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Heisman / Players / Jamari Hawkins /Memphis

Jamari Hawkins

WR · Memphis · Jr · #9

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

623 REC YDS · 38 REC · 2 REC TD

2026 TRANSFERTransferred Memphis → Arkansas for 2026

Where He Ended Up · Transfer

Transferred to Arkansas

2025Memphis
2026Arkansas

WR · MEMPHIS · AMERICAN ATHLETIC

Jamari Hawkins

  • 3
  • #9
  • 5-9 | 185 lb
  • Mobile, AL

CFB Zeitgeist Score

63

Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 75th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#2233

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP WR AWARD

Biletnikoff

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R07 · Impact starter

Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · receiving yards

2024–2025
24.02024
6232025

+2496%

Up 2496% from first season to most-recent.

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#964 national
CFB
College
Memphis
2023–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionWR
Class3
Jersey9
Measurements5-9 | 185 lb
HometownMobile, AL
Primary teamMemphis

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 964 recruit
Composite rating 0.8611 HighSchool
Signed with -- 2022
Origin Baker Mobile, AL, USA
Class Profile Context
2022 3-star | 0.8611 No. 964 recruit | HighSchool

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Arkansas 2026
Transfer stars 3-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 5, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Memphis -> Arkansas 3-star | 0.8600 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#2233Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#2255Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to —

Composite

0.8611

#964 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Jamari Hawkins

Fan sentiment ·

Belief Meter

Awaiting per-cohort signal

Sample 0 mentions
Confidence BELOW-FLOOR

Top Take

Trajectory

Cohort divergence mapbearishbullishheatedcalmRivals: 2 mentions · belief +0 · "The cumulative link to the preseason rankings can be found [here]( https://www.r"Rivals
  • Rivals · n=2

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Jamari Hawkins

Only 2 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.

2025 Signature · 2025 season

Yards per reception

16.4

yds

All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions

National rank #54 of 531
Percentile vs All FBS WRs, min 20 receptions 90th

Why it matters

#54 of 531 All FBS WRs at 16.4 yards per reception (38 catches).

Vs cohort

This player 16.4 (90th)

HIGH · n=38 cohort 531

  • Also strong
  • Receiving yards (total)#133 / 531
  • Receiving TDs#302 / 531

Signature Moment

Week 6 vs Tulsa — 110 ypr

Result W 45-7

The week the volume broke through — put up 110 yds vs Tulsa.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the receiving totals stand

final
Through 13g
623Rec yards
38Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
47.9Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Final
623Rec yards
38Receptions
2Rec TDs

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Jamari Hawkins's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Memphis, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #2233 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load 5.4% Overall usage share
Profile quirk All-purpose load 91 return yds

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

WR season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Receptions 38 2 rec TD | #203/1110 (82nd pct)
Receiving yards 623 16.4 per catch | #139/1107 (88th pct)
Scrimmage yards 637 Total offensive yardage | #139/1107 (88th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Big-play receiver against FBS receiving peers.

Big-play receiver

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Receiving

REC
38 82nd
YDS
623 88th
YPR
16.4 84th
TD
2 75th

Rushing

CAR
3 64th
YDS
14 56th
YPC
4.7 52nd
TD
0 81st

Returns

KR YDS
91 62nd
KR AVG
30.3 94th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppRECYDSAVGTDLONGNote
Wk 1W 45-10vs Chattanooga34214.0019
Wk 2W 38-16@ Georgia State37926.3050
Wk 3W 28-7@ Troy35518.3041
Wk 4W 32-31vs Arkansas166.006
Wk 5W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic35719.0042
Wk 6W 45-7vs Tulsa711015.7047Season-high 110 yds
Wk 8L 24-31@ UAB1-3-3.000
Wk 9W 34-31vs South Florida38528.3057
Wk 10W 38-14@ Rice11919.0019
Wk 11L 32-38vs Tulane59819.6155
Wk 12L 27-31@ East Carolina33913.0017
Wk 14L 17-28vs Navy144.004
BowlL 7-31@ NC State4328.0128
Total3862314.5257
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2023Memphis10-3HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced
2024Memphis11-2HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced, fast tempo
2025Memphis8-5HC: Ryan Silverfield · Run-leaning
SeasonTeam
2025Memphis3862316.42--
2024Memphis3248.00--
2023Memphis----------
Career3 loaded seasons4164715.82--
SeasonTeam
2025Memphis31491----
2024Memphis43131----
2023Memphis----------
Career3 loaded seasons745122----
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Pass share

The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.

Role share

A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Usage 5.4% 10.4% pass-game share | #468/1137 (59th pct)
Return yards 91 0 return TD | #92/238 (62nd pct)
Touchdowns 2 Across offense and returns | #281/1111 (75th pct)
Open full stat explorer
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Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Receiving Receptions 38 #203/1110 82nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving yards 623 #139/1107 88th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving TD 2 #281/1111 75th pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Yards / catch 16.4 #183/1106 84th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return yards 91 #92/238 62nd pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage Pass share 10.4% #468/1137 59th pct Air-game usagevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing yards 14 #174/397 56th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rushing LONG 7 #212/346 39th pct Metricvs FBS WR
Rushing Yards / carry 4.7 #189/393 52nd pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Rushing Carries 3 #146/407 64th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Rushing Rush TD 0 #81/411 81st pct Scoringvs FBS WR
Receiving Receiving LONG 57 #198/1105 82nd pct Metricvs FBS WR
Returns Kick return avg 30.3 #14/236 94th pct Efficiencyvs FBS WR
Returns Kick returns 3 #108/243 56th pct Volumevs FBS WR
Usage 1st-down usage 6.8% #256/1137 78th pct Early-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Standard-down usage 5.6% #324/1137 72nd pct Base-situation sharevs FBS WR
Usage Role share 5.4% #442/1137 61st pct Share of team offensevs FBS WR
Usage Passing-down usage 5.0% #707/1137 38th pct Known-passing sharevs FBS WR
Usage 3rd-down usage 4.5% #684/1137 40th pct Money-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage 2nd-down usage 4.1% #633/1137 44th pct Middle-down loadvs FBS WR
Usage Rush share 0.7% #239/1137 79th pct Ground-game usagevs FBS WR

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Home6g3.357.514.60.2
Road7g2.639.714.40.1

Win vs Loss

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Wins8g3.056.618.30.0
Losses5g2.834.08.30.4

First half vs Second half

REC/gYDS/gYPRTD/g
Weeks 1-77g3.454.415.30.1
Weeks 8+6g2.340.313.50.2

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

63Solid starter
7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (86th).

Yards / catch#75 / 558 · 87th pct
16.4rece
Rec yards#139 / 558 · 75th pct
623rece
Long catch#177 / 558 · 68th pct
57rece
Receptions#203 / 558 · 63rd pct
38rece
Rush yards#139 / 287 · 51st pct
14rush
Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct
2rece
Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct
0rush

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · WR · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Jamari HawkinsMemphisNik McMillanBuffalo· 83% simHarrison Wallace IIIOle Miss· 80% simCorey RuckerArkansas State· 79% sim
Yards / catch
87
Hawkins
84
McMillan
78
III
65
Rucker
Rec yards
75
Hawkins
96
McMillan
94
III
97
Rucker
Long catch
68
Hawkins
65
McMillan
65
III
85
Rucker
Receptions
63
Hawkins
90
McMillan
90
III
98
Rucker
Rush yards
51
Hawkins
20
III
55
Rucker
Rec TDs
42
Hawkins
57
McMillan
68
III
68
Rucker
Rush TDs
39
Hawkins
39
III
39
Rucker

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Deep Threat

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

WR

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Bryce Bohanon’s 2025 season.

Bryce Bohanon

76%match

Tulane · 2025

#2

Taye Barber

TCU · 2021

76%
#3

Jahcour Pearson

Ole Miss · 2021

75%
#4

Tyler King

New Mexico State · 2025

75%
#5

Bryce Farrell

Stanford · 2025

75%

Matches Bryce on

TD rate
Reception volume

Differs from Bryce on

Class year (lower)
Yards / reception (higher)
Recruiting rating (higher)

Through 1 college season, his career arc tracks closest to Kris Thornton’s path through James Madison.

Kris Thornton

88%match

James Madison · 2022

All-Sun Belt
#2

Kahtero Summers

Rhode Island · 2023

87%
#3

Cataurus Hicks

Pittsburgh · 2025

86%
#4

Perry Carter

Jacksonville State · 2023

86%
#5

Monaray Baldwin

Baylor · 2024

83%

Matches Kris on

Yards per reception
Weight
Height

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Tyler King's junior season at New Mexico State (2025).

Tyler King

78%match

New Mexico State · 2025

#2

Devin Maddox

Toledo · 2022

70%
#3

Alred Luke

Missouri State · 2025

66%
#4

Bobby Golden

Akron · 2024

66%
#5

Kole Wilson

Baylor · 2025

All-Sun Belt
64%

Matches Tyler on

Total EPA (college ability)
Reception volume
Weight

Differs from Tyler on

Yards / reception (higher)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

Pass share

46.9%

412 pass / 466 run

Plays / game

67.5

13 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

11.2%

285 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025

1 coach
2023
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis
2024
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis
2025
Ryan Silverfield
Memphis

Played his entire career under Ryan Silverfield.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownMobile, AL
Height5'9"
Weight185 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey9

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Memphis WR3 #2233 #2255 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | American Athletic
2023 Memphis WR3 #3973 #3614 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W19 snapshot | American Athletic
2022 Memphis WR3 #4285 #4084 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W20 snapshot | American Athletic

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Memphis American Athletic WR 3 No. 9 | 5-9 | 185 lb | Mobile, AL
2024 Memphis American Athletic WR 3 No. 9 | 5-9 | 185 lb | Mobile, AL
2023 Memphis American Athletic WR 3 No. 9 | 5-9 | 185 lb | Mobile, AL
2022 Memphis American Athletic WR 3 No. 9 | 5-9 | 185 lb | Mobile, AL