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#9 Daelin Hayes / Defensive End
- Height: 6-4
- Weight: 264
- Hometown: Belleville, MI
- School: Skyline
- Composite Ranking:
- National Ranking: 133
- Positional Ranking: 10
Notre Dame got a bit of bad news on Sunday when Brian Kelly announced that senior defensive end Daelin Hayes suffered a torn labrum and was out for the rest of the season. It turns out that the 2019 season’s ...
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Brian Kelly gave the media some good injury news on Thursday when discussing the availability of junior defensive end Daelin Hayes. According to the Notre Dame head coach, Hayes has been cleared and we could see him as early as ...
Notre Dame played the entire first half without its starting DROP end Daelin Hayes on Saturday after the junior suffered a stinger against Stanford. They ended up playing the entire second game without their backup DROP as well after Julian ...
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