Punter, Vanderbilt (from Florida Atlantic), to 2023

Matthew Hayball

Number: No. 45
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 187 lb
Class (2023): Senior
Hometown: Adelaide, SA
Born: Mar 12, 1997

Matthew Hayball played punter at Florida Atlantic (to 2021) and Vanderbilt (2022–⁠23).

Honors

2023First-team All-SEC

Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2019

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

2,958

1,988

2,785

2,676

2,759

11–⁠35–⁠45–⁠75–⁠72–⁠10

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2019	Florida Atlantic	68	2,958	43.5	77	9
2020	Florida Atlantic	45	1,988	44.2	70	17
2021	Florida Atlantic	61	2,785	45.7	68	29
2022	Vanderbilt	59	2,676	45.4	65	18
2023	Vanderbilt	58	2,759	47.6	71	25
On file (2019–⁠23)		291	13,166	45.2	77	98

Defense

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo
2020	Florida Atlantic	1	1
2021	Florida Atlantic	2	2
2022	Vanderbilt	6	6
2023	Vanderbilt	1	1
On file (2019–⁠23)		10	10

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Florida Atlantic	45	P	Yr 1
2020	Florida Atlantic	45	P	Yr 2
2021	Florida Atlantic	45	P	Yr 3
2022	Vanderbilt	45	P	Yr 4
2023	Vanderbilt	45	P	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′1″	187

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

2023 Vanderbilt 12 games, 58 punts, 47.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 26	vs.Hawai’i	W 35–⁠28	3	161	71	0
Sep 2	vs.Alabama A&M	W 47–⁠13	2	106	54	1
Sep 9	atWake Forest	L 20–⁠36	2	111	63	1
Sep 16	atUNLV	L 37–⁠40	3	153	58	1
Sep 23	vs.Kentucky	L 28–⁠45	7	352	62	6
Sep 30	vs.Missouri	L 21–⁠38	6	288	64	1
Oct 7	atFlorida	L 14–⁠38	5	232	60	2
Oct 14	vs.Georgia	L 20–⁠37	4	167	46	0
Oct 28	atOle Miss	L 7–⁠33	4	206	64	2
Nov 4	vs.Auburn	L 15–⁠31	8	359	59	2
Nov 11	atSouth Carolina	L 6–⁠47	7	321	54	5
Nov 25	atTennessee	L 24–⁠48	7	303	57	4

2022 Vanderbilt 12 games, 59 punts, 45.4 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 27	atHawai’i	W 63–⁠10	1	65	65	0
Sep 3	vs.Elon	W 42–⁠31	7	346	57	1
Sep 10	vs.Wake Forest	L 25–⁠45	8	359	57	2
Sep 17	atNorthern Illinois	W 38–⁠28	2	103	54	1
Sep 24	atAlabama	L 3–⁠55	10	432	50	2
Oct 8	vs.Ole Miss	L 28–⁠52	3	116	43	1
Oct 15	atGeorgia	L 0–⁠55	7	341	59	1
Oct 22	atMissouri	L 14–⁠17	6	261	57	4
Nov 5	vs.South Carolina	L 27–⁠38	2	103	61	2
Nov 12	atKentucky	W 24–⁠21	1	39	39	0
Nov 19	vs.Florida	W 31–⁠24	4	174	49	2
Nov 26	vs.Tennessee	L 0–⁠56	8	337	53	2

2021 Florida Atlantic 12 games, 61 punts, 45.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 4	atFlorida	L 14–⁠35	5	237	55	2
Sep 11	vs.Georgia Southern	W 38–⁠6	3	139	57	3
Sep 18	vs.Fordham	W 45–⁠14	5	208	45	1
Sep 25	atAir Force	L 7–⁠31	6	265	50	4
Oct 2	vs.Florida International	W 58–⁠21	3	135	49	1
Oct 9	atUAB	L 14–⁠31	4	216	68	1
Oct 21	atCharlotte	W 38–⁠9	2	93	51	1
Oct 30	vs.UTEP	W 28–⁠25	9	460	62	4
Nov 6	vs.Marshall	L 13–⁠28	7	290	50	2
Nov 13	atOld Dominion	L 16–⁠30	4	174	56	3
Nov 20	atWestern Kentucky	L 17–⁠52	5	194	50	2
Nov 27	vs.Middle Tennessee	L 17–⁠27	8	374	59	5

2020 Florida Atlantic 9 games, 45 punts, 44.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Oct 3	vs.Charlotte	W 21–⁠17	5	238	60	1
Oct 24	atMarshall	L 9–⁠20	7	286	51	3
Oct 31	vs.UTSA	W 24–⁠3	6	278	53	2
Nov 7	vs.Western Kentucky	W 10–⁠6	5	229	70	3
Nov 13	atFlorida International	W 38–⁠19	4	193	52	1
Nov 20	vs.Massachusetts	W 24–⁠2	5	213	52	2
Dec 5	atGeorgia Southern	L 3–⁠20	2	83	47	1
Dec 10	atSouthern Miss	L 31–⁠45	6	259	58	3
Dec 23 ✦	vs.Memphis	L 10–⁠25	5	209	53	1

2019 Florida Atlantic 14 games, 68 punts, 43.5 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 31	atOhio State	L 21–⁠45	9	425	70	0
Sep 7	vs.UCF	L 14–⁠48	9	358	47	0
Sep 14	atBall State	W 41–⁠31	6	244	49	0
Sep 21	vs.Wagner	W 42–⁠7	4	147	44	0
Sep 28	atCharlotte	W 45–⁠27	5	194	49	0
Oct 12	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 28–⁠13	6	252	48	0
Oct 18	vs.Marshall	L 31–⁠36	5	209	45	0
Oct 26	atOld Dominion	W 41–⁠3	3	141	53	0
Nov 2	atWestern Kentucky	W 35–⁠24	5	250	77	3
Nov 9	vs.Florida International	W 37–⁠7	1	47	47	0
Nov 23	atUTSA	W 40–⁠26	3	126	46	0
Nov 30	vs.Southern Miss	W 34–⁠17	4	157	48	2
Dec 7	vs.UAB	W 49–⁠6	3	168	66	2
Dec 21 ✦	vs.SMU	W 52–⁠28	5	240	60	2

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

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2024
Height	6′0½″
Weight	190 lb
Arm length	30⅛″
Hand size	9¾″
Wingspan	73½″

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 17 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks	Int
2024	New Orleans Saints	17	–	0	0

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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