Idaho State (2024): Hays wrapped up his career for the Bengals in the 2024 season as a team captain and high producer, in all, havin played in 44 games for Idaho State in the past five seasons... In 2024, Hays rushed for 224 yards on 59 attempts with six rushing touchdowns... In the air, hays threw for 344 yards on 35-51-2 with 7 touchdowns and a season-long pass of 36 yards... Over his career at Idaho State, Hays threw for 3,543 yards with 27 passing touchdowns... On the ground, Hays scored 13 touchdowns in his time at Idaho State with 792 career rushing yards on 260 carries... Against Portland State on 10/12/2024, Hays had a career-best three rushing touchdowns... Against North Dakota on 09/14/2024, Hays had a career-high 4 passing touchdowns after he came in to the game in relief at the end of the first half. 

Idaho State (2023): Appeared in all 11 games for the Bengals in 2023 at quarterback... Rushed for 234 yards on 61 touches scoring a career-high six touchdowns... Threw for 882 yards on 89 completions during the season... passed for nine touchdowns during the 2023 season... Helped lead the bengals to the No. 1 passing offense in the FCS during the 2023 season... against Portland State on 10/21/23 had a career-high 93 rushing yards with two rushing touchdowns in the win. 

Idaho State (2022): Appeared in 8 games in 2022... passed for a career-high 1251 yards on 125-197-6 passes... Threw for five touchdowns in the season... Rushed for 238 yards on 71 touches scoring one rushing touchdown... Completed 25 passes against Central Arkansas and Northern Colorado tying career-best in completions

Idaho State (Fall 2021) Appeared in nine games ... completed 92 passes for 1,066 yards ... had six touchdown passes and seven interceptions ... threw for a career-high 281 yards and two touchdowns in a win over No. 7 UC Davis ... carried the ball 69 times for 96 yards ... had 52 yards rushing vs. UC Davis on 13 carries ... passed for 208 yards at NAU. 

High School: All-conference quarterback in 2018 and 2019 … second-team all-conference in basketball in 2018 … lettered in basketball baseball, soccer and football.

Personal: Parents are Josh and Tammy … Josh played football at Idaho State … health science major … prepped at Cody High School and graduated with a 4.0 GPA ... birthday is Oct. 31, 2001.


 

Name:	Hunter Hays
Hometown / Previous School	Cody Wyoming / Cody High School
What is your Favorite Food	Steak and Potatoes
What are your favorite hobbies (Outside of Football)	Mountain Biking
What is your favorite movie	Braveheart
If I could have any superpower, it would be	Flying
Fact about me most people don't know	I am a follower of Christ.
Favorite Quote	Doesn’t matter. Work harder.
Who or what influenced me to play Football	My father
If I weren't playing/coaching football I would have	Played basketball
What do I like most about ISU	The relationships I have made.
Dream Job	Chiropractic