Justice Hayes
Photo: Maize & Blue Nation, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Southern Miss (from Michigan), 2011–⁠15

Justice Hayes

Lettered 2012–⁠14 at Michigan (school media guide)

Number
No. 5
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Flint, MI

Justice Hayes played running back at Michigan (2011–⁠14) and Southern Miss (2015).

Career highs

86rushing yards, career highvs. North Texas, 2015

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Michigan18834.6124
2013Michigan263.007
2014Michigan482134.4018
2015Southern Miss522043.9235
Career1205064.2335

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2013Michigan6406.7013
2014Michigan11655.9018
2015Southern Miss44912.3030
Career211547.3030

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Michigan5RB
2012Michigan5RB
2013Michigan5RB
2014Michigan5RB
2015Southern Miss5RB5′10″

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Michigan80.38––3.0––
2014Michigan64-0.067th (n=253)0.12-3.99%–
2015Southern Miss58-0.06––-3.410%-0.01

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Southern Miss 8 games, 204 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 5vs.Mississippi StateL 16–⁠3461301170
Sep 12vs.Austin PeayW 52–⁠695312310
Sep 19atTexas StateW 56–⁠504110–––
Oct 3vs.North TexasW 49–⁠1416861–––
Oct 9atMarshallL 10–⁠313140110
Oct 31vs.UTEPW 34–⁠135150–––
Nov 28atLouisiana TechW 58–⁠24230–––
Dec 26 ✦vs.WashingtonL 31–⁠44790–––
2014 Michigan 12 games, 213 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 30vs.App StateW 52–⁠144230–––
Sep 6atNotre DameL 0–⁠312200–––
Sep 13vs.Miami (OH)W 34–⁠105240–––
Sep 20vs.UtahL 10–⁠2631902250
Sep 27vs.MinnesotaL 14–⁠3031002110
Oct 4atRutgersL 24–⁠262501110
Oct 11vs.Penn StateW 18–⁠137200–––
Oct 25atMichigan StateL 11–⁠359270370
Nov 1vs.IndianaW 34–⁠106210130
Nov 8atNorthwesternW 10–⁠9––––––
Nov 22vs.MarylandL 16–⁠236360–––
Nov 29atOhio StateL 28–⁠42180280
2013 Michigan 6 games, 6 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Aug 31vs.Central MichiganW 59–⁠9170–––
Oct 12atPenn StateL 40–⁠43–––150
Nov 9vs.NebraskaL 13–⁠17––––––
Nov 16atNorthwesternW 27–⁠19–––140
Nov 30vs.Ohio StateL 41–⁠42–––190
Dec 28 ✦vs.Kansas StateL 14–⁠311−103220
2012 Michigan 5 games, 83 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 15vs.MassachusettsW 63–⁠133191–––
Oct 13vs.IllinoisW 45–⁠010660–––
Nov 10vs.NorthwesternW 38–⁠311−60–––
Nov 17vs.IowaW 42–⁠17240–––
Jan 1 ✦vs.South CarolinaL 28–⁠33200–––

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

Is this you, or do you know of something wrong or missing here? Suggest a correction. We check each one against a source before changing the page.