{{Short description|American football player (born 1980)}} {{for|the American painter|Gerald Hayes (artist)}} {{For|the American boxer|Gerald Hayes (boxer)}} {{Use American English|date=September 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Gerald Hayes | image = | number = 54 | position = Linebacker | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|10|10}} | birth_place = Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lbs = 250 | high_school = {{nowrap|Passaic County Technical Institute}}<br/>(Wayne, New Jersey) | college = Pittsburgh | draftyear = 2003 | draftround = 3 | draftpick = 70 | pastteams = * Arizona Cardinals ({{NFL Year|2003}}–{{NFL Year|2010}}) * San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|2011}}) | highlights = * Second-team All-American (2002) | statlabel1 = Total tackles | statvalue1 = 431 | statlabel2 = Sacks | statvalue2 = 5.5 | statlabel3 = Forced fumbles | statvalue3 = 6 | statlabel4 = Fumble recoveries | statvalue4 = 6 | statlabel5 = Interceptions | statvalue5 = 4 | statlabel6 = Defensive touchdowns | statvalue6 = 2 | pfr = HayeGe20 }} '''Gerald Hayes''' (born October 10, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the third round of the 2003 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2003 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2003/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers.
==Early life== Hayes played his high school football at Passaic County Technical Institute. He was high school teammates with former NFL players Marcel Shipp and Mike Adams.<ref>Stapleton, Art. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxMDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY5OTg3NDAmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2 "Falcons’ Beauharnais on a whole other level"], ''Herald News'', September 29, 2006. "Paterson Catholic coach Benjie Wimberly compares him to former Passaic Tech star Gerald Hayes, an All-State linebacker and now a starter for the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL."</ref>
==College career== Hayes attended the University of Pittsburgh and was an Administration of Justice Major and a letterman in football. In football, he was a three-time All-Big East Conference selection and finished his college football career with 402 total tackles, 1.5 sacks, and two interceptions.
==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 1 | weight = 238 | arm span = 30+3/4 | hand span = 9+1/4 | dash = | ten split = | twenty split = | shuttle = 4.35 | cone drill = 7.57 | vertical = 30+1/2 | broad ft = 8 | broad in = 11 | bench = | wonderlic = | note = All values from NFL Combine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=794&DraftYear=2003 |title=Gerald Hayes, Pittsburgh, ILB, 2003 NFL Draft Scout, NCAA College Football |website=draftscout.com}}</ref> }}
===Arizona Cardinals=== On April 18, 2006, he signed a one-year qualifying offer on playing his 4th season with the Cardinals.<ref>[https://www.tsn.ca/nfl/news_story.asp?ID=163128 One-year deal]</ref>
He was released by Arizona on July 28, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Rosenthal|first=Gregg|title=Release Tracker|url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/28/release-tracker/|work=Pro Football Talk|accessdate=29 July 2011}}</ref>
===San Diego Chargers=== The San Diego Chargers signed Hayes on October 11, 2011. He was released on November 6, 2011.<ref>{{Citation |date=January 5, 2011 |title=NFL Transactions Report |url=http://www.nfl.com/transactions?transactionMonth=11&transactionYear=2011&transactionTeamAbbr=SD&prevTransactionMonth=11&prevTransactionYear=2011&prevTransactionTeamAbbr=}}</ref>
==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}
===Regular season=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 2003 !! ARI | 12 || 2 || 30 || 26 || 4 || 0.0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2004 !! ARI | '''16''' || 1 || 26 || 22 || 4 || 0.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2006 !! ARI | 14 || 14 || 93 || 79 || 14 || 1.0 || 5 || '''3''' || 24 || 0 || 24 || '''6''' || 0 || '''2''' || 19 || 0 |- ! 2007 !! ARI | '''16''' || '''16''' || '''98''' || '''82''' || 16 || '''4.0''' || '''7''' || 1 || '''30''' || '''1''' || '''30''' || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2008 !! ARI | '''16''' || 14 || 88 || 67 || '''21''' || 0.5 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || '''4''' || '''2''' || 0 || 0 |- ! 2009 !! ARI | 14 || 13 || 63 || 50 || 13 || 0.0 || '''7''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2010 !! ARI | 6 || 4 || 33 || 23 || 10 || 0.0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || '''21''' || '''1''' |- ! colspan="2"| !! 94 !! 64 !! 431 !! 349 !! 82 !! 5.5 !! 30 !! 4 !! 54 !! 1 !! 30 !! 15 !! 6 !! 6 !! 40 !! 1 |}
===Playoffs=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="5"| Tackles !colspan="5"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! GP !! GS !! Cmb !! Solo !! Ast !! Sck !! TFL !! Int !! Yds !! TD !! Lng !! PD !! FF !! FR !! Yds !! TD |- ! 2008 !! ARI | '''4''' || '''4''' || '''19''' || '''14''' || '''5''' || 0.0 || '''2''' || '''1''' || '''6''' || 0 || '''6''' || '''1''' || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! 2009 !! ARI | 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 5 !! 5 !! 20 !! 15 !! 5 !! 0.0 !! 2 !! 1 !! 6 !! 0 !! 6 !! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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