Wisconsin Badgers

2014 Season: Earned first letter, playing in 12 games ... recorded first sack of career and forced a fumble vs. Western Illinois on Sept. 6 ... credited with a half sack vs. Bowling Green on Sept. 20 ... made one tackle vs. Auburn in Outback Bowl on Jan. 1 ... logged one tackle vs. Minnesota on Nov. 29 ... saw action in Big Ten Football Championship Game vs. Ohio State on Dec. 6, at Iowa on Nov. 22, vs. Nebraska on Nov. 15, at Purdue on Nov. 8, vs. Illinois on Oct. 11, at Northwestern on Oct. 4 and vs. South Florida on Sept. 27

2013 Season: Did not play

2012 Season: Played at Nebraska on Sept. 29, against UTEP on Sept. 22 and Utah State on Sept. 15 ... made UW debut at Oregon State on Sept. 8

2011 Season: Redshirt season

High School: Three-star recruit by ESPN/Scouts Inc., Rivals and Scout ... No. 18 weakside defensive end in the county by Rivals, No. 23 defensive end by MaxPreps, No. 37 defensive end by ESPN/Scouts Inc. and No. 58 defensive end by Scout ... No. 20 player in Ohio by ESPN/Scouts Inc. and No. 26 by Rivals ... second-team USA Today All-American ... second-team all-state, first-team Greater Catholic League and first-team all-district after recording 60 tackles with 11.5 sacks and 19 tackles for loss ... selected to play in Ohio North-South Game ... second-team GCL as a junior after making 50 tackles with six sacks and 11 TFLs ... lettered in football, wrestling and track ... head coach was Jon Rodenburg

Personal: Parents are Jay and Suzanne Hayes ... father, Jay, was an assistant coach at Wisconsin from 1995-98, played football at Idaho and later played in the USFL and is currently defensive line coach with the Cincinnati Bengals ... uncle, Jon Hayes, played football at Iowa and for 12 years in the NFL with Kansas City and Pittsburgh and is currently the tight ends coach for the Cincinnati Bengals ... worked in church organizations that helped urban churches feed the needy ... undeclared major in College of Letters & Science