Weber State University Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Haze Hadley
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Taylor, UT
- High School:
- Fremont
Haze is a senior wide receiver and kick returner out of Taylor, Utah, and Fremont High School. He has been a part of the Wildcat program for the last four years and earned All-Big Sky honors in 2022.
In his four seasons, he has played in 31 games with the Wildcats and has helped the Wildcats to two Big Sky titles and three trips to the FCS Playoffs.
He enters the 2023 season ranked fourth in WSU history in career punt return yards with 551. He also has 35 career receptions for 350 yards and two touchdowns and has 10 kickoff returns for 197 yards.
2022 (Junior)
Earned All-Big Sky honors and helped the Wildcats to a 10-win season and a trip to the FCS Playoffs…Earned second-team all-conference honors as a punt returner despite playing in just six games…Suffered a season-ending leg injury in the sixth game at Portland State…Had 24 punt returns for 289 yards in the six games, the eighth-most return yards in a season in school history…Averaged 12.0 yards per return…Had two of the top five single-game punt return yards in school history during the season…Had six returns for 131 yards in the season-opening win over Western Oregon, the second-most return yards in a game in school history…Also had nine returns for 105 yards in the win over Utah Tech, tied for the fourth most yards in a game in WSU history…Also had 21 receptions for 160 yards and a touchdown during the season…Had six catches for 40 yards in the win at UC Davis and six catches for 31 yards and a touchdown in the win at Portland State…Had two kickoff returns for 44 yards.
2021 (Sophomore)
Played in all 11 games for the Wildcats during the season…Totaled 13 receptions for 179 yards and one touchdown…Had four catches for 26 yards in WSU’s win at No. 2 Eastern Washington…Had a season-high 68 yards, including a 53-yard touchdown pass in the win against Northern Colorado…Also had seven punt returns for 105 yards and four kickoff returns for 76 yards…Earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors in Business Administration.
Spring 2021
Played in all six games during the spring season, helping Weber State to a fourth straight Big Sky Championship...Had one reception for 11 yards, coming in the season opening win at Idaho State...Also had one kickoff return for seven yards and had a punt return in that game.
2019 (Freshman)
Saw action in eight games for the Wildcats during Weber State’s historic season, helping WSU win a third-straight Big Sky title and advance to the FCS Semifinals…Had 18 punt returns for 159 yards on the season, an average of 8.8 yards per return...Had a season-long 38-yards return in the win over Idaho State...Also had three kickoff returns for 70 yards, all coming in the FCS Playoffs...Earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors in Entrepreneurship with a perfect 4.0 G.P.A.
Fremont High School
Graduated from Fremont in 2017 where he played for coach Kory Bosgieter and earned all-state honors...Had 95 receptions for 1,210 yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior and added 177 rushing yards and a touchdown...He also returned kicks and had 336 kickoff return yards and 278 punt returns yards and returned a kickoff and a punt for touchdowns...Also played baseball at Fremont and earned All-State honors.
Personal
Was born July 28, 1998 in Ogden...Parents are Bret and Kris Hadley...Has six siblings...His uncle Beau Hadley was an All-Big Sky performer and Academic All-American at Weber State from 2006-09...Originally signed at Weber State in February 2017 before serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Houston, Texas...Is majoring in Business Administration at Weber State.
