22 years after leaving for the NFL, Central State Hall of Famer again makes good on promise to mom

It’s been a long process since first leaving CSU 22 years ago, but Hayes eventually came back and first got his undergrad degree and then – with the help of then athletics director Theresa Check – he began working on his masters while serving as a volunteer coach with the newly revived Marauders football program that had been disbanded for eight years because of financial difficulties.