Desmond Hawkins

Tulsa

Oct 4 (Sat)

7 p.m.

Photo by: Joe Murphy

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Position:
DL
Ht./Wt.:
6-5 / 285
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Memphis, Tenn.
Prev School:
Hinds CC

Career
Junior college transfer from Hinds Community College ... Joined the Memphis program prior to 2017 campaign ... Saw first game action in 2018 after redshirting in 2017 ... Played in 20 games ... Had 21 total tackles (12 solo) ... Had seven multi-tackle games ... Graduated in May 2019 with his bachelor’s degree.

Honors (Academic/Athletic)
2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2017 fall and 2018 spring semesters.

2019 (Redshirt Senior)
Played in 13 games, missing only the road game at Temple ... Earned first career start against Southern on Sept. 7 ... Finished with 15 total tackles including six solo stops ... Had 2.5 TFL for six yards and 0.5 sacks for two yards ... Had five multi-tackle games including a career-high three tackles in Memphis' win against Navy on Sept. 26 ... Recorded first career TFL against Tulane on Oct. 18 ... Registered his first career sack at Tulsa ... Concluded career in 84th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, recording a tackle.

2018 (Redshirt Junior)
Saw action in seven games ... Made FBS debut in the season opener vs Mercer ... Credited with two solo stops vs the Bears ... First FBS tackle came in the fourth quarter vs Mercer ... Had one solo tackle in a home win over South Alabama ... Played in his first American Athletic Conference game at Tulane ... Logged a career-high three total tackles, all solo hits, vs Wake Forest in the Birmingham Bowl.

2017 (Junior)
Redshirted … Member of 2017 squad that went 10-3, won The American West Division title (7-1 league record) and played in The American Championship Game … Squad earned the program’s first Liberty Bowl bid and played in the hometown’s postseason classic.

2015-16 (Hinds CC)
Junior college transfer from Hinds Community College … Played the 2015 and 2016 seasons for the Eagles … Career stats at Hinds Community College included: 17 games played, 34 total tackles (29 solo), four TFL and three sacks (39 yards) … Played in nine games as a sophomore … Wrapped up 2016 season with 28 tackles, three TFL and a sack … Earned Mississippi Association of Community and Junior College (MACJC) All-State second team honors his sophomore season … Saw action in eight games as a freshman … Had 16 total stops (15 solo), one TFL and two sacks … Helped lead the Eagles to a 6-3 record in 2015.

High School
Prior to his junior college career, a three-year letterman at Craigmont High School … Played for head coach Cecil Vanhooks … Following his senior season (2014), selected to play in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl High School All-Star Game … In 2012 (sophomore), named to the All-District 14-AAA first team offense (OL).

Personal
Son of Tamara Hawkins ... Birthday is September 25 ... Graduated in May of 2019.