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Jersey Number 17
Austin Hays
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, TX
- High School:
- Ronald Reagan
Bio
Career Highs
Receptions 8 vs. Savannah State, 2012Receiving Yards 81 at Kansas State, 2012
Long Reception 54 at Kansas State, 2012
Coaches have praised him for his understanding of the offense and his ability to play multiple wide receiver positions within OSU’s scheme.
2015 (Junior): Played in every game and started against Kansas State and Baylor ... Ranked sixth on the team with 22 catches ... Had a huge impact in OSU’s 70-53 win at Texas Tech as he became the first Cowboy since at least 1982 to throw and catch a touchdown pass in the same game, throwing a 19-yard touchdown to Blake Jarwin on his first career passing attempt and catching a 12-yard pass from Mason Rudolph ... Had at least one catch in 11 games.
2014 (Sophomore): Played in 10 games, but missed three Big 12 games due to injury ... Caught nine passes for 57 yards ... Had a season-best 21 yards against Missouri State and Kansas ... Season-long reception of 15 yards also came against Missouri State.
2013: Redshirt. His lone game action came against Lamar, when he made one catch for eight yards.
2012 (Freshman): Got his first career start against Kansas and ended the season with nine straight starts ... Led all freshmen in starts (10), catches (29) and receiving yards (394) ... Receptions total was fourth on the team and yardage total was fifth among all Cowboys … Began his career with eight catches for 77 yards in the season opener against Savannah State ... His first career TD came on a 1-yard pass from J.W. Walsh in the opener ... Injury and illness sidelined him for the next three games (Arizona, Louisiana and Texas) ... Had nine-yard receptions against Kansas and TCU ... Caught a 41-yard pass against TCU ... At Kansas State he had four catches for 81 yards, including a 54-yard touchdown reception from Wes Lunt ... Caught three passes for 49 yards against West Virginia ... Had a 17-yard catch vs. Texas Tech and a 27-yarder at OU ... Had five catches for 59 yards at Baylor ... Caught four passes covering 25 yards against Purdue … Averaged 13.6 yards per catch.
High School: Was a Class 5A all-state selection by the San Antonio Express News and he was an all-district selection on a Reagan team that made an appearance in the quarterfinals of the state playoffs … Ended his senior season with 55 catches covering 1,060 yards with 14 touchdowns and an average of 19.9 yards per reception ... Also a baseball and track athlete ... A first-team academic all-state selection ... One of the last Cowboys added to the signing class.
Personal: Born Jan. 18, 1994, in San Antonio ... Parents are Russell and Robin Hays ... Business finance major ... Dad was a receiver at Texas (1981-85).
| Hays’ Career Receiving Stats | |||||||
| Year | G | Rec. | Yds. | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
| 2012 | 10 | 29 | 394 | 13.6 | 2 | 54 | 39.4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 2014 | 10 | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 0 | 15 | 5.7 |
| 2015 | 12 | 22 | 200 | 9.1 | 1 | 19 | 16.7 |
| Career | 33 | 61 | 659 | 10.8 | 3 | 54 | 20.0 |
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