Daelin Hayes – Baltimore Ravens (171st Pick, 5th Round)
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QUICK HITS
- Team Captain
- Freddie Solomon Community Spirit Award Winner; Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Finalist
- Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Semifinalist
- All-ACC Honorable Mention
GRADUATE SEASON (2020)
- Named a team captain
- Started at DL and tallied two tackles and a QB hurry in the season-opening win vs. Duke (9/12).
- Started and posted one tackle in the 52-0 win vs. South Florida (9/19).
- Started and tallied two tackles and a QB hit in the win vs. Florida State (10/10).
- Started and made an impact play with his TFL, reading the screen pass and pinning Louisville’s Javian Hawkins for a loss of six in the fourth quarter, helping to stall a Louisville drive on first-and-20 and preserve the Irish win against Louisville (10/17).
- Started in the 45-3 win at Pitt (10/24).
- Named ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week and Pro Football Focus Defensive MVP of the Week for a performance in which he started and totaled 2.0 sacks and two forced fumbles in the 31-13 win at Georgia Tech (10/31), both career-high single-game marks for the graduate student. Both forced fumbles came on the sacks. Hayes’ two forced fumbles tie for the most in a single game among all FBS players this season, and he was the only player in the Power 5 to reach the mark over the weekend.
- Started and posted 1.0 sack (-5 yards), 2.0 TFL (-7 yards) in the 47-40 2OT win over then-No. 1 Clemson (11/7); Hayes’ sack came on Clemson’s final possession of 2OT, as he dropped D.J. Uiagalelei for a loss of five yards after the Clemson QB had also been sacked on the play immediately preceding it. His sack forced a third-and-24, and the Tigers were unable to convert on third and fourth down, giving Notre Dame the win.
- Started and posted two tackles, 1.0 TFL (-5 yards) and a fumble recovery in the 45-31 win at Boston College (11/14).
- Started and posted two tickles and a pass breakup in the 31-17 win at No. 19 North Carolina (11/27).
- Started and posted his first-career interception (returned 13 yards) in the 41-25 regular season finale win over Syracuse (12/5).
- Started in the ACC Championship game (12/19).
- Started in the CFP Semifinal at the Rose Bowl Game (1/1/21).