#20

Brad Hawkins

Senior defensive back on Michigan's 2021 roster.

DB · Michigan · Sr. · #20

6′1″ · 218 lb · Pennsauken, NJ

CFB Index 41 · #332 of 509 safetiesLow confidenceAll-ConferenceMichigan 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 288 nationally · Signed with Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Michigan's roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Michigan, 177 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with Michigan4-star out of Camden

20173 games

Signed with Michigan3-star out of Suffield Academy

202113 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#288 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN

All-Big Ten mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 41-18 over that span.

2017Michigan8-5HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2018Michigan10-3HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2020Michigan2-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Pass-leaning

2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

41Rotational starter #332 of 509?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (90th percentile). Strength: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#254 / 2743 · 90th pct

Passes defended#310 / 2743 · 86th pct

Tackles#407 / 2743 · 85th pct

QB hurries#827 / 2743 · 59th pct

Tackles for loss#1047 / 2743 · 58th pct

3.0

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.4	0.3	0.0	0.6
Road6g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.5	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+7g	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

41 · #332 of 509 safeties

Former four-star. Now #332 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Michigan	60	41	3.0	4	--	--
2020	Michigan	39	26	1.0	2	--	--
2019	Michigan	53	30	0.0	1	--	--
2018	Michigan	23	15	3.0	1	--	--
2017	Michigan	2	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		177	113	7.0	8	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2021

W 42–27

vs Ohio State

9 TOT · 7 SOLO

With C. McNamara — 159 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 78.6 · 9 rush yds (1 car) · H. Haskins — 169 rush yds (28 car) · 5 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 47-14vs Western Michigan	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 31-10vs Washington	5	5	1.0	—	2
Wk 3	W 63-10vs Northern Illinois	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 20-13vs Rutgers	4	3	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 38-17@ Wisconsin	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 32-29@ Nebraska	5	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 33-7vs Northwestern	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 33-37@ Michigan State	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 29-7vs Indiana	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 21-17@ Penn State	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 59-18@ Maryland	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-27vs Ohio State	9	7	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 14	W 42-3@ Iowa	5	3	0.0	—	0
Total		54	38	3.0	—	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology