Defensive back, Houston, to 2012
D.J. Hayden
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 6′0″
- Hometown
- Houston, TX
- Born
- Jun 27, 1990, in Houston, Texas
- Died
- Nov 11, 2023, in Houston, Texas
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D.J. Hayden played defensive back at Houston (to 2012). The Oakland Raiders took Hayden in the first round, No. 12 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
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
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 52 | 14 | 66 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| 2012 | 9 | 38 | 23 | 61 | 1.5 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| On file | 90 | 37 | 127 | 9.5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 6 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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
2012 Houston 3 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
2011 Houston 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | at North Texas | W 48–23 | 1 |
| Nov 5 | at UAB | W 56–13 | 1 |
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
| Drill | Combine 2013 | Combine or pro day 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′11⅛″ | |
| Weight | 191 lb | |
| Arm length | 31⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.40 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.57 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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