JJ Hawkins

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

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JJ Hawkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.3 disruption score.

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Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

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Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

JJ Hawkins built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Lawrenceville, GA wearing No. 5, spending time with Colorado, Marshall, Ole Miss, and Southern Miss. The clearest part of JJ...

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Class 2021 · Rating 0.8663

Discovery · Lawrenceville, GA

Committed To: Ole Miss
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2021

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Latest team and position: Southern Miss · DL
Career Tackles: 49
Tracked sample: 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
Best season: 2025 Postseason · Southern Miss
Top game: Jacksonville State
Recruit profile: 3-star · Discovery · Ole Miss
High school pipeline: Discovery · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster: No. 5 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank: 21 tackles · DL 335th (top 32%) · Sun Belt 224th (top 36%) · National 1,970th (top 32%)

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.

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