Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 32 | — |
| Target share | 16.0% | 288th / 534 |
| Catch rate | 65.6% | 249th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 46.9% | 291st / 534 |
| Yards per target | 7.7 | 295th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 12.5% | 209th / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 12.5% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 10 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 1 | — |
Charting
Where Hayes's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted32 targets charted
2025 charting · Tulane
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (7 of Hayes’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted24 targets charted
Career
3 seasons at 3 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Iowa State#51 · 4-4 | 8 | 65% | 21 | 246 | 1 | 16.0% |
| 2025 |  Tulane#41 · 11-3 | 14 | 43% | 39 | 515 | 1 | 12.4% |
| 2024 |  Florida Atlantic#117 · 3-9 | 11 | 59% | 39 | 590 | 3 | 16.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Omari Hayes's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Omari Hayes's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Southeast Missouri State | W 38–10 | 6.7 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | 34 |
| 2 | @ Iowa | L 13–16 | 6.6 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 28 |
| 3 |  Bowling Green | W 55–7 | 2.4 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 |  Utah | L 17–31 | 6.9 | · | · | · | · | · | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 |  West Virginia | W 45–42 | 6.6 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 1 | 20 |
| 6 | @ BYU | L 10–24 | 5.4 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | @ Arizona | L 3–39 | 5.8 | · | · | · | · | · | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 17 |
| 9 |  Oklahoma State | W 51–49 | 4.3 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 8 |
| 2026 · 8 games | 5.6 | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 246 | 11.7 | 1 | 34 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 4 | — |
| Yards | 23 | 877th / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 5.8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 15 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 21 | 299th / 2089 |
| Yards | 246 | 353rd / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 11.7 | 273rd / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 412th / 914 |
| Long | 34 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 2 | 3934th / 5664 |
| Solo | 2 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 2 | 966th / 2634 |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 1 | — |
| Yards | 1 | — |
| Average | 1 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 1 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Plays made | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Southeast Missouri State | ✓ WR | 48 | ~33 (11–45) | 3 | · | · | 69% |
| Wk 2 · Iowa | — | 53 | ~42 (28–51) | 6 | · | · | 79% |
| Wk 3 · Bowling Green | ✓ WR | 63 | ~46 (30–56) | 4 | · | 1 | 73% |
| Wk 4 · Utah | — | 73 | ~57 (37–69) | 9 | 1 | · | 78% |
| Wk 5 · West Virginia | — | 76 | ~44 (29–54) | 4 | · | · | 58% |
| Wk 6 · BYU | ✓ WR | 57 | ~35 (11–48) | 3 | · | · | 61% |
| Wk 8 · Arizona | — | 58 | ~42 (28–51) | 4 | · | · | 72% |
| Wk 9 · Oklahoma State | — | 72 | ~24 (8–33) | 3 | · | · | 33% |
| Season | 3 GS | 500 | 323 (271–376) | 36 | 1 | 1 | 65% |
Position Room
15 WRs on the Iowa State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Omari Hayes | WR | SR | 21 | 246 | 1 | 14% | +0.39 |
| 89 | Ty Claiborne | WR | SR | 16 | 156 | 0 | 11% | +0.23 |
| 13 | Jamal Polite Jr. | WR | FR | 14 | 286 | 2 | 14% | +0.49 |
| 2 | Cody Jackson | WR | SR | 13 | 236 | 1 | 11% | +0.69 |
| 11 | Dominic Overby | WR | SO | 10 | 212 | 1 | 19% | +0.34 |
| Malcolm Watkins | WR | 2 | 13 | 0 | 14% | -0.04 | ||
| 4 | Carter Pabst | WR | SO | 1 | 24 | 0 | 11% | +1.27 |
| 8 | Evan Boyd | WR | JR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6% | -0.48 |
| 23 | Carson Robbins | WR | SO | 1 | 11 | 0 | 6% | +1.39 |
| 12 | Braden Goellner | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jordyn Bailey | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 33 | Zach Eskildsen | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Jeffrey Roberts | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 82 | Trevor Fortenberry | WR | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 86 | Ray Coffey | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Iowa State depth chart →