Hayes went undrafted in the
2010 NBA draft. On November 1, 2010, he was selected by the
Maine Red Claws in the
2010 NBA D-League Draft. On April 18, 2012, he was named the
NBA Development League’s Most Improved Player for the 2011–12 season. On August 5, 2012, he signed with
Hapoel Gilboa Galil of Israel for the 2012–13 season. On August 8, 2013, he signed with
Maccabi Ashdod for the 2013–14 season. On July 23, 2014, Hayes signed with
Vanoli Cremona of Italy for the 2014–15 season. On August 3, 2015, Hayes signed with
BC Astana of Kazakhstan. On March 7, 2016, he left Astana and signed with
Unicaja Málaga of Spain for the rest of the
2015–16 ACB season. On July 14, 2016, Hayes signed with Turkish club
Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece for the 2016–17 season. On July 10, 2017, Hayes signed with French club
Limoges CSP for the 2017–18 season. Hayes averaged 12.3 points per game on the season. He rejoined Büyükçekmece on July 10, 2018. On January 15, 2021, he has signed with
Gaziantep Basketbol of the
Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL). On August 10, 2021, he has signed with
Pallacanestro Forlì 2.015 of the
Serie A2 Basket. On January 19, 2022, he has signed with
HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye of the
Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). On July 1, 2022, he has signed with
Sigortam.net of the
TBL. In the
2023 Arab Club Basketball Championship, Hayes played for Iraqi club
Dijlah University. ==References==