Mike Haynes & Lester Hayes Perhaps the greatest cornerback duo in NFL history, the Raiders Mike Haynes and Lester Hayes, and they changed the game of football. Tom LaMarre | Mar 4, 2021 ...

Along Hayes’ way to five Pro Bowls, two Super Bowl rings and 1980 NFL Player of the Year honors, he was known as everything from Lester The Molester to The Judge to The Only True Jedi.

The legend, "The Judge," cornerback Lester Hayes was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the fifth-round (No. 126 overall) out of Texas A&M in the 1977 NFL Draft.

Lester Hayes A member of the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1980s, Lester Hayes paired with Mike Haynes to form one of the greatest, if not the greatest, cornerback tandem in NFL history.

In 1980, Raiders cornerback Lester Hayes set a modern-day record with 13 interceptions in a season. But since 2000, no NFL player has had more than 10 in a season.

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More importantly, the NFL only banned Stickum after Hayes had dominated by using it. The rule of course is known as the Lester Hayes rule.

The Raiders 1983 defense was one of the best the NFL has ever seen thanks in part to Hayes and Haynes. Hayes needs to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Although Hayes finished with seven picks in 1979, he cranked it up a notch in 1980 with a 13 interception season that resulted in him generating NFL's Defensive Player of the Year honors, making ...

Lester Hayes will live in NFL lore as the Jedi Master of stickum, the chemical goop that helped him corral 18 interceptions during the regular season and playoffs en route to the Oakland Raiders ...

It’s so much safer to play in the NFL these days than during my time,” Hayes said. “We didn’t have any guidelines. You could actually lead with your face mask [as a defender] -- putting your face mask ...

Hayes, who starred on two Super Bowl champions for the Raiders, played in five Pro Bowls, was selected to the All-Pro Team six times, was NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1980, and was named to ...