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Name: Layne Hatcher (Triple Transfer from Texas State/Arkansas State/Alabama) College: Ball State
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Height: 5-10 Weight: 213 Position: Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2024 40 Low: 4.82 40 Time: 4.89 40 High: 4.98
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Data Scout Notes: X-Lower Tier Tryout/Seondary Leagues/UFL-CFL...65%-4-1 Backup in 23 2023: NAC...2022: 12-05-22 Transfer from Texas State/NAC...2021: Double Transfer from Arkansas State/Alabama...PManning...2020: HMC...2019: ROYC
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Dates: 03/04/24
Hand: 09 1/8 Arm: 30 3/4 Wingspan: 73 1/8
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Layne Hatcher, Ball State, Player News
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Although action doesn't officially start until Monday, among the reported quarterbacks in transfer portal or planning to enter as of Dec. 1 is Texas State's Layne Hatcher: Hatcher, a fourth-year junior, made 27 starts in three seasons at Arkansas State, then transferred to Texas State in the offseason. He started all 12 games with the Bobcats this season. He did some good things in his first two seasons at Arkansas State, when Blake Anderson was coach: 46 TD passes, 12 picks. In the past two seasons, t hough, his production dipped: 38 TD passes, 23 picks. - NFL Draft Scout and online sources
(DS#61 QB) rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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Texas State coach Jake Spavital was fired Sunday after four seasons in which the Bobcats won just 13 games. Texas State finished its second consecutive 4-8 season on Saturday with a 41-13 loss at home to Louisiana-Lafayette. The Sun Belt program has had only one winning season since moving up to the FBS in 2012. "I strongly believe that Texas State Football can consistently win at a high level," athletic director Don Coryell said in statement. "We have some of college football's most passionate and gene rous fans and supporters; we have tremendous facilities; we are located in a hotbed of football-driven communities and recruits; we are aligned in our collective vision for Texas State Football; and we are working on providing the necessary resources to enable our student-athletes and coaches to be successful." Spavital, 37, was one of the youngest head coaches in major college football when he was hired after the 2018 season. He had been offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at West Virginia, Ca lifornia and Texas A&M before landing his first head coaching job. Spavital and Texas State made headlines when they signed a recruiting class that initially had nothing but transfers and no high school recruits in 2021. - AP College Football
(DS#61 QB) rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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Layne Hatcher drove Texas State 45 yards in 21 seconds and Seth Keller kicked a 29-yard field goal on the final play to rally Texas State to a 16-13 victory over Arkansas State on Saturday night. Hatcher's heroics for Texas State (4-7, 2-5 Sun Belt Confe rence) came after Dominic Zvada kicked a 23-yard field goal for Arkansas State (3-8, 1-6) to tie the game at 13 with 31 seconds remaining. Hatcher took the field for the Bobcats with 26 seconds left and and threw three straight completions. The last two both covered 21 yards - to Drue Jackson and Donnovan Moorer.A roughing-the-passer penalty after Moorer's catch gave Texas State a first-and-10 on the Arkansas State 12-yard line, setting the stage for Keller, who nailed all three of his field-goal attempts in the game. James Blackman's 26-yard touchdown pass to Johnnie Lang in the second quarter gave the Red Wolves a 7-3 lead at halftime. Zvada's 56-yard field goal made it 10-3 after three quarters. Lincoln Pare's 2-yard touchdown run and Keller' s 49-yard field goal gave Texas State a 13-10 lead with 3:17 left to play. - Arkansas State/AP College Football
(DS#61 QB) rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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Layne Hatcher completed 26 of 36 passes for 281 yards and two first-half touchdowns, Tory Spears returned an interception 93 yards for a TD and Texas State never trailed Saturday night in the Bobcat's 36-24 win over Appalachian State. Lincoln Pare ran fo r a 2-yard touchdown that gave Texas State (3-3, 1-1 Sun Belt) a 7-0 lead with 4:54 left in the first quarter. The Mountaineers (3-3, 1-2) went three-and-out on the ensuing drive before Hatcher - who threw an interception in the end zone on first-and-goa l from the 4 to end the game's opening drive - sandwiched a 2-yard TD pass to Charles Brown and a 23-yard scoring strike to Ashtyn Hawkins around a 33-yard field goal by Seth Keller to give the Bobcats a 24-0 lead with 40 seconds left in the first half. The Mountaineers used an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Texas State and a 24-yard pass from Chase Brice to Dashaun Davis on third-and-7 that set up a 30-yard field goal by Michael Hughes as time expired in the first half. Appalachian State got t he ball to open the third quarter and Brice completed 5 of 6 passes - including a 23-yarder to Davis on third-and-4 - to move deep into Bobcats territory before Spears' pick-6 gave Texas State a 30-3 lead. Brice finished 40-of-53 passing for 395 yards an d three second-half touchdowns for Appalachian State. - Texas State/AP College Football
(DS#61 QB) rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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Layne Hatcher threw for 362 yards and four touchdowns and Texas State controlled from the outset in a 34-0 win over Houston Christian on Saturday. Previously named Houston Baptist University, the school announced the name change to Houston Christian Univ ersity on Wednesday. Hatcher completed 27 of 41 passes in the win. It gave him 100 completions in his first four games as a Bobcat, the most ever by a Texas State (2-2) quarterback after four games since the school moved to the FBS level in 2012. Marcell Barbee caught six passes for 112 yards and a touchdown for the Bobcats. Texas State outgained Houston Christian in total yardage, 479-142. The Huskies hadn't been shutout since a 76-0 defeat against Sam Houston on Nov. 15, 2014. The Bobcats won the only previous meeting between the schools, 20-11, on Sept. 2, 2017, in San Marcos. - Texas State/AP College Football
(DS#61 QB) rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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Layne Hatcher threw three touchdown passes, Calvin Hill rushed for 210 yards and a score and Texas State rolled to a 41-12 victory over Florida International on Saturday night. Hatcher threw scoring strikes of 67 yards to freshman Charles Brown in the fi rst quarter and 52 yards to Javen Banks in the second to lead Texas State (1-1) to a 20-6 lead at halftime. After a scoreless third quarter, Hatcher connected with Ashtyn Hawkins for a 7-yard TD to push the Bobcats' lead to 27-6 early in the final period . Hill ran to paydirt from 25 yards out and Kordell Rogers returned an interception 60 yards for a touchdown to cap the scoring. Hatcher completed 15 of 30 passes for 226 yards with one interception. Hill did his damage on 28 rushes. Grayson James threw for 196 yards on 30-of-47 passing with two picks for Florida International (1-1). Texas State outgained the Panthers 241 yards to 62 on the ground. - Texas State/AP College Football
(DS#61 QB) rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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Heading into his first season at Texas State, junior quarterback Layne Hatcher went to work with one of the legendary families in football. Hatcher attended the Manning Passing Academy over the weekend, a four-day camp that's held annually at Nicholls St ate for football players between the ages of those entering the eighth grade and seniors-to-be in high school. Each year, around 40 college quarterbacks are invited to the camp to help coach alongside Archie, Cooper, Peyton, and Eli Manning. The Bobcat s ignal-caller was one of the few invited, joining Georgia's Stetson Bennett, Alabama's Bryce Young and Ohio State's CJ Stroud among others."You're part camp counselor," Hatcher said. "And then in the afternoons, you're working out with the Manning brothers and they're coaching you up and then you have some social events, networking stuff, meeting a lot of QB trainers that are across the country working out with the Mannings. You get to have kind of an all-around experience of coaching and working out and then meeting people and then having, like, just meetings about football and talking ball." The Little Rock, Ark. native went to the camp for the first time last year. He said he was a bit nervous, not knowing what to expect out of the experience. He mostly just listened, trying to soak everything in. This year, with a better understanding of the camp and who all would be there, Hatcher found himself enjoying everything a bit more. - San Marcos Record
(DS#61 QB) rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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Head coach Jake Spavital has always kept a competitive quarterback room since taking over the Bobcats. In 2019, he brought in Gresch Jensen and Brady McBride to compete with Tyler Vitt and Jaylen Gipson for the starting job - though, McBride was deemed i neligible to play due to transfer rules at the time. In 2021, Spavital brought in North Carolina State transfer Ty Evans to compete with Vitt and McBride. With Vitt declining to use his extra "COVID year" of eligibility, Spavital went searching for anoth er signal-caller who could turn up the heat in the position group.Layne Hatcher announced on Dec. 1 he would enter the transfer portal for a second time. The Little Rock, Ark., native spent his first college season at Alabama in 2018, redshirting on a team that reached the national championship and featured a trio of future NFL starting quarterbacks in Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa and Mac Jones. He returned to his home state the next season, transferring to Arkansas State. Now, three years later, he's on the move again. Mitchell Gladstone of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported on Sunday that Hatcher is heading to Texas State. - San Marcos Record
(DS#61 QB) rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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Layne Hatcher threw for 444 yards and two touchdowns, Blake Grupe kicked the go-ahead field goal with 77 seconds remaining and Arkansas State snapped an eight-game losing streak by defeating Louisiana-Monroe 27-24 on Saturday night. The Red Wolves (2-8, 1-5 Sun Belt) scored the game's final 10 points as Hatcher hit Te'Vailance Hunt for a 20-yard score midway through the fourth quarter and Grupe delivered a 42-yard field goal for the lead with 1:17 left. On its final drive, UL Monroe reached the Arkansas State 44 before Rhett Rodriguez was intercepted.Arkansas State pressured Rodriguez throughout the game as he completed just 12 of 29 passes for 160 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. He was sacked six times and the Red Wolves had 14 ta ckles for loss. Defensive end Joe Ozougwu had eight tackles with 3 1/2 tackles for loss for Arkansas State. UL Monroe linebacker Zack Woodard had 15 tackles, seven solo and Malik Jackson ran for 166 yards and two touchdowns for the Warhawks (4-6, 2-5). - Arkansas State/AP College Football
(DS#61 QB) rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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Backup quarterback Layne Hatcher threw four second-half touchdowns - three of them to Corey Rucker - turning a one-point halftime deficit into a rout as Arkansas State dominated the second half to beat FCS-member Central Arkansas 40-21 in a season opener on Saturday. Central Arkansas used a stout defense and Breylin Smith's 66-yard scoring strike to Chris Richmond to lead 7-6 at halftime. The Red Wolves' scoring came on two Blake Grupe field goals. Arkansas State starting QB James Blackman directed a ni ne-play 51-yard drive for the go-ahead score with 8:21 left in the third quarter after Johnnie Lang returned a punt 29 yards to near midfield. Alan Lamar ended the drive with a 2-yard TD run for a 13-7 lead.Hatcher took over from there, completing all 12 of his pass attempts for 150 yards. He found Rucker for the first time for a 34-yard score at the 2:53 mark of the third quarter. The duo connected twice in the fourth quarter from eight and 33 yards out to push the Arkansas State lead to 33-14. Hatcher capped the scoring with a 5-yard TD toss to Te'Vaila Hunt with 2:48 left to play. Rucker finished with nine catches for 138 yards. Blackman completed 16 of 26 passes for 169 yards. Smith completed 23 of 42 passes for 296 yards with three TDs and two interceptions for the Bears. Luj Winningham had six catchers for 84 yards and two scores, while Tyler Hudson hauled in seven passes for 118 yards. Chris Richmond also had a TD catch. - Arkansas State/AP College Football
(DS#61 QB) rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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Arkansas State's Layne Hatcher is getting some more national attention. The Little Rock native is one of 32 quarterbacks on the 2021 Manning Award watch list. Hatcher is one of 4 Sun Belt standouts the Allstate Sugar Bowl selected on Thursday. Hatcher la nded on the watch list for the CFPA National Performer of the Year on Wednesday. The College Football Performance Awards hand out this trophy annually to the best player in FBS. Hatcher threw for 2,058 yards and 19 touchdowns in 2020. The pride of Pulask i Academy is already top 10 in A-State history in career passing yards (7th), passing touchdowns (T-5th), and total offense (9th). - KAIT8.com
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Arkansas State quarterback Layne Hatcher, a 2020 All-Sun Belt Conference selection ranked among the top seven players in school history for both career passing touchdowns and yards, was named Monday to the 2021 Maxwell Award Watch List. The Maxwell Award , sponsored by Mammoth Tech and The Athletes' Corner, is presented annually to the outstanding player in college football. Hatcher is one of 80 players from across the nation to earn a spot on the watch list for the prestigious award. Hatcher becomes the fourth player in Arkansas State history to be named to the Maxwell Award Watch List, joining wide receiver Kirk Merritt (2019) and quarterbacks Justice Hansen (2018) and Fredi Knighten (2015). The Little Rock, Ark., native enters the 2021 season with 5, 065 career yards of total offense for the ninth most in school history, while his 46 passing touchdowns and 5,004 passing yards recorded over his first two seasons with the Red Wolves stand as the fifth (tied) and seventh most, respectively. - KAIT8.com
(DS#61 QB) rSr/2024 QB Layne Hatcher, Ball State
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2020 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE HONORABLE MENTION: Layne Hatcher, QB,...The 2019 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, Hatcher was a member of the 2020 College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) National Performer of the Year Watch List. A two-time Man ning Award "Star of the Week" and CFPA Honorable Mention National Performer of the Week, Hatcher leads the nation in passing yards per completion (17.7 avg.) while ranking ninth in passing efficiency (179.2), 17th in passing touchdowns (19), 30th in pass ing yards (2,058) and 38th in points responsible for (116). - Arkansas State Football
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Arkansas State had a Sun Belt Conference record-tying eight touchdown passes against Georgia State. That's the national season high and most since Washington State threw for nine scores in a loss to UCLA in September 2019. Arkansas State starter Logan Bo nner threw for three TDs, Layne Hatcher for four and wide receiver Roshauud Paul for one. The Red Wolves have 14 TD passes and no interceptions in their last two games. - AP College Football
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Arkansas State coach Blake Anderson has received a restructured contract extension that runs through 2023. The school made the announcement on Friday. Terms of the deal were not released. Anderson took the job before the start of the 2014 season. He has led the Red Wolves to a pair of Sun Belt Conference titles and six consecutive bowl appearances. He is one of just two active Group of Five head coaches in the nation to lead their programs to at least two conference championships and six bowl games sinc e 2014. The Red Wolves have won 36 Sun Belt games under Anderson - the second most ever by a league coach. Last season, he led the Red Wolves to a 34-26 win over Florida International in the Camellia Bowl. - AP College Football
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Layne Hatcher passed for 393 yards and four touchdowns, including a late 13-yarder to Jonathan Adams, and Arkansas State held to beat Florida International 34-26 on Saturday night in the Camellia Bowl. The Red Wolves (8-5) came back to life offensively f or a final big drive, highlighted by All-American and game MVP Omar Bayless's 52-yard catch down to the 12. Then they had two interceptions in the final minutes. The Panthers (6-7) converted a fourth-and-5 play with a pass to Austin Maloney, who matched the huge game of Bayless. But James Morgan's overthrow on the next play was intercepted by Jeremy Smith, who returned it 21 yards into FIU territory.Arkansas State worked the clock down to 37 seconds and a punt left FIU starting at its 12 with no timeouts remaining. The Panthers got one first down on a pass interference call against Logan Wescott, who tipped the next pass into the arms of Darreon Jackson to seal the win. Hatcher completed 27 of 51 passes and had an interception. Bayless, the nati on's No. 2 receiver, caught nine passes for 180 yards and a touchdown. Morgan passed for 312 yards and a touchdown before the ending interceptions. Maloney caught 10 passes for 178 yards and the TD. - AP College Football
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2019 SUN BELT FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR (COACHES): Layne Hatcher, Arkansas State (RFr., QB, Little Rock, Ark.),...Hatcher started every conference game and ranked first in passing efficiency (174.8), second in passing yards per game (312.5) and third in avera ge total offense (313.8) in conference-only contests. He has multiple touchdowns passes in every game as a starter and 23 total so far this season, which ranks third in the Sun Belt. Hatcher has passed for 300 or more yards three times and three or more touchdowns four times. - Sun Belt Football
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