Bryan Hayes Class: Freshman Hometown: Chester, N.J. High School: Mendham Height / Weight: 5-11 / 185 Position: QB

2007 graduate of Mendham (Group 3) High School...football coach was Doug Kirk...played quarterback...passed for 1,389 yards as a senior, the third highest total in school history...threw for 236 yards against eventual state champion Weequahic and for 226 yards and a pair of touchdowns in state playoff game against Hanover Park...tossed a game winning strike with seven seconds left to beat Parsippany, 16-14...earned Morris County Daily Record second team all-area honors and New Jersey Star Ledger third team.

Personal: Full name is Bryan Scott Hayes...son of Furman graduates Tim `80 and Susan `81 Hayes...father was a baseball catcher at Furman...grandfather, Tom Hayes, played quarterback at The Citadel...has two siblings, Chris, and T.K...played baseball as a catcher for six seasons with pitcher Rick Porcello, the 2007 Gatorade National Player-of-the-Year and first round draft choice (27th overall) of the Detroit Tigers.