Austin Hawley: S · UL Monroe · #15.
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Austin Hawley
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at UL Monroe: Matt Viator and Terry Bowden. On tape: 6 tackles against Louisiana, Week 13, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-45@ Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 12-7vs Jackson State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-16vs Troy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-59@ No. 16 Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-55vs Georgia State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 31-28vs Liberty | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-31vs South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 28-59@ App State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 19-27@ Texas State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-27vs Arkansas State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 14-27@ LSU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 16-21@ No. 23 Louisiana | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 24 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL40 tackles · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Terry Bowden
Pass share
41.6%
351 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
70.2
12 games
Team sack rate
9.7%
391 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #407 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at UL Monroe, 237 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 49 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Viator → Terry Bowden. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
