2021 SEASON
- Solo37
- SCK0
- FF0
- INT1
Defense
Field Position
G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG | |
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Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line | 16 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Game Halves
G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG | |
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1st Half | 16 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Two Minutes of Half | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2nd Half | 13 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Home vs Road
G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG | |
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Home Games | 9 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Road Games | 8 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Margin of Victory
G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG | |
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Margin 0-7 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Margin 8-14 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Point Differential
G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahead | 12 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ahead by 1-8 Points | 11 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ahead by 9-16 Points | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Behind | 7 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Behind by 1-8 Points | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Behind by 9-16 Points | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Quarters
G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Quarter | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4th Quarter | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4th Quarter within 7 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overtime | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2nd Quarter | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3rd Quarter | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Stadium Surfaces
G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grass | 13 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Turf | 4 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Selected to the Pro Bowl twice (2016-17 seasons) and is a two-time second-team All-Pro selection by The Associated Press with the Chargers (2016-17).
- Named AFC Defensive Player of the Month for November in 2016 and NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month for October in 2012.
- In 2012, was named All-Rookie by the Professional Football Writers of America.
- Became the first Charger and eighth player in NFL history with a defensive conversion, returning an interception 102 yards on a two-point attempt by Denver in the 2018 regular-season finale.
- With 11 interceptions since joining the Bolts in 2016, is tied for the fourth-most over that span with Chicago S HaHa Clinton-Dix, Miami CB Xavien Howard, Cleveland S Damarious Randall and Arizona S D.J. Swearinger Sr.
- Led the league with a career-high seven interceptions in 2016, including one returned for a touchdown at Denver for the second pick-six of his career.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Selected to the Pro Bowl twice (2016-17 seasons) and is a two-time second-team All-Pro selection by The Associated Press with the Chargers (2016-17).
- Named AFC Defensive Player of the Month for November in 2016 and NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month for October in 2012.
- In 2012, was named All-Rookie by the Professional Football Writers of America.
- Became the first Charger and eighth player in NFL history with a defensive conversion, returning an interception 102 yards on a two-point attempt by Denver in the 2018 regular-season finale.
- With 11 interceptions since joining the Bolts in 2016, is tied for the fourth-most over that span with Chicago S HaHa Clinton-Dix, Miami CB Xavien Howard, Cleveland S Damarious Randall and Arizona S D.J. Swearinger Sr.
- Led the league with a career-high seven interceptions in 2016, including one returned for a touchdown at Denver for the second pick-six of his career.
2018: Started all 16 games at RCB, registering 46 tackles (41 solo), a tackle for loss and nine passes defensed…Picked off a two-point conversion attempt in the regular-season finale, returning it 102 yards for two points to become the first Charger and eighth player in NFL history with a defensive conversion…Eclipsed 300 career tackles…Started both postseason games at RCB, totaling eight tackles (seven solo) and a pass defensed…Awards: Selected as a second-alternate for the Pro Bowl…vs. Kansas City (Sept. 9): Posted four solo stops…at Buffalo (Sept. 16): Registered a pass defensed and a solo tackle…Broke up a would-be TD in the front, left corner of the end zone in coverage of WR Robert Foster…at Los Angeles Rams (Sept. 23): Posted a season-high five solo stops…vs. San Francisco (Sept. 30): Registered four solo tackles and two passes defensed…Nearly picked off a pass in the fourth quarter, jumping in front of WR Pierre Garçon on third-and-three to force a San Francisco punt…vs. Oakland (Oct. 7): Registered a solo tackle…at Cleveland (Oct. 14): Posted three tackles (two solo)…Broke up a pass to reach 90 passes defensed for his career…vs. Tennessee (Wembley Stadium, Oct. 21): Appeared in the 90th game of his career, starting at RCB…Played 70 defensive snaps and posted four solo tackles…at Seattle (Nov. 4): Registered five solo stops and a pass defensed…at Oakland (Nov. 11): Finished with two solo stops and broke up a pass…vs. Denver (Nov. 18): Assisted on a tackle and registered a pass defensed…vs. Arizona (Nov. 25): Recorded three tackles (two solo)…at Pittsburgh (Dec. 2): Posted three solo tackles…vs. Cincinnati (Dec. 9): Registered two solo tackles…at Kansas City (Dec. 13): Started at RCB and was one of seven Chargers defenders to appear on all 60 defensive plays…Recorded two solo stops, including a tackle for loss…vs. Baltimore (Dec. 22): Posted five tackles (three solo) and two passes defensed…Stripped the ball out of the hands of WR Michael Crabtree along the sideline on third down for one pass breakup…at Denver (Dec. 30): Posted a solo tackle…On a Broncos two-point conversion attempt, undercut a pass intended for WR Courtland Sutton in the front left corner of the end zone, returning it 102 yards for two points…at Baltimore (AFC Wild Card, Jan. 6): Part of a defense that set team postseason records for the fewest single-game net yards allowed (229), including a record 69 in the first half, which was the fewest allowed in a postseason game since the 2006 AFC Wild Card…Posted four tackles (three solo) and a pass defensed…Tipped a pass in the air intended for WR/RS Chris Moore on a post-route that ended up as an INT by S Adrian Phillips…Played all 61 snaps on defense and four on special teams after opening the game at RCB…at New England (AFC Divisional, Jan. 13): Recorded four solo tackles after starting at RCB, playing on all but one snap of defense.
2017: Selected to his second Pro Bowl…Named second-team All-Pro by The Associated Press…Named AFC Defensive Player of the Month for November…During the month, posted eight solo tackles, including a tackle for loss, three INTs and nine passes defensed…Started all 16 games, totaling 40 tackles (33 solo), including two tackles for loss…Notched 24 passes defensed, four INTs, a forced fumble and two recoveries...Ranked fourth among all Chargers defenders with 1,003 defensive snaps played…Posted his 20th INT of his career in the contest against the Cowboys, ranking fourth since he entered the league in 2012…Made the 250th tackle of his career in the first matchup against Oakland…Member of a defensive backfield that allowed just one 100-yard receiver in 2017, joining Arizona, Jacksonville and Minnesota as the only teams to do so…Part of the only secondary to not allow more than 245 gross passing yards in a game during the first seven weeks of the season…Awards: Pro Bowl Selection (Second)…The Associated Press Second-Team All-Pro (CB)...AFC Defensive Player of the Month (November)…Chargers Walter Payton Man of the Year Nominee…Pro Football Focus Best Coverage Defender…PFF First-Team All-Pro (CB)…Pro Football Journal First-Team All-Pro (CB)…PFJ First-Team All-AFC (CB)…at Denver (Sept. 11): Registered four tackles (three solo), a pass defensed and a fumble recovery...Returned the recovery 11 yards after the ball was stripped from RB Jamaal Charles by ILB Korey Toomer...The return set up a 38-yard TD from QB Philip Rivers to WR Travis Benjamin on the following play...vs. Miami (Sept. 17): One of four Los Angeles defenders to appear on all 68 defensive plays...Posted five tackles (three solo)...vs. Kansas City (Sept. 24): Appeared in his 70th career game, starting at LCB...Played all 53 snaps on defense, one of five Chargers to do so...Registered three tackles (two solo), including a tackle for loss...vs. Philadelphia (Oct. 1): Registered a solo tackle and a career-high five passes defensed...Broke up two deep passes on a drive in the second quarter to help force a Philadelphia field goal…at New York Giants (Oct. 8): Appeared on all 70 defensive plays, joining CB Trevor Williams, S Jahleel Addae and S Tre Boston as the only Los Angeles defenders to do so…Posted three solo tackles and a pass defensed…at Oakland (Oct. 15): Made three tackles (two solo), bringing his career total to 250…vs. Denver (Oct. 22): Posted his first INT of the season for a pass defensed, the 70th breakup of his career…Added a solo tackle…Picked off QB Trevor Siemian on fourth-and-six in the fourth quarter to preserve a 14-point advantage…at New England (Oct. 29): Started at LCB, playing in the 75th game of his career…Finished with two tackles (one solo) and a pass defensed…Broke up a pass from QB Tom Brady intended for TE Rob Gronkowski on a seam-route in the third quarter…at Jacksonville (Nov. 12): Posted a solo tackle and two passes defensed…On one breakup in the fourth quarter, tipped a pass from QB Blake Bortles in the air that was eventually intercepted by Tre Boston…vs. Buffalo (Nov. 19): Posted four solo tackles, including a tackle for loss, registered three passes defensed and tied a career high with two INTs…Recorded the first in the first quarter on a diving attempt after QB Nathan Peterman was pressured by DE Joey Bosa and DE Melvin Ingram…In the second quarter, stepped in front of a pass intended for WR Deonte Thompson after Peterman was pressured again by Bosa…at Dallas (Nov. 23): Started at LCB for his 45th career start…Posted three solo tackles and his fourth INT of the season…Stepped in front of a pass intended for WR Dez Bryant along the left sideline for the pick…It marked the 20th INT of his career, tying with Tampa Bay CB Brent Grimes for the fourth-most in the NFL since he entered the league in 2012…vs. Cleveland (Dec. 3): Posted three solo tackles and broke up a pair of passes, bringing his total to 20 passes defensed on the season…It marked the third season of his career (2012, '16) with 20-plus passes defensed…vs. Washington (Dec. 10): Played 49 defensive snaps after starting at LCB, appearing in the 80th game of his career…Finished with two tackles (one solo) and a pass defensed…at Kansas City (Dec. 16): Posted three solo tackles and a pass defensed…at New York Jets (Dec. 24): Registered two solo tackles, forced a fumble and had a recovery…On the game's final play, swatted down a lateral attempt of RB Elijah McGuire and recovered the ball…vs. Oakland (Dec. 31): Started at LCB, seeing action on all 54 defensive plays…Finished with two passes defensed…vs. NFC (2018 Pro Bowl, Jan. 28): Recorded two solo tackles and an INT that he returned for a yard.
2016: Selected to his first Pro Bowl…Named second-team All-Pro (CB) by The Associated Press…Earned Chargers Most Valuable Player and Defensive Player of the Year honors…Appeared in all 16 games with 14 starts…Recorded 59 tackles (51 solo) and two tackles for loss…Led the league with a career-high seven INTs, including one that was returned for a TD…Registered 23 passes defensed and a tackle on special teams…Awards: Pro Bowl Selection (First)…The Associated Press Second-Team All-Pro (CB)…Chargers Most Valuable Player…Chargers Defensive Player of the Year…Pro Football Journal Second-Team All-Pro (CB)…at Kansas City (Sept. 11): Led the team with two passes defensed…vs. Jacksonville (Sept. 18): Posted two INTs, the second multi-pick game of his career…Made his first pick by tipping the ball in the air to himself and catching it while laying on the ground…at Indianapolis (Sept. 25): Returned an INT early in the second quarter 21 yards to set up a field goal…at Denver (Oct. 30): Posted the second pick-six of his career, returning the INT 24 yards in the fourth quarter to bring the Chargers within six points…Led the team with three passes defensed…vs. Tennessee (Nov. 6): Recorded his fifth INT of the year, returning it 25 yards to the Tennessee 15-yard line, leading to a field goal…Registered two passes defensed…vs. Miami (Nov. 13): Posted a two-yard tackle for loss in the second quarter to help force a three-and-out…at Houston (Nov. 27): Picked off QB Brock Osweiler in the second quarter, which led to an offensive TD on the ensuing possession…Posted a team-high three passes defensed…Early in the fourth quarter, recorded a tackle on third-and-goal to force a Texans field goal…On the play, brought down TE Casey Fiedorowicz at the two-yard line to prevent a game-tying TD…vs. Tampa Bay (Dec. 4): Set a career high with his seventh INT of the season…at Carolina (Dec. 11): Registered two passes defensed, including one on third down to force a field goal on the team's first defensive series…at Cleveland (Dec. 24): Led the team with two passes defensed, including one in the end zone on a deep pass to WR Terrell Pryor Sr. …vs. NFC (2017 Pro Bowl, Jan. 29): Started at CB, posting two passes defensed and three solo tackles.
2015: Posted a career-high 74 tackles (53 solo) in 16 games played with 11 starts…Recorded three tackles for loss and seven passes defensed…Added a tackle on special teams…Started both postseason contests and led the team with 14 tackles (12 solo)…Added two passes defensed in the playoffs…at Denver (Nov. 1): Registered a season-high 11 tackles (eight solo) and two passes defensed…at Washington (NFC Wild Card, Jan. 10): Made the first start of his career in the postseason, opening as the third CB…Posted a postseason career-high seven solo stops…at Arizona (NFC Divisional, Jan. 16)…Started as the third CB, finishing second on the team with seven tackles (five solo).
2014: Appeared in all 16 games with one start…Recorded 32 tackles (27 solo) and two tackles for loss…Picked off three passes, including one returned 82 yards for his first TD of his career…Registered six passes defensed…Recovered two fumbles, including one for a 49-yard scoop-and-score…Set a career high with seven tackles on special teams…Appeared in both postseason games, totaling a solo stop, a tackle for loss and a pass defensed…at Miami (Oct. 12): Picked off his first pass of the season…vs. Carolina (Oct. 19): Registered his second INT of the year…at New Orleans (Oct. 26): Made his lone start of the season as the third CB…vs. Chicago (Nov. 9): Returned an INT for an 82-yard TD for his first career pick-six…vs. Philadelphia (Nov. 16): Recovered a fumble for a 49-yard scoop-and-score…Became the first Packer since 1999 to score a defensive TD in consecutive weeks…One of just two NFL players in 2014 to score TDs on INT and fumble returns…Made a key block during a 75-yard punt return.
2013: Appeared in three games with one start before being placed on injured reserve on Nov. 23…Totaled 12 tackles (seven solo) and a pass defensed…at San Francisco (Sept. 8): Inactive (hamstring)…at Minnesota (Oct. 27): Made his season debut, returning from a hamstring injury that kept him out the first seven weeks of the season…vs. Chicago (Nov. 4): Registered a season-high nine tackles…vs. Philadelphia (Nov. 10): Exited after re-aggravating his hamstring and did not return…at New York Giants (Nov. 17): Inactive (hamstring).
2012: Named All-Rookie (CB) by the Professional Football Writers of America…Recognized as NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month for October…Recorded four INTs during the month…Appeared in all 16 games with seven starts…Posted 55 tackles (43 solo), a tackle for loss and a forced fumble…Added six INTs, which was tied for the fourth-most by a rookie since 2000 at the time…Led the team with a career-high 25 passes defensed…Contributed five tackles on special teams…Posted four INTs over three games, the most by a Packers rookie in a three-game stretch since 1984…Appeared in both playoff contests and recorded two solo stops and two tackles on special teams…Awards: Professional Football Writers of America All-Rookie (CB)…NFL Defensive Rookie of the Month (October)…Pro Football Focus Defensive Rookie of the Year…Pro Football Focus All-Pro (CB)…Pro Football Focus All-Rookie (CB)…Finished third in voting for The Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year…at Indianapolis (Oct. 7): Posted the first INT of his career…at Houston (Oct. 14): Led the team with two INTs and four passes defensed, becoming the first Packers rookie with a multi-pick game since 1999…at St. Louis (Oct. 21): Made the first start of his career at RCB, posting his fourth INT in a three-week stretch…at Detroit (Nov. 18): Picked off his fifth pass of the season and returned it 20 yards…at Chicago (Dec. 16): Recorded his sixth INT of the year…Returned the pick 24 yards to set up a TD on the following drive.
COLLEGE: Played four seasons (2008-11) at Vanderbilt, appearing in 50 career games with 37 starts…Posted 198 tackles, 15 INTs, 46 passes defensed and three forced fumbles in his career…Earned second-team All-America honors as a senior…Was a two-time second-team All-Southeastern Conference selection…Holds school records for the most career INTs and passes defensed…Tied for third in the nation as a senior with seven INTs and tied for fifth with six INTs as a junior…Was named the team's Defensive Player of the Week twice as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Given name Casey Hayward Jr. …Born in Perry, Ga. …Also has an elder half-brother named Casey…Oversaw his foundation, Hayward's Hands, with his mother, Tish, to honor her battle with breast cancer before she passed away in 2016…Hayward's Hands was formed in 2015 because of Tish's bout with breast cancer…Lost his brother, Jecaives, in a car accident during the 2017 season…Is an avid bowler with a personal-best score of 240…Enjoys writing poetry…Earned a degree in sociology from Vanderbilt…High School: Was a three-year starter at QB and a two-year starter at DB at Perry (Ga.) High…Named Region 4-AAA Offensive Player of the Year, All-State and All-Middle Georgia as a senior…Also won the team's Most Valuable Player Award and Houston County Athlete of the Year…Lettered four years in basketball and three in track & field.
CAREER NFL TRANSACTIONS:
2012 Selected by Green Bay Packers in the second round (62nd overall) of NFL Draft, April 27 (pick acquired from New England for Packers' third and fifth-round selections)…Signed rookie contract, May 11.
2013 Placed on Reserve/Injured (hamstring), Nov. 23.
2016 Signed by San Diego Chargers as unrestricted free agent, March 15.
2018 Signed contract extension, March 14.