Koron Hayward
TCU Horned Frogs
85
Great

Koron Hayward

TCU Horned FrogsAverage
RDEDefenseGreatTRANSFER · Western Kentucky
2nd String / Backup

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Koron Hayward is listed 2nd string at RDE for TCU Horned Frogs.

Redshirt junior · #16 · 6'5", 245 lbs

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Depth at RDE · TCU Horned Frogs

  1. 11485John SchobelStarter
  2. 21685Koron HaywardYou

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Up next for TCU

TCU plays Arizona away on Fri, Nov 6. The listed kickoff time is 10:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Sandalwood, ranked #1,760 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 19 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 2.5 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,760 NatlTeam Share4%
Jacksonville, FL
Jersey
#16
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'5"
Weight
245 lbs
Transfer
Western Kentucky

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—193.52.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8386
National Rank
#1760
High School
Sandalwood
Hometown
Jacksonville, FL

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 71th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.79 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 85.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 71% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 33% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.79)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WKUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 22-16

Oct 24LWVUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-20

Oct 17WBAYTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
3
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 17-6

Sep 26LUCFTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 21-13

Sep 20WARSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-7

Sep 13WGRAMTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 63-7

Koron Hayward's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

19 tkl · 3.5 TFL · 2.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement80%
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