Tight end, UTEP (from Boise State), 2012–⁠16

Hayden Plinke

Number
No. 80
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Hollsboro, OR

Hayden Plinke played tight end at Boise State (2012) and UTEP (2014–⁠16).

Career highs

9catches, career highvs. Rice, 201587receiving yards, career highat Texas Tech, 20152receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Houston Christian, 2016

Team titles: Mountain West champions, 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Boise State22010.0014
2015UTEP3740510.9057
2016UTEP3845612.0872
Career7788111.4872

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2012Boise State80TE
2014UTEP80TE
2015UTEP80TE
2016UTEP80TE6′4″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2015UTEP480.189th (n=465)0.538.68%
2016UTEP470.5351st (n=489)0.5224.97%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 UTEP 12 games, 38 catches, 456 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.New Mexico StateW 38–⁠22111111–
Sep 10atTexasL 7–⁠41110010–
Sep 17vs.ArmyL 14–⁠661313–
Sep 24vs.Southern MissL 7–⁠341808–
Oct 1atLouisiana TechL 7–⁠28866124–
Oct 8vs.Florida InternationalL 21–⁠351505–
Oct 22atUTSAW 52–⁠49484054–
Oct 29vs.Old DominionL 21–⁠31553120–
Nov 5vs.Houston ChristianW 42–⁠10777223–
Nov 12atFlorida AtlanticL 31–⁠35323111–
Nov 19atRiceL 24–⁠44332014–
Nov 26vs.North TexasW 52–⁠24384172–
2015 UTEP 10 games, 37 catches, 405 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5atArkansasL 13–⁠48113013–
Sep 12atTexas TechL 20–⁠69487042–
Sep 19atNew Mexico StateW 50–⁠471808–
Sep 26vs.Incarnate WordW 27–⁠17480057–
Oct 3vs.UTSAL 6–⁠25743011–
Oct 10atFlorida InternationalL 12–⁠521909–
Oct 24vs.Florida AtlanticW 27–⁠17218012–
Oct 31atSouthern MissL 13–⁠34430010−1
Nov 6vs.RiceW 24–⁠21985017–
Nov 14atOld DominionL 21–⁠31432013–
2012 Boise State 2 games, 2 catches, 20 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 15vs.Miami (OH)W 39–⁠12114014–
Oct 20vs.UNLVW 32–⁠71606–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2017Combine or pro day 2017
Height6′4¼″
Weight264 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size10″
40-yard dash4.97 s
10-yard split1.74 s
Vertical jump28″
Broad jump9′1″
Bench press18 reps
3-cone drill7.55 s
20-yard shuttle4.59 s

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

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