Player Dossier

2017-2021

Michigan

Brad Hawkins

DB • 6'1" • 218 lbs • Pennsauken, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brad Hawkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

24%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

39

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Indiana

Player Story

Brad Hawkins built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Pennsauken, NJ wearing No. 20, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Brad Hawkins' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8817

Suffield Academy · Camden, NJ

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Brad Hawkins, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Michigan. Brad Hawkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
177
TFL
7
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Brad Hawkins quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · DB
Career Tackles
177
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Michigan
Top game
Indiana
Recruit profile
3-star · Suffield Academy · Michigan
High school pipeline
Suffield Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 20 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
60 tackles · DB 80th (top 9%) · Big Ten 51st (top 9%) · National 411th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan32-0--035.7
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan102330-1026
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan1053-0-1017.7
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan53910-2036.9
2021 PostseasonMichigan146-0--044.8
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan14543014044.8

Related Context

Brad Hawkins played DB for Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brad Hawkins recorded 177 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Michigan paired 8 primary output with 23.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 13.6 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: Notre Dame

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · Michigan

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

13.6

Usage

3.2

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 1.5. Western Michigan: 1. SMU: 0. Nebraska: 1. Northwestern: 0. Maryland: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Michigan State: 0. Rutgers: 0.5. Indiana: 0

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. Notre Dame: 6 by 40. Western Michigan: 3 by 22.5. SMU: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 2 by 18.3. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 5 by 25.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 9 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 1 · +1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

40 vs Notre Dame

Result
Sat 11/17vs IndianaW 31-20
Sat 11/10@ RutgersW 42-7530.5000
Sat 10/20@ Michigan StateW 21-710000
Sat 10/13vs WisconsinW 38-1322000
Sat 10/6vs MarylandW 42-21
Sat 9/29@ NorthwesternW 20-1731000
Sat 9/22vs NebraskaW 56-1022100
Sat 9/15vs SMUW 45-2011000
Sat 9/8vs Western MichiganW 49-332100
Sat 9/1@ Notre DameL 17-24640.5001

Player Story

Brad Hawkins story

Brad Hawkins built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Pennsauken, NJ wearing No. 20, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Brad Hawkins' career was his defensive production: 177 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, and 8 passes defended across 42 career games in the available record. His career also includes 83 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Brad Hawkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan02.80.5
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan413.63.24
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan123.13.8-3
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan338.572
2021 PostseasonMichigan823.655
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan823.650

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Indiana

Week 10 · L 21-38 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#2

vs Washington

Week 2 · W 31-10

3

Havoc Plays

69.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Notre Dame

Week 1 · L 17-24

1.5

Havoc Plays

65.6 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.

#4

vs Middle Tennessee

Week 1 · W 40-21

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Havoc Plays

63.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Nebraska

Week 6 · W 32-29 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

54.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Michigan

8 primary output · 23.6 efficiency · 5 usage

44.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Michigan

44.8

8 primary · 23.6 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Michigan

36.9

3 primary · 38.5 efficiency · 7 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

2

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games