The Colorado Buffaloes dipped back into the muddy waters of the Allegheny River to pull another huge catch for Coach Prime. After taking Samuel Okunlola from Pittsburgh and Pat Narduzzi (who doesn’t like a lot of people, including Deion Sanders), the Buffs took the other 2023 starter at the defensive end position, Dayon Hayes.
Colorado scored an impressive transfer portal commitment on Monday when former Ohio State running back Dallan Hayden announced he's headed to Boulder.
The Penn State football team has reported interest in several prospects from the transfer portal in the spring window. The transfer portal officially opened on Tuesday, April 16, and there have been several defenders that have mentioned the Nittany Lions as potential contenders.
There was an expectation among Pitt fans that Dayon Hayes and Samuel Okunlola were going to enter the 2024 season as the starting defensive end duo. They’re both now at Colorado.
The first week of the spring transfer portal window came and went with only a pair of losses for James Franklin and Penn State football. While the Nittany Lions have yet to make their first addition of talent to the 2024 roster, they may soon look to pluck a top defender from an in-state rival.
Dayon Hayes officially hit the transfer portal this week, and he had no shortage of interest upon leaving Pitt, but he’s narrowed down his focus a little bit.
With the departure of defensive end Dayon Hayes and an injury that will keep Nate Temple out for the season, Pitt may be in the market to add some depth on the defensive line.
It’s not a surprise to hear that Dayon Hayes has been a popular man since making the surprise announcement to leave Pitt and enter the NCAA Transfer Portal.
Now that Dayon Hayes is officially in the transfer portal, the Pitt coaching staff can’t wait long to upgrade the defensive ends. As such, the first transfer defensive end has received an offer.
Coaches in every sport are looking for ways to motivate their players. Sometimes the motivational tools are BS and made up. For example, following the Super Bowl, Travis Kelce was screaming about how, “No one gave us a chance, everyone counted us out.” Sorry, Travis, any team with Patrick Mahomes has a chance.
The news that Dayon Hayes was hitting the transfer portal caught Pitt fans by surprise Monday, and the surprise didn’t stop there. In a report published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Christopher Carter, Hayes said that he didn’t believe Pitt could win games.
Sincere Edwards will have a new person sitting beside him during meetings with Tim Daoust in the Pitt defensive line room. Edwards has sat by Dayon Hayes since he arrived as an early enrollee in January, and he looks up to the veteran edge rusher as a role model.
On the same day that Samuel Okunlola entered the transfer portal, Pitt received a confirmation that its best defensive lineman will return in 2024. Hayes, who announced after the win against Boston College that he had unfinished business at Pitt, officially confirmed that he will be returning to Pittsburgh for his final season of eligibility.
PITTSBURGH — It hasn’t been the easiest season for Dayon Hayes and the Pitt defense, not as the unit has played well enough to win and not been supported by its counterpart, certainly, but Hayes himself has also been unable to finish.
Life under Charlie Partridge’s watchful eye has led to more sacks and tackles for loss than just about any other team in college football over the last few seasons.
Dayon Hayes was shocked. He figured that he’d pick up a sack or two against Wofford, but as he dragged down Bryce Corriston on the first play of the Pitt-Wofford game, he almost couldn’t believe that it happened that fast.
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