Anthony Hawkins: DL · Bowling Green · #5.
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Anthony Hawkins
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Rated a two-star prospect, with five seasons of snaps at Bowling Green since. First career honor, 2024: All-MAC. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 sack against Old Dominion — Week 5, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bowling Green | 46 | 13 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 3 |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 31 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 32 | 16 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 33 | 17 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Bowling Green | 12 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 154 | 64 | 22.0 | 10.0 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-17vs Fordham | 7 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | L 27-34@ No. 8 Penn State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-26@ No. 25 Texas A&M | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-30vs Old Dominion | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-20@ Akron | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-17vs Northern Illinois | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-6vs Kent State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-26@ Toledo | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 23-13@ Central Michigan | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-13vs Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-13@ Ball State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 12-28vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 31-38vs Arkansas State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 13 | 7.5 | 5.0 | — | 3 |
Week 1 · 2024
W 41-17
vs Fordham
2 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 24-point win at home against Fordham.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
16%8 TFLSack rate
11%5 sacksHurry rate
4%2 hurries46 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
5 seasons under Scot Loeffler — 24-32 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scot Loeffler
Pass share
50.4%
418 pass / 411 run
Plays / game
63.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
454 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #57 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Bowling Green, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC
All-MAC mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Scot Loeffler.
