Omari Hayes
Iowa State Cyclones
85
Great

Omari Hayes

Iowa State CyclonesAverage
WR-FOffenseGreatTRANSFER · Tulane
Projected Starter

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Omari Hayes is the projected starter at WR-F for Iowa State Cyclones.

Redshirt senior · #9 · 5'9", 175 lbs

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Depth at WR-F · Iowa State Cyclones

  1. 1985Omari HayesStarter
  2. 28963Ty Claiborne

Iowa State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Iowa State

Iowa State plays Baylor away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

This season: 39 catches, 515 yards, 1 TD. That's 19% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Team Share19%
Sarasota, FL
Jersey
#9
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
5'9"
Weight
175 lbs
Transfer
Tulane

Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
—395151

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

Recruiting Profile

High School
Venice
Hometown
Venice, FL

Why this rating?

On a 81-rated offense; 77th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.82 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 85.

Team offense (SP+)
81
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 77% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 31% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.82)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

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 31WOKSTYDS 9
CAR
1
YDS
1
AVG
1.0
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
9
AVG
4.5
TD
0

Final W 51-49

Oct 24LARIZYDS 29
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
29
AVG
14.5
TD
0

Final L 39-3

Oct 10LBYUYDS 18
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
3
YDS
18
AVG
6.0
TD
0

Final L 24-10

Oct 3WWVUYDS 34
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
3
YDS
34
AVG
11.3
TD
1

Final W 45-42

Sep 26LUTAHYDS 55
CAR
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0
REC
5
YDS
55
AVG
11.0
TD
0

Final L 31-17

Sep 19WBGSUYDS 8
CAR
1
YDS
-1
AVG
-1.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
8
AVG
8.0
TD
0

Final W 55-7

Sep 12LIOWAYDS 39
CAR
1
YDS
15
AVG
15.0
TD
0
REC
3
YDS
39
AVG
13.0
TD
0

Final L 16-13

Sep 5WSEMOYDS 54
CAR
1
YDS
8
AVG
8.0
TD
0
REC
2
YDS
54
AVG
27.0
TD
0

Final W 38-10

Omari Hayes's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

39 rec · 515 yds · 1 TD
Usage / Involvement63%
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