Wendell Hayes
Wendell Hayes
Born: August 5, 1940
Dallas, TX
Deceased: December 28, 2019
High School: McClymonds (Oakland, CA)
Position(s): RB
Height: 6'1" Weight: 220
College: Humboldt St.
Career: 1963-1974
Wendell Hayes played from 1963 to 1974 with the Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs. Hayes ran for 3,758 yards in his career on 988 attempts, scoring 28 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 161 passes for 1,461 yards and 7 receiving touchdowns..
Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
| 1965 | AFL Denver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| AFL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 1965 | AFL Denver | 130 | 526 | 4.0 | 43 | 5 |
| 1966 | AFL Denver | 105 | 417 | 4.0 | 56 | 1 |
| 1967 | AFL Denver | 85 | 255 | 3.0 | 18 | 4 |
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City | 85 | 340 | 4.0 | 25 | 4 |
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City | 62 | 208 | 3.4 | 11 | 4 |
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City | 109 | 381 | 3.5 | 22 | 5 |
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City | 132 | 537 | 4.1 | 27 | 1 |
| 1972 | NFL Kansas City | 128 | 536 | 4.2 | 28 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Kansas City | 95 | 352 | 3.7 | 27 | 2 |
| 1974 | NFL Kansas City | 57 | 206 | 3.6 | 19 | 2 |
| NFL | 521 | 2012 | 3.9 | 28 | 10 | |
| AFL | 467 | 1746 | 3.7 | 56 | 18 | |
| Totals | 988 | 3758 | 3.8 | 56 | 28 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 1965 | AFL Denver | 24 | 294 | 12.3 | 66 | 2 |
| 1966 | AFL Denver | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 29 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL Denver | 13 | 125 | 9.6 | 24 | 0 |
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 22 | 1 |
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City | 9 | 64 | 7.1 | 17 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City | 26 | 219 | 8.4 | 28 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City | 16 | 150 | 9.4 | 26 | 1 |
| 1972 | NFL Kansas City | 31 | 295 | 9.5 | 29 | 3 |
| 1973 | NFL Kansas City | 18 | 134 | 7.4 | 27 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Kansas City | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 9 | 0 |
| NFL | 95 | 821 | 8.6 | 29 | 4 | |
| AFL | 66 | 640 | 9.7 | 66 | 3 | |
| Totals | 161 | 1461 | 9.1 | 66 | 7 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
| 1963 | NFL Dallas | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL Denver | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 30 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL Denver | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 39 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 45 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 34 | 0 |
| NFL | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| AFL | 9 | 278 | 30.9 | 45 | 0 | |
| Totals | 15 | 401 | 26.7 | 45 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Tackles | Fumbles | Kicks | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Tackle | Solo | Assist | Def | ST | TFL | TFL Yds | Brup | QBH | Fum | F Rec | F Rec Yds | FR TD | FF | K Blk |
| 1965 | AFL Denver | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1967 | AFL Denver | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG R | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2 Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1965 | AFL Denver | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 | ||||||
| 1966 | AFL Denver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1967 | AFL Denver | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| 1968 | AFL Kansas City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1969 | AFL Kansas City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1970 | NFL Kansas City | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Kansas City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1972 | NFL Kansas City | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1973 | NFL Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1974 | NFL Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| NFL | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| AFL | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| Totals | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 214 | ||||
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | G | GS |
| 1963 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 1 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 14 |
| 1966 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 11 | 0 |
| 1967 | AFL | Denver Broncos | 14 | 0 |
| 1968 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 11 | 0 |
| 1969 | AFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 13 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 13 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Kansas City Chiefs | 14 | 0 |