BJ Hawkins Jr.

Senior wide receiver for UAB. 2025: 41 catches, 540 receiving yards, 5 TD.

WR · UAB · Sr. · #6

5′10″ · 190 lb · Waxahachie, TX

CFB Index 55 · #174 of 485 WRsHigh confidence

The numbers

540

receiving yards · 2025

Best game: 6 rec, 127 yds, 1 TD, vs North Texas

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior wide receiver for UAB. 2025: 41 catches, 540 receiving yards, 5 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UAB in 2023.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

EPA / target: 47th percentile.

The full scouting read

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BJ Hawkins Jr.

WR · UAB · Sr · #6

Moves the chains on third down. BJ Hawkins Jr. has been at UAB through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 127 rec yds, 6 receptions against North Texas — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	UAB	41	540	13.2	5	--
2024	UAB	2	32	16.0	1	--
Career		43	572	13.3	6	--

Season	Team
2025	UAB	2	37	--	--	--
2024	UAB	1	14	--	--	--
Career		3	51	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-42vs Alabama State	2	41	20.5	0	41
Wk 2	L 24-38@ Navy	3	20	6.7	0	11
Wk 3	W 31-28vs Akron	5	59	11.8	0	24
Wk 4	L 24-56@ Tennessee	7	69	9.9	1	30
Wk 6	L 13-31vs Army	2	13	6.5	0	9
Wk 7	L 33-53@ Florida Atlantic	3	14	4.7	0	11
Wk 8	W 31-24vs Memphis	4	39	9.8	0	17
Wk 10	L 19-38@ UConn	4	89	22.3	1	68
Wk 11	L 17-24@ Rice	2	29	14.5	1	21
Wk 12	L 24-53vs North Texas	6	127	21.2	1	36	Season-high 127 yds
Wk 13	L 18-48vs South Florida	2	32	16.0	0	19
Wk 14	W 31-24@ Tulsa	1	8	8.0	1	8
Total		41	540	12.7	5	68

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 52–42

vs Alabama State

2 rec · 41 yds

Edged out Alabama State at home in a shootout.

With J. Kitna — 247 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.0 · 14 rush yds (2 car) · S. Beebe — 51 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 10 · UConn · 2&3 · Q3 · EPA +5.47Brandon Hawkins Jr. 68 Yd pass from Ryder Burton (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 11 · Rice · 3&21 · Q2 · EPA +4.51(00:03) No Huddle-Shotgun #15 R.Burton pass complete deep middle to #6 B.Hawkins Jr. caught at RICE00, for 21 yards to the RICE00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 00:03 #39 J.Delange kick attempt good (H: #27 P.Foley, LS: #47 C.Moser)
Week 4 · Tennessee · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +4.14Jalen Kitna pass complete to Brandon Hawkins Jr. for 30 yds for a TD (Jonah Delange KICK)
Week 1 · Alabama State · 3&11 · Q3 · EPA +4.10Jalen Kitna pass complete to Brandon Hawkins Jr. for 41 yds to the ALST 3 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · North Texas · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +4.05(01:53) Shotgun #7 J.Kitna pass complete deep middle to #6 B.Hawkins Jr. caught at UNT39, for 36 yards to the UNT25 (#1 D.Fisher), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 12 · North Texas · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +3.86(05:43) No Huddle #7 J.Kitna pass complete short middle to #6 B.Hawkins Jr. caught at UNT14, for 32 yards to the UNT00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 05:34, 1ST DOWN #39 J.Delange kick attempt good (H: #27 P.Foley, LS: #47 C.Moser)
Week 3 · Akron · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.07Jalen Kitna pass complete to Brandon Hawkins Jr. for 24 yds to the UAB 47 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UConn · 2&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Brandon Hawkins Jr. 32 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 14 · Tulsa · 3&8 · Q3 · EPA +2.95(10:28) No Huddle-Shotgun #7 J.Kitna pass complete short left to #6 B.Hawkins Jr. caught at Tulsa02, for 8 yards to the Tulsa00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 10:24 #39 J.Delange kick attempt good (H: #27 P.Foley, LS: #47 C.Moser)
Week 3 · Akron · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +2.46Jalen Kitna pass complete to Brandon Hawkins Jr. for 14 yds to the AKR 49 for a 1ST down

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024UAB3-9HC: Trent Dilfer · Balanced

2025UAB4-8HC: Alex Mortensen · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

55Rotational starter #174 of 485?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (85th percentile). Strength: long catch (81st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#424 / 798 · 47th pct

0.40

Yards / catch#427 / 798 · 47th pct

11.2

Catch rate#425 / 798 · 45th pct

66.7%

TD rate#458 / 798 · 43rd pct

1.9%

Explosive rate#525 / 798 · 34th pct

7.4%

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#19 / 287 · 85th pct

Long catch#100 / 558 · 81st pct

Rec TDs#96 / 558 · 78th pct

Rush yards#74 / 287 · 74th pct

Receptions#178 / 558 · 68th pct

Rec yards#185 / 558 · 67th pct

540

Yards / catch#258 / 558 · 53rd pct

13.2

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

41 rec · 540 yds · 5 TD

36 of 41 receptions matched to play-by-play

19 of 53 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

5314% of team targets

Catch rate

68%36 of 53 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

5% of targets (1)

0%catch rate

Air -1.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

42% of targets (8)

62%catch rate

Air 6.4 · YAC 3.0 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

37% of targets (7)

71%catch rate

Air 12.7 · YAC 3.0 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

16% of targets (3)

33%catch rate

Air 23.3 · YAC 14.0 avg

68% catch rate on 53 targets · 14% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

39%21 of his 54 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.5	51.8	14.3	0.2
Road6g	3.3	38.2	11.0	0.7

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	36.0	10.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	54.0	15.3	0.7

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

Pass share

36.0%

73 pass / 130 run

Plays / game

67.7

3 games

Team sack rate

8.2%

85 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #174 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #174 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #18 of 51 American Athletic WRs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

How he plays

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

CFB Index positional classification

Money down · 3rd-down role

Money down

fact

13/243rd-down conversions

1.383rd-down EPA/target

-0.01Other-downs EPA/target

18 of 24 caught on third down (75.0%) — EPA/target 1.38 vs -0.01 elsewhere (13 conversions).

Catch rate is disclosed context only, never the gate — conversions and EPA/target are. Interception targets carry no attribution row at any source, so EPA/target here is unfixably, slightly inflated.