2012 Football Roster
Brandon Hayes
- Position:
- RB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-8 / 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- Prev School:
- Scottsdale CC
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Career After leading the Tigers with 860 rushing yards in 2013, had a waiver for a sixth year of eligibility approved by the NCAA in January of 2014 ... Would return as a post-graduate student to play in Memphis' 2014 American Athletic Conference title season ... Played a significant role in the Tigers' seven-game win streak to end the season which resulted the school's first conference title since 1971 and just the program's second, 10-win season ... The 2014 season marked Memphis' first, 10-win season since 1938 ... The Tigers capped the season with a 55-48, double-overtime win over BYU at the inaugural Miami Beach Bowl ... Originally came to Memphis as a walkon, joining the team during the 2010 spring practice season ...Left the program to play at Scottsdale Community College in 2011 ... Returned to the University of Memphis following the 2011 season in Arizona and worked his way into the Tigers' lineup ... Over a three-season career at Memphis rushed for 2,385 yards and 16 touchdowns ... One of only four players in school history to have over 500 rushing attempts (515) ... Finished career ranked fourth in career rushing yards ... Six, 100-yard rushing games tied for fifth all-time ... Over course of career caught 47 passes for 275 yards and five touchdowns ... Ranks sixth all-time in touchdowns with 21 ... Scored 126 points during career ... 2,670 career all-purpose yards ranks 10th all-time at Memphis.
Honors (Academic/Athletic) Named to the American Athletic Conference's postseason second team as selected by the league's coaches following the 2014 season ... For the third straight year was named the Isaac Bruce Offensive Player of the Year following the 2014 season at the Memphis Tiger Football Banquet hosted by the Highland Hundred ... At the 2013 awards banqued, received the DeAngelo Williams Most Valuable Player award ... In addition, received the Isaac Bruce Offensive Player of the Year Award for the second straight year ... Academically, was named to the Tiger 3.0 list for the Fall 2013 semester.
2014 (Senior) Led Memphis with 949 rushing yards, eighth-most in school history ... While yards ranked third in the American Athletic Conference, 79.1 yards per game ranked fourth in the league ... Ranked third on the Memphis team with eight touchdowns -- five rushing touchdowns and three receiving ...Also caught 16 passes for 119 yards and three touchdowns ... Against then, No. 11 UCLA had a career-high five catches for 48 yards along with nine carries for 48 yards ... Took a catch 18 yards for a second-quarter touchdown ... Early in the quarter caught another 18-yard pass to help set up a score that put the Tigers in front 14-13 ... Ran for 99 yards on 21 carries in the Tigers' 36-17 win over Middle Tennessee ... Had another 99-yard rushing game at SMU ... Blasted through the line for a 36-yard touchdown run that put the Tigers up 28-7 late in the first half ... Rushed for a career-high 199 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers' win over Tulsa ... In his next home game had 189 yards in win over USF ... The 199 rushing yards against Tulsa tied for the 16th most in school history ... Yardage total was the most by a Tiger since 2009 when Curtis Steele had 232 yards at Tulsa ... Had a career-long, 51-yard touchdown run with 14 seconds to play in the first half to give the Tigers their first lead against the Golden Hurricane ... The 51-yard touchdown run was the second career TD run of 40+ yards ... The run was the second-longest play from scrimmage by a Tiger ... Was named to the American's Honor Roll following performance against USF ... Helped Memphis claim American Athletic Conference title with a 60-yard rushing effort on 17 carries against UConn in final regular-season game of the season ... Conference championship was the team's first since 1971 ... Ran for 49 yards on 22 carries in the Tigers' Miami Beach Bowl, double-overtime victory over BYU ... With win over BYU, Memphis notched its second, 10-win season and first since 1938 ... Memphis closed out the season with a seven-game winning streak and the team's seven-win improvement tied for the ninth-best turnaround in FBS football history.
2013 (Junior) Rushed for 860 yards and five touchdowns on 2012 carries, averaging 4.3 yards per run during the 2013 season ... Also ranked fifth on the squad and was the leading receiver out of the backfield, catching 20 passes for 119 yards and two scores ... For the year had 979 all-purpose yards which ranked second on the squad ... Began what turned out to be his junior year with a 15-carry, 39-yard rushing game against Duke but set a season standard with a 20-yard reception in the game ... After an 81-yard rushing game at Middle Tennessee, recorded first 100-yard running game of the season against Arkansas State ... Ran for 114 yards, including a 6-yard touchdown bolt to cap the Tigers' first series in a 31-7 victory over A-State ... Over the first half of the Tigers' inaugural American Athletic Conference campaign, rushed for better than 70 yards in three of the Tigers first league games ... Caught touchdown passes in back-to-back games against Cincinnati and UT Martin ... Caught a seven-yard touchdown pass to cut a UC lead to 21-14 with 4:23 to play in the third quarter ... A 31-yard touchdown run with 5:27 to play in the game would cut a UC lead to 27-21 ... Rushed for 76 yards in the Cincinnati game ... Rushed for 105 yards on 27 carries in a win over UT Martin ... Had a 12-yard touchdown reception against the Skyhawks ... Helped give the Tigers their first American win, rushing for 78 yards on 20 carries against USF ... Gave Memphis a 13-3 lead in the USF game with a five-yard touchdown run with 4:09 to play in the game ... Ran for 86 yards and had two receptions for 17 yards at Louisville.
2012 (Sophomore)
Did not see any playing time until the fourth game of the year but went on to lead the Tigers with 576 rushing yards and six touchdowns ... Closed out the season with back-to-back, 100-yard rushing games to close out a season in which he was named the team's Isaac Bruce Offensive Player of the Year ... Had two carries for 20 yards against Duke in first collegiate action of his career ... Had 51 rushing yards a week later in the Tigers' win over Rice including carries for seven and eight yards on the team's game-winning drive ... First career touchdown came on a then, career-high 36-yard run at SMU ... Carried the ball a career-high 22 times for 60 yards at Marshall ... Over the last two games of the season had a combined 242 rushing yards and scored five touchdowns ... In the Tigers' win over UAB in the "Battle for the Bones" had touchdown runs of seven, five and 46 yards, part of a career-high, 127-yard rushing effort ... Had 19 rushing attempts in the game ... scored on back-to-back drives in the fourth quarter ... Rushed for 115 yards and two scores against Southern Miss in the season finale ... After Southern Miss had rallied to cut Memphis' lead to 21-10 at halftime, capped the Tigers first offensive series of the second half with a nine-yard scoring run ... Also scored from 11 yards out later in the third quarter.
2011 (Redshirt Freshman - Scottsdale Community College)
Rushed for 556 yards and three touchdowns in his lone season of play at Scottsdale Community College ... Also caught 20 passes for 184 yards and another score ... Rushed for 95 yards and one touchdown on seven carries against Mesa Community College ... Gained 92 yards and also had a rushing touchdown against Eastern Arizona ... Registered a season-high 100 yards on 23 carries against Snow College.
2010 (Freshman)
Joined the Tigers during the 2010 spring practice session ... Was having a productive spring until suffering a knee injury in the Blue-Gray Game ... Underwent surgery to repair his right knee in May ... Missed the 2010 season while rehabbing his injury and used the year as a redshirt ... Was back on the field during spring 2011 and had a productive showing in the Blue-Gray Game ... Logged nine carries for 131 yards and a touchdown in the spring scrimmage.
White Station High School
Played locally for one season at White Station High for coach Devin Rutherford after moving to Memphis from Chicago ... Rushed for 1,750 yards and 19 touchdowns on 185 carries as a senior ... Had a stellar performance against Germantown High with 253 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries in the state quarterfinals ... Named Offensive Player of the Week by the Commercial Appeal on Nov. 18, 2008, after rushing for 195 yards and two touchdowns against Millington High in the second round of the playoffs ... Also tallied three receiving touchdowns as a senior ... Helped squad to a 10-4 record and an appearance in the state semifinals in 2008 ... Was a 2008 Best of the Preps selection by the Commercial Appeal ... Also named all-metro , all-region and all-state as a senior ... Participated in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl All-Star Game ... Also lettered for the baseball team as a shortstop at WSHS.
Personal
Brandon Hayes is the son of Howard Hayes Jr and Gloria Hayes ... Born Sept. 16, 1991, in Chicago, Ill. ... Returned to program as a graduate student for senior year of eligibility after receiving his Bachelor's of Business Administration in Accountancy in May, 2014.
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