2021 Football Roster
Roster
Hayes Maples
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 228
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hattiesburg, Miss.
- High School:
- Oak Grove HS
Named preseason Sun Belt Conference by Phil Steele Magazine, being picked third team at linebacker … Suffered injury during summer workouts and could miss the entire 2022 season.
2021 (RS Soph.): Appeared in all 12 games and started nine … Finished second on the team in tackles with 60 (31 solos) … Produced 4.5 tackles for loss for 15 yards and 1.5 sacks for seven yards … Forced two fumbles on the year with three quarterback hurries and a pass breakup … Recorded season-high 10 tackles versus North Texas (11/6) and to go along with a nine-tackle game against UTEP (10/9) and a eight-tackle performance versus both UTSA (11/13) and Louisiana Tech (11/19) … Averaged 7.8 tackles over the final four contests … Named honorable mention All-Conference USA … Earned a C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll spot … Member of the Dean’s List for the Fall 2021 semester.
2020 (RS Soph.): A second-team All-Conference USA selection ... Led the squad with 91 tackles (34 solos), as well as having a team-high eight tackles for loss to go along with a half sack ... Added a forced fumble versus Tulane (9/26) and a fumble recovery at Liberty (10/24) ... Exploded for a team career-best 15 tackles against Tulane, which marked the most stops by a Golden Eagle since Brian Anderson (16) against Appalachian State in 2014 ... Posted double-digit stops five times and averaged 9.8 tackles over the final eight games to finished ranked No.5 in C-USA as he averaged 9.1 per game ... His tackle for loss number ranked No. 12.
2019 (RS Fr.): Made the C-USA All-Freshman team ... Played in 13 games and made three starts ... Tallied 31 tackles (19 solo) with 2.5 tackles for loss and one sack ... Had season-high seven stops versus WKU (11/23) and added five tackles against Alcorn State (8/31) ... Notched three tackles in the Armed Forces Bowl against Tulane (1/4).
2018 (Fr.): Appeared in four games (Jackson State, Marshall, UAB, LA Tech) and was able to earn a redshirt ... Earned valuable early experience with the nation’s third-ranked defense ... Assisted on a stop in the season opener.
High School: Played for Drew Causey at Oak Grove High School ... Participated in the 2017 Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game in Hattiesburg where his team won 42-7, collecting 3.5 tackles, a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery ... Named to Hattiesburg American All-Area First-Team ... Notched 118 tackles with 13 tackles for loss, two sacks, two interceptions and two rushing touchdowns ... Batted .317 with a pair of home runs and 32 RBIs for the Warrior baseball team in the spring of 2017 ... Racked up 97 tackles, four sacks and two interceptions during his junior campaign.
