At the start of his college career, Will Hayes went unnoticed.
After his career at Howell High School and a preparatory year at Milford Academy, Hayes didn’t receive any Division-I scholarship offers and garnered interest from only two Division-III schools.
With limited options, Hayes decided to walk onto Temple’s program.
“It was [disappointing] at first, but I knew I could play at this level,” Hayes said. “So, I knew if I worked hard, I could eventually even play some special teams or something and fortunately it worked out for me.”
Now a scholarship-athlete and one of the Owls’ starting safeties, the redshirt senior uses past rejection as motivation.