Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 6-42@ Missouri | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-38@ Central Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Nick Hawthorne
Freshman linebacker for Massachusetts. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′2″ · 217 lb · Fort Worth, TX
In transfer portal — destination TBD (from Massachusetts)
The numbers
5
tackles · 2025
2 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 2 tackles, at Missouri
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Freshman linebacker for Massachusetts. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boise State in 2023.
Nick Hawthorne
Nick Hawthorne arrived at Massachusetts from Boise State. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Central Michigan, Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Boise State3-star out of Fort Worth Boswell
2025
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Massachusetts
NFL
NFL Draft
—
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Massachusetts
DestinationTBD
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Massachusetts0-12HC: Joe Harasymiak · Balanced
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 2 games: 2.5 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
Joe Harasymiak
Pass share
37.9%
61 pass / 100 run
Plays / game
53.7
3 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
69 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Starter
The No. 1,113 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Mid-American as a freshman.
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology