JJ Hawkins
JJ Hawkins
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Across four seasons and four programs, three head coaches: Lane Kiffin, Deion Sanders and Charles Huff. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Mississippi State, Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Hall, Reed Stringer, and Charles Huff. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 21 | 8 | 5.5 | 3.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Marshall | 22 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Colorado | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 49 | 16 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 38–20
vs Jackson State
1 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SOLO
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Southern Miss
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Southern Miss
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +9 net (37 in / 28 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #83 · 2026 recruiting class #108
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Zi'Yon Hill’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Grayson Murphy's senior season at UCLA (2023).
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