Hays and Purifoy sign NLI's

February 3, 2016

By: Zac Bottoms
Arkansas Scouting Director

Two more Top Prospects Games participants came off the recruiting board this morning, signing their National Letters of Intent. Dylan Hays signed to play football at the University of Arkansas and Kieandre Purifoy signed to play football at Southern Arkansas University. Below is the write up from the Top Prospects Games on both players.

Dylan Hays, RHP Little Rock Christian Academy
Hays is a 6-foot-4 280-pound right-hander with a massive frame and a physical build. He pitched from a low ¾ arm slot with a quick arm action. He repeats his mechanics on a consistent basis and locates his fastball at the bottom of the strike zone. His fastball worked 82-85 with late life through the zone. He complimented it with a Frisbee breaking ball thrown 71-74 mph. Overall Hays is a physical player with a quick arm and solid breaking ball.

Kieandre Purifoy C Smackover HS
Purifoy is a 5-foot-10 190-pound catcher with a medium frame and a jacked build. A physically gifted player with raw skills. He threw a 2.00-2.21 pop times during the pro-style work out. He has an elongated exchange if he could clean that up his pop times would be sub 2.0. Offensively he is raw but attacks the baseball aggressive, he tends to spin off balls being overly aggressive. He produces 88 mph exit velocities and drove the ball well to the pull side gap during batting practice. Overall Purifoy has huge upside with an unrefined skill set, as he continues to learn and develop he could turn into a very good collegiate player.