Omari Hayes holds the WR-H · Backup spot in Iowa State Cyclones’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Omari Hayes is a 5'9", 175-pound wide receiver from Sarasota, Florida, who prepped at Venice High School. Hayes played at Florida Atlantic before transferring to Tulane, where he appeared in all 14 games in 2025 with five starts. He recorded 39 receptions for 515 yards and one touchdown in his final season with the Green Wave, including nine catches for 74 yards against Northwestern and a touchdown with three receptions for 69 yards against UTSA. Hayes now joins Iowa State as a redshirt senior.

Florida Atlantic2022 – 2024

Tulane2025

Iowa State2026 — present