***SWOF #16 & ScoutingOhio Top 20 Player in 2011 Class
#41 / Moeller / Jesse Hayes / DE / 6' 4" / 235# / Jr-2011 / 4.8-40 /***10 games with 4 1/2 sacks in 2009, question is can Hayes be as good without so many great players surrounding him which are playing on Saturdays. #41 will be counted on to produce with Walker and another backer, safety & corner returning who saw playing time in "09", if the defense grows up quickly before hitting the vaunted GCL South than the Crusaders could be in the mix for the crown in 2010 which is wide open! 2nd Team All GCL South in 2009.
He comes from a football background as his Dad and his Uncle are on the Bengals staff. His Dad also coached for Holtz and his Mom is originally from South Bend.
Jesse Hayes (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller), one of the top defensive end prospects in the Midwest, was recently in Madison, Wisc. for a visit with the Badgers and came away impressed.
"I liked it a lot. It was cool," said Hayes. "I really liked the campus."
The 6-foot-4, 230-pounder has over a dozen scholarship offers, including Wisconsin, Nebraska, Arizona, West Virginia, Tennessee, Minnesota, Indiana, Cincinnati, Kentucky, North Carolina State, Kansas and Kent State.