Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 28-24@ Army | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#23
Cedrick Hawkins Jr.
Redshirt junior safety on South Florida's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 192 lb · Titusville, FL · Cocoa HS
Returning to South Florida for 2026
Recruiting
4★
S recruit
No. 358 nationally · Signed with Ohio State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on South Florida's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2023.
- Transferred from UCF to South Florida in 2025.
Cedrick Hawkins Jr.
Cedrick Hawkins Jr. has been at South Florida through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Army, Week 2, 2026.
5 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Cocoa
20257 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
South Florida
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Kevin Patrick
South Florida
2026era →
Brian Hartline
South Florida
Coaching transition mid-career: Kevin Patrick → Brian Hartline. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025South Florida9-4HC: Kevin Patrick · Run-leaning
2026South Florida2-0HC: Brian Hartline · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 5.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Hartline
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | South Florida | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | South Florida | 13 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 18 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 28–24
at Army
5 TOT · 4 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.
With M. Van Buren Jr. — 239 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.3 · 45 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD · L. Goater — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 48 LONG
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
South Florida
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · South Florida
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +10 net (44 in / 34 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
South Florida · Last season: 9-4 (AP #25) · Talent rank #52 · 2026 recruiting class #90
Background
A transfer defensive back that joined USF in the summer of 2025…the former four-star recruit joined Ohio State out of high school and spent the 2024 season at UCF and did not see action on the field at either stop before coming to USF. 2025: Played in all 13 games...posted 13 tackles, a fumble re...
The secondary · South Florida
- #5Ayden Jackson74 tackles · 2025
- #2Tavin Ward60 tackles · 2025
- #3Za'Quan Bryan37 tackles · 2025
- #9Israel Boyce29 tackles · 2025
- #23Cedrick Hawkins Jr.13 tackles · 2025
19 more on the roster · South Florida team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology