Briceon Hayes

Position:
DL
Ht./Wt.:
6-3 / 231
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Huntsville, TX
High School:
Huntsville HS
Prev School:
Sam Houston

2025: Appeared and started in 11 games … Tallied a career-high mark of 31 tackles … added 2.5 TFLs including 1.5 sacks with one forced fumble … matched career high with six tackles, including five solo stops, at Western Michigan … recorded four tackles with one TFL versus South Alabama … collected a strip sack and four tackles against UTSA.

Prior to UNT: Spent five seasons at Sam Houston … saw action in 34 games in his career with five starts … totaled 64 tackles, 10 TFLs, six sacks, a PBU, an interception and a forced fumble in his time with the Bearkats … appeared in 13 games with one start in 2024 … tallied 30 tackles, seven TFLs, five sacks, an interception, a PBU and a forced fumble … registered a pair of TFLs including a sack against Hawai’i … finished with a season-high six tackles including a sack against New Mexico State … had a sack against LA Tech … posted five tackles, a sack, and an interception in the New Orleans Bowl win over Georgia Southern … appeared in 11 games in 2023 with a pair of starts … totaled 15 tackles on the year … posted a pair of solo stops against Jacksonville State … had four tackles in the road contest at Western Kentucky … saw action in four games with two starts in 2022 … preserved a redshirt season … produced three tackles against Eastern Kentucky … had a sack and three solo stops at Utah Tech … produced four tackles including a 0.5 TFL at Tarleton … played in six games in 2021 … finished with seven tackles and a TFL … had four tackles and his first career TFL in the season opener at Northern Arizona … posted a pair of tackles against Abilene Christan … did not see action in the spring 2021 season for the Bearkats … prepped at Huntsville High School in Huntsville, Texas … was a two-time First Team All-District selection … was a finalist for the 2019 Whataburger Super Team … as a senior, totaled 11.5 sacks, 17.5 TFLs, 9 quarterback hurries and a forced fumble in nine games … helped Huntsville to consecutive berths in the Texas state playoffs, including a 12-2 and a regional final berth in 2018 … was a class 5A all-state honorable mention in 2018 … ranked as three-star recruit by 247Sports.com … 2019 participated in powerlifting and track & field in high school, qualifying for regionals in powerlifting as a junior.

NCAA Stats Prior to UNT

Year	TEAM	GP	GS	SOLO	AST	TT	TFL	SACKS	FF	PBU	INT
2021	Sam Houston	6	0	4	3	7	1.0	0.0	0	0	0
2022	Sam Houston	4	2	6	6	12	2.0	1.0	0	0	0
2023	Sam Houston	11	2	8	7	15	0.0	0.0	0	0	0
2024	Sam Houston	13	1	20	10	30	7.0	5.0	1	1	1
2021-24	TOTAL	34	5	38	26	64	10.0	6.0	1	1	1