#90

Hardrick Willis

Senior defensive end on Georgia State's 2021 roster.

DE · Georgia State · Sr. · #90

6′3″ · 260 lb · Jonesboro, GA

CFB Index 16 · #336 of 370 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-ConferenceGeorgia State 2021 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end on Georgia State's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Georgia State in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WDE recruit

No. 3981 nationally · Signed with Georgia State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Georgia State, 12 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20179 games

Signed with Georgia State2-star out of Mundy's Mill

20207 games

All-Sun Beltsecond

20219 games

All-Sun Belt

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3981 national

CFB

College

Georgia State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017

Shawn Elliott

Georgia State

2019–2021

Shawn Elliott

Georgia State

Played his entire career under Shawn Elliott.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Shawn Elliott — 28-20 over that span.

2017Georgia State7-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Balanced

2019Georgia State7-6HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

2020Georgia State6-4HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Georgia State8-5HC: Shawn Elliott · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

16Below cohort / limited sample #336 of 370?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#22 / 2743 · 99th pct

Tackles for loss#1411 / 2743 · 44th pct

2.0

Tackles#2013 / 2743 · 25th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#2110 / 2743 · 21st pct

Passes defended#1695 / 2743 · 19th pct

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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dell McGee

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

16 · #336 of 370 edge rushers

Two-star recruit. Now #336 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Georgia State	19	9	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Georgia State	25	15	7.0	6.0	--	--	--
2019	Georgia State	40	25	8.5	4.5	1	--	--
2017	Georgia State	19	12	2.5	1.5	--	--	--
Career		103	61	20.0	12.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 42–40

at Coastal Carolina

2 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SOLO

Edged out Coastal Carolina on the road in a shootout.

With D. Grainger — 198 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.5 · 29 rush yds (12 car) · M. Hayes — 37 AVG · 40 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 2	L 17-59@ North Carolina	4	2	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 3	W 20-9vs Charlotte	3	2	1.0	—
Wk 5	L 16-45vs App State	4	2	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 55-21@ UL Monroe	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 21-14@ Georgia Southern	3	0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 17-21@ Louisiana	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 42-40@ Coastal Carolina	1	1	1.0	—
Wk 12	W 28-20vs Arkansas State	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 37-10vs Troy	0	0	0.0	—
Total		19	9	2.0	—

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

Hardrick Willis

20179 games

20207 games

20219 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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