Donielle Hayes holds the WR-Z · Backup spot in Minnesota Golden Gophers’s wide receiver room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Donielle Hayes is a 6'0", 190-pound wide receiver from Pensacola, Florida, who attended Pine Forest High School. As a senior, he caught 43 passes for 743 yards and nine touchdowns while also rushing three times for 143 yards and three touchdowns. Hayes redshirted in 2023 before appearing in four games during his 2024 freshman season, recording two catches for 22 yards, including two receptions for 22 yards against Virginia Tech. In 2025, he played in three games against Northwestern State, Iowa, and New Mexico. Hayes is a redshirt junior returning for Minnesota.