Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Southern 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 25.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
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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- Committed To
- Ole Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
JJ Hawkins, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Southern Miss. JJ Hawkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 49
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 5
- QB hurries
- 13
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
JJ Hawkins quick answers
- 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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 46.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Marshall | 11 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 46.1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Southern Miss | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 64.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 10 | 21 | 5.5 | 3 | 6 | - | 0 | 64.2 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
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: 2025 Postseason
Southern Miss paired 15.5 primary output with 25.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 25.3 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: Jacksonville State
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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Season Explorer
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2025 Postseason · Southern Miss
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.6
Efficiency
25.3
Usage
8.7
Consistency
59.5
Best Game by takeover score
Jacksonville State
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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. Jackson State: 2. App State: 1. Louisiana Tech: 1. Jacksonville State: 3. Georgia Southern: 3. UL Monroe: 2. 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. Jackson State: 1 by 24.2. App State: 2 by 18.3. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 22.5. Jacksonville State: 5 by 50.8. Georgia Southern: 1 by 34.2. UL Monroe: 0 by 20. 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.
Wins1.8 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 4 · -0.7 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
Jacksonville State
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Jacksonville State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/23 | vs Western Kentucky | L 16-27 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ South Alabama | L 35-42 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Arkansas State | W 27-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs UL MonroeSplash game | W 49-21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/10 | @ Georgia SouthernSplash game | W 38-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Jacksonville StateSplash game | W 42-25 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 20-30 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs App State | W 38-22 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Jackson StateSplash game | W 38-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Mississippi StateSplash game | L 17-34 | 6 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
JJ Hawkins 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 Hawkins' career was his defensive production: 49 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 interception across 26 career games in the available record. That gives JJ Hawkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Ole Miss
2022
Opening stop
- 2
Colorado
2023
Peak year stop
- 3
Marshall
2024
Peak year stop
- 4
Southern Miss
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Ole Miss | 2 | 24.2 | 5.7 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Colorado | 0 | 5.2 | 1 | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Marshall | 13 | 20.1 | 4.1 | 13 |
| 2025 Postseason | Southern Miss | 15.5 | 25.3 | 8.7 | 2.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 15.5 | 25.3 | 8.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 92 Jacksonville State
Week 5 · W 42-25
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 58 Mississippi State
Week 1 · L 17-34
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.8 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Georgia State
Week 8 · W 35-20 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
73 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 103 Georgia Southern
Week 7 · W 38-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Stony Brook
Week 1 · W 45-3
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Havoc Plays
69.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Southern Miss
15.5 primary output · 25.3 efficiency · 8.7 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Southern Miss
64.2
15.5 primary · 25.3 efficiency · 8.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Ole Miss
46.2
2 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 5.7 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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