Tayler Hawkins

Senior cornerback for San Diego State. 2021: 2 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 62 tackles.

CB · San Diego State · Sr. · #9

6′1″ · 205 lb · Palm Springs, CA

CFB Index 30 · #293 of 321 cornersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceSan Diego State 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 1042 nationally · Signed with San Diego State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for San Diego State. 2021: 2 interceptions, 10 pass breakups, 62 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to San Diego State in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at San Diego State, 169 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with San Diego State3-star out of Palm Springs

20174 games

Signed with San Diego State2-star out of Southwest Senior

202112 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1042 national

CFB

College

San Diego State

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 2ND TEAM

All-Mountain West 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2019

Rocky Long

San Diego State

2020–2021

Brady Hoke

San Diego State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2018San Diego State7-6HC: Rocky Long · Run-heavy

2019San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-leaning

2020San Diego State4-4HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #293 of 321?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (95th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#32 / 2743 · 99th pct

Solo tackles#144 / 2743 · 95th pct

Tackles#376 / 2743 · 86th pct

Interceptions#126 / 824 · 73rd pct

Tackles for loss#1821 / 2743 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

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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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.7
Road5g	5.4	0.2	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.0	0.2	0.0	1.0
Weeks 8+7g	4.6	0.0	0.0	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

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

30 · #293 of 321 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #293 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	San Diego State	62	47	1.0	10	2	--
2020	San Diego State	37	24	0.0	3	1	--
2019	San Diego State	30	18	3.0	--	--	--
2018	San Diego State	35	19	1.0	5	--	--
2017	San Diego State	5	3	0.0	--	--	--
Career		169	111	5.0	18	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021

W 33–31

vs Utah

2 PD · 4 SOLO · 6 TOT

Edged out Utah at home in a shootout.

With M. Araiza — 1 SOLO · 2 TOT · 51 LONG · J. Byrd — 1 rec · 4 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 28-10vs New Mexico State	6	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	W 38-14@ Arizona	4	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 33-31vs Utah	6	4	0.0	1	2
Wk 6	W 31-7vs New Mexico	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 19-13@ San José State	6	5	0.0	—	2
Wk 8	W 20-14@ Air Force	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 20-30vs Fresno State	4	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 17-10@ Hawai'i	7	7	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 11	W 23-21vs Nevada	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 28-20@ UNLV	5	5	0.0	—	2
Wk 13	W 27-16vs Boise State	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 13-46vs Utah State	3	2	0.0	—	1
Total		57	42	1.0	2	9

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

Tayler Hawkins

2016

20174 games

202112 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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