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2014Baylor1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksPBUFFHur
20119851300010
20121272521249.54128
2013N94625712.5130–
On file1268220812543–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Baylor44LB
2011Baylor44LB
2012Baylor44LB
2013Baylor44LB
2014Baylor44LB6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2014 Baylor 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 8atOklahomaW 48–⁠141

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

Played in the 2015 East–West Shrine Game (West team, lost 3–⁠19).

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height6′0¾″
Weight234 lb
Arm length31⅜″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.60 s
10-yard split1.60 s
Vertical jump35″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press26 reps
3-cone drill7.15 s
20-yard shuttle4.36 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

6 seasons, 34 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2015St. Louis Rams5500
2016Los Angeles Rams6600
2017Los Angeles Rams8900
2018Los Angeles Rams61400
2019Los Angeles Rams41100
2020New York Jets5190.50
NFL career34640.50

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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