Honors
- MVFC Honor Roll: 2024
- MSU Athletic Director's Honor Roll: Fall 2024, Spring 2025
2024
Played in 3 games during his first season with the Bears ... Named MSU Special Teams Grinder Award for win over Youngstown State (9/28/24) ... Earned MVFC Honor Roll status ... Named to MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semester.
Jackson State
Spent two seasons at Jackson State (FCS) from 2022-23 ...
2023: Played in 10 games ... Hauled in 12 receptions for 98 yards and a pair of touchdowns with an 8.2 reception average ... Recorded a season-long reception of 28 yards at Texas State (9/16/23) for a TD ... Had a season-high 6 receptions for 38 yards and a touchdown against UAPB (10/28/23) ... Had a reception in six of 10 games ... Also posted 2 tackles in 2023 ...
2022: Played in 8 games as a redshirt freshman ... Had a two-yard TD reception vs. Florida A&M (9/4/22) ... Also had a reception (7 yards) vs. Grambling (9/17/22).
Marshall
2021: Redshirted in his second season at Marshall with no games played ...
2020: Played in 8 games in his first season at Marshall, hauling in 2 pass receptions for 6 yards and a TD ... Had his first collegiate pass reception (5 yards) vs. Eastern Kentucky (9/5/20) and had a one-yard TD reception vs. Middle Tennessee (11/14/20) for his first career score.
Blinn College
Earned Texas Juco all-conference honorable mention honors in his lone season at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas (2019).
High School
Rated as the top tight end in the state of Louisiana as a senior at Sulphur (La.) High School ... Was a three-star recruit (247sports.com) and two-year starter for coach Jeff Wainright’s Tornadoes ... Named to USA Today first-team TE and earned spot on U18 U.S. National Team in 2017 and 2018 ... Played his sophomore and junior seasons at Barbers Hill (Texas) High for coach Tom Westerberg ... Earned all-district and all-area first-team honors his junior season ... Played three years of varsity basketball in high school and a year of track ... Received offers from Memphis, Akron, UMass, ULM and Idaho State out of junior college ... Clocked at 4.82 in the 40-yard dash with a max squat of 425 pounds.
Personal
Hayden Dallas Hagler was born 3/14/01 in Kingwood, Texas ... Son of David and Lisa Hagler of Sulphur, La. ... Has three brothers, Randall, Billy and Hunter ... Pursuing his Master’s in Sports Management at Missouri State.
