deep progressive passer · line breaking · tempo control
85
Source-linked · calibration provisional
BRS means Best Role Score: our assessment of a player in their best role.
Supporting sources are linked, but the scoring scale is still being checked. This score may change.
BRS v2 · 2025–26
deep progressive passer · line breaking · tempo control
M(C)
Converted from recorded positions. Positional familiarity has not been assessed.
A way to understand the player’s game.
Current Analogue
Bayer Leverkusen
CM
BRSMetodista89Hackney and García connect through vision and distribution from a deeper midfield position. Their passing helps the team move possession forward before the attack reaches its final action.
A separate main difference has not yet been established in the published comparison.
Historical Analogue
Manchester United 2006-2012
Carrick’s Manchester United 2006–12 phase connects with Hackney’s passing from deep. A forward pass can bypass pressure without needing to be a long diagonal; the choice depends on the opening in front of the midfielder.
A separate main difference has not yet been established in the published comparison.
A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Hayden Hackney’s ceiling.
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A way to understand the player’s game.
Current Analogue
Bayer Leverkusen
CM
BRSMetodista89Hackney and García connect through vision and distribution from a deeper midfield position. Their passing helps the team move possession forward before the attack reaches its final action.
A separate main difference has not yet been established in the published comparison.
Historical Analogue
Manchester United 2006-2012
Carrick’s Manchester United 2006–12 phase connects with Hackney’s passing from deep. A forward pass can bypass pressure without needing to be a long diagonal; the choice depends on the opening in front of the midfielder.
A separate main difference has not yet been established in the published comparison.
A style reference for this phase, not a prediction of Hayden Hackney’s ceiling.
No further examples yet.
Unreviewed historical alternative
Unreviewed historical alternative