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Josh Hayes Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #32

Cornerback · 6' 0", 190 lbs · Lakeland, FL · Age 27

Josh Hayes is a Cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, drafted 181st overall, 2023. In 2025 he recorded 15 tackles.

CornerbackDrafted 181st overall3-yr veteran
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Josh Hayes
Season avg15 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Career avg67 tkl · 0 sacks · 0 int
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
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Scouting report

Josh Hayes — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Cornerback · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Josh Hayes is a Cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, drafted 181st overall, 2023. In 2025 he recorded 15 tackles.
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Coverage
C
Ball skills
C+
Run support
C-
Coverage
Average · defense
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Ball skills
Solid · defense
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Tackling
Average · defense
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Splash plays
Elite · defense
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Blitz
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Josh Hayes stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: #1002 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
31Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Josh Hayes — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Tackling
15 TKL
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Pass rush
0.0 SACK
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Coverage
0 PD
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Splash
1 FF
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The engine

How the model sees Josh Hayes

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2026  modeled
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pd
0–2
0
int
0–0
22
tackles
14–30
1
ff
0–1
16
games
15–17
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 3-season history below.
What moves the pd line vs last season
Last season 0 → projected 1 pd
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
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Net vs last season+1.0 pd
Everything it reads
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3 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 27 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
games last 3: 15 / 15 / 17
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Josh Hayes career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklPDINTFFSack
202315170000
202415353000
202517150010
Career47673010.0
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

10–7proj record
75off index
76def index
+17net
64%playoff odds
59roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades B- (75), defense B- (76) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 59, pass rush 53, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 10–7 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Josh Hayes

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1999-04-24

The beginning

Josh Hayes is a Cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in his 4th NFL season.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Turning pro

Drafted 181st overall, 2023 as a Cornerback.

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Josh Hayes is a Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback, drafted 181st overall, 2023.

Chapter

Across 3 seasons (2023–2025) he has recorded 67 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Chapter

Most recently he posted 15 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions in 2025.

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Hayes's story
The documentary, narrated

Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 0"
Weight
190 lbs
Draft
181st overall, 2023
Born
Lakeland, FL
Age
27
Jersey
#32
Background

Josh Hayes is from Lakeland, FL and is 27 years old. He was drafted 181st overall, 2023 and plays cornerback at 6' 0", 190 lbs.

Over 3 seasons (2023–2025) he has recorded 67 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Hayes is currently on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers roster.

The person

Josh Hayes is a role and nickel defensive back who has recorded 67 tackles with 0 interceptions and 3 passes defensed across 3 seasons (2023–2025).

Coverage production0 career interceptions and 3 passes defensed.
Tackling67 career tackles from the secondary.
Playmaking1 forced fumbles.
Draft pedigree181st overall, 2023.
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FAQ

Josh Hayes — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Josh Hayes, answered.

What position does Josh Hayes play?
Josh Hayes is a Cornerback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
When was Josh Hayes drafted?
Josh Hayes was drafted 181st overall, 2023.
How many seasons has Josh Hayes played?
3 (2023–2025).
What are Josh Hayes's career stats?
He has recorded 67 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.
Josh Hayes career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
8
since 2023
Games missed
2
listed Out
Lower-body
5
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
1
head, reported
Most recent reports
2025 Wk1 · Ankle2024 Wk19 · Ribs2024 Wk15 · Hamstring (Questionable)2024 Wk14 · Hamstring (Questionable)2024 Wk3 · Ankle (Questionable)2024 Wk2 · Ankle (Out)

Home surface: grass (natural grass).

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 3 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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