Player Dossier

2016-2019

Memphis

Desmond Hawkins

DL • 6'5" • 285 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Desmond Hawkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Memphis
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Player Story

Desmond Hawkins built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 93, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Desmond Hawkins' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7783

Craigmont · Memphis, TN

Committed To
Memphis
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Desmond Hawkins, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Memphis. Desmond Hawkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
21
TFL
2.5
Sacks
0.5

Quick Answers

Desmond Hawkins quick answers

Latest team and position
Memphis · DL
Career Tackles
21
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 12 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Memphis
Top game
Tulane
Recruit profile
2-star · Craigmont · Memphis
High school pipeline
Craigmont · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 93 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
15 tackles · DL 373rd (top 44%) · American Athletic 205th (top 37%) · National 2,244th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonMemphis00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis00-0--0-
2018 PostseasonMemphis33-0--041
2018 Regular SeasonMemphis33-0--041
2019 PostseasonMemphis91-0--036.3
2019 Regular SeasonMemphis9142.50.5--036.3

Related Context

Desmond Hawkins played DL for Memphis. Across 4 tracked seasons, Desmond Hawkins recorded 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Memphis paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 10.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulane

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2019 Postseason · Memphis

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

10.3

Usage

2.4

Consistency

14.8

Best Game by takeover score

Tulane

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 0. Southern: 0. South Alabama: 0. Navy: 0. Tulane: 1. Tulsa: 1. Houston: 0. South Florida: 0.5. Cincinnati: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. Southern: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 3 by 12.5. Tulane: 2 by 18.3. Tulsa: 2 by 18.3. Houston: 1 by 4.2. South Florida: 1 by 9.2. Cincinnati: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 8 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulane

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Tulsa

Result
Sat 12/28@ Penn StateL 39-5310000
Fri 11/29vs CincinnatiW 34-24200.5000
Sat 11/23@ South FloridaW 49-10100.5000
Sat 11/16@ HoustonW 45-2711000
Sat 10/26@ TulsaW 42-41200.500.500
Sat 10/19vs TulaneW 47-1721100
Fri 9/27vs NavyW 35-2332000
Sat 9/14@ South AlabamaW 42-621000
Sat 9/7vs SouthernW 55-2411000

Player Story

Desmond Hawkins story

Desmond Hawkins built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Memphis, TN wearing No. 93, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Desmond Hawkins' career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sacks across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Desmond Hawkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Memphis

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonMemphis0
2017 Regular SeasonMemphis00
2018 PostseasonMemphis08.31.80
2018 Regular SeasonMemphis08.31.80
2019 PostseasonMemphis310.32.43
2019 Regular SeasonMemphis310.32.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Tulane

Week 8 · W 47-17 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

54.4 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Tulsa

Week 9 · W 42-41 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Cincinnati

Week 14 · W 34-24 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

28.6 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 28.6 takeover score.

#4

@ South Florida

Week 13 · W 49-10 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

28.3 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 28.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Wake Forest

Week 1 · L 34-37 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

10.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Memphis

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 1.8 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · Memphis

41

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.8 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Memphis

36.3

3 primary · 10.3 efficiency · 2.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games