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 | 26 | — |
| Target share | 17.7% | 219th / 523 |
| Catch rate | 65.4% | 257th / 523 |
| Success rate per target | 50.0% | 222nd / 523 |
| Yards per target | 8.0 | 270th / 523 |
| Explosive catches | 15.4% | 150th / 523 |
| Deep-target rate | 15.4% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 7 | — |
| 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 targeted26 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#45 · 3-3 | 6 | 69% | 17 | 208 | 1 | 17.7% |
| 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 |
| 2026 · 6 games | 5.8 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 208 | 12.2 | 1 | 34 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 3 | — |
| Yards | 22 | 839th / 1456 |
| Yards / carry | 7.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 15 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 17 | 297th / 1995 |
| Yards | 208 | 324th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 12.2 | 242nd / 461 |
| Touchdowns | 1 | 346th / 825 |
| Long | 34 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 2 | 3763rd / 5408 |
| Solo | 2 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 2 | 760th / 2450 |
| 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% |
| Season | 3 GS | 370 | 257 (216–299) | 29 | 1 | 1 | 69% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the Iowa State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Omari Hayes | WR | SR | 17 | 208 | 1 | 16% | +0.40 |
| 2 | Cody Jackson | WR | SR | 10 | 191 | 1 | 13% | +0.61 |
| 11 | Dominic Overby | WR | SO | 10 | 212 | 1 | 19% | +0.34 |
| 89 | Ty Claiborne | WR | SR | 10 | 103 | 0 | 10% | +0.41 |
| 13 | Jamal Polite Jr. | WR | FR | 7 | 88 | 1 | 9% | +0.33 |
| 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 →