Player Dossier

2017-2021

San Diego State

Tayler Hawkins

CB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Palm Springs, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tayler Hawkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

85%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

65

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · San Diego State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
San Diego State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

Tayler Hawkins built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a cornerback from Palm Springs, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Tayler Hawkins' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.75

Southwest Senior · Minneapolis, MN

Committed To
San Diego State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Tayler Hawkins, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · San Diego State. Tayler Hawkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
169
TFL
5
Passes defended
18

Quick Answers

Tayler Hawkins quick answers

Latest team and position
San Diego State · CB
Career Tackles
169
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · San Diego State
Top game
UCLA
Recruit profile
2-star · Southwest Senior · San Diego State
High school pipeline
Dekaney · 18 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
62 tackles · CB 10th (top 3%) · Mountain West 35th (top 7%) · National 387th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State45-0--037.6
2018 PostseasonSan Diego State125-0-1034.6
2018 Regular SeasonSan Diego State123010-4034.6
2019 Regular SeasonSan Diego State93030--021.9
2020 Regular SeasonSan Diego State837-0-3035.3
2021 PostseasonSan Diego State135-0-1057.2
2021 Regular SeasonSan Diego State135710-9057.2

Related Context

Tayler Hawkins played CB for San Diego State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tayler Hawkins recorded 169 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with San Diego State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

San Diego State paired 13 primary output with 29.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 29.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2021 Postseason · San Diego State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

29.9

Usage

4.6

Consistency

60.5

Best Game by takeover score

Utah

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 1. New Mexico State: 1. Arizona: 1. Utah: 3. New Mexico: 1. San José State: 2. Air Force: 0. Fresno State: 1. Hawai'i: 0. Nevada: 0. UNLV: 2. Boise State: 0. Utah State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTSA: 5 by 30.8. New Mexico State: 6 by 35. Arizona: 4 by 26.7. Utah: 6 by 55. New Mexico: 3 by 22.5. San José State: 6 by 45. Air Force: 5 by 20.8. Fresno State: 4 by 26.7. Hawai'i: 7 by 29.2. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. UNLV: 5 by 40.8. Boise State: 6 by 25. Utah State: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1 · Games = 11 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Utah

Best efficiency game

55 vs Utah

Result
Wed 12/22vs UTSAW 38-2455001
Sat 12/4vs Utah StateL 13-4632001
Fri 11/26vs Boise StateW 27-1664000
Sat 11/20@ UNLVSplash gameW 28-2055002
Sun 11/14vs NevadaW 23-2121000
Sun 11/7@ Hawai'iW 17-1077000
Sun 10/31vs Fresno StateL 20-3042001
Sat 10/23@ Air ForceW 20-1453000
Sat 10/16@ San José StateSplash gameW 19-1365002
Sun 10/10vs New MexicoW 31-733001
Sat 9/18vs UtahSplash gameW 33-31640012
Sun 9/12@ ArizonaW 38-1444100
Sun 9/5vs New Mexico StateW 28-10620010

Player Story

Tayler Hawkins story

Tayler Hawkins built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a cornerback from Palm Springs, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Tayler Hawkins' career was his defensive production: 169 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 18 passes defended across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Tayler Hawkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    San Diego State

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonSan Diego State05.20.9
2018 PostseasonSan Diego State617.236
2018 Regular SeasonSan Diego State617.230
2019 Regular SeasonSan Diego State317.24.8-3
2020 Regular SeasonSan Diego State424.34.31
2021 PostseasonSan Diego State1329.94.69
2021 Regular SeasonSan Diego State1329.94.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UCLA

Week 2 · W 23-14

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

87.2 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Air Force

Week 7 · W 21-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Utah

Week 3 · W 33-31

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Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Colorado State

Week 14 · W 29-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs Wyoming

Week 7 · W 26-22 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · San Diego State

13 primary output · 29.9 efficiency · 4.6 usage

57.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · San Diego State

57.2

13 primary · 29.9 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · San Diego State

37.6

0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games