Player Dossier

2022-2025

Southern Miss

JJ Hawkins

DL • 6'2" • 280 lbs • Lawrenceville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

JJ Hawkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

7.2

Efficiency

19.3

Consistency

54.8

Season Value

30.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Colorado

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Snapshot

Career Teams
4
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Ole Miss • Colorado • Marshall • Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Scouting Read

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JJ Hawkins, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Colorado. JJ Hawkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.

JJ Hawkins played DL for Ole Miss, Colorado, Marshall, and Southern Miss. Across 4 tracked seasons, JJ Hawkins recorded 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Colorado paired 0 primary output with 5.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ole Miss, Colorado, Marshall, Southern Miss.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Loss with 2.5 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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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Southern Miss

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

19.3

Usage

7.2

Consistency

54.8

Best Game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 1. Mississippi State: 2.5. Unknown: 1. App State: 0. Louisiana Tech: 1. Jacksonville State: 2. Georgia Southern: 2. UL Monroe: 0. Arkansas State: 0. South Alabama: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 6 by 50. Unknown: 1 by 14.2. App State: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 22.5. Jacksonville State: 5 by 40.8. Georgia Southern: 1 by 24.2. UL Monroe: 0 by 0. Arkansas State: 1 by 4.2. South Alabama: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
First Half1.1 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

50 vs Mississippi State

Result
Tue 12/23vs Western KentuckyL 16-271
Sat 11/22@ South AlabamaL 35-4220000
Sat 11/8@ Arkansas StateW 27-2110000
Sat 10/25vs UL MonroeW 49-2100000
Fri 10/10@ Georgia SouthernW 38-3511110
Sat 9/27vs Jacksonville StateW 42-2553110
Sat 9/20@ Louisiana TechL 20-3031100
Sat 9/13vs App StateW 38-2220000
Sat 9/6vs Unknown11100
Sat 8/30vs Mississippi StateL 17-34621.5010

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Ole Miss

    2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Colorado

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Marshall

    2024

    Peak year stop

  4. 4

    Southern Miss

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonOle Miss224.26
2023 Regular SeasonColorado05.21-2
2024 Regular SeasonMarshall613.82.46
2025 PostseasonSouthern Miss9.519.37.23.5
2025 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss9.519.37.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Mississippi State

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 59.3 takeover score.

#2

Virginia Tech

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 52 takeover score.

#3

Jacksonville State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.1 takeover score.

#4

Georgia Tech

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.4 takeover score.

#5

Louisiana

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Colorado

0 primary output · 5.2 efficiency · 1 usage

35.4

#2

2022 Regular Season · Ole Miss

34.7

2 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 6 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Southern Miss

30.6

9.5 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 7.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8663

Discovery · Lawrenceville, GA

Committed To
Ole Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Career Facts

4

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

49

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 26 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.