Defensive back, Nevada (from Columbia), 2021–25
Hayden McDonald
- Number
- No. 22
- Height
- 5′8″
- Weight
- 177 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Seattle, WA
Hayden McDonald played defensive back at Columbia (2021–24) and Nevada (2025).
Career highs
2interceptions, career highvs. Princeton, 2024Team titles: Ivy League champions, 2024
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Columbia | 22 | DB | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | Columbia | 22 | DB | So. | ||
| 2024 | Columbia | 22 | DB | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | Nevada | 22 | DB | Sr. | 5′8″ | 177 |
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
2025 Nevada 11 games, 35 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at Penn State | L 11–46 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Sacramento State | W 20–17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Middle Tennessee | L 13–14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20 | at Western Kentucky | L 16–31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Fresno State | L 17–20 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | vs. San Diego State | L 10–44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at New Mexico | L 22–24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | vs. Boise State | L 3–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | at Utah State | L 14–51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. San José State | W 55–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 22 | at Wyoming | W 13–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Columbia 4 games, 5 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | vs. Princeton | W 34–17 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| Oct 19 | at Pennsylvania | W 23–17 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 1 | vs. Yale | W 13–10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 23 | vs. Cornell | W 17–9 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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