Sophomore running back for Arkansas State. 2025: 23 rushing yards, 1 catch.
5′7″ · 196 lb · Stuttgart, AR
The numbers
rushing yards · 2025
5.8 per carry · 1 catches
Best game: 16 rush yds, vs Texas State
Swing playSwung Arkansas State from 59% to 86% to win.Louisiana at Arkansas State · 37-17
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 running back for Arkansas State. 2025: 23 rushing yards, 1 catch.
Cedric Hawkins
Third year in the Arkansas State backfield, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 16 rush yds against Texas State, Week 6, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Butch Jones.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Butch Jones — 21-18 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: yards / carry (82nd percentile). Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 7.0 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arkansas State | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Arkansas State | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Arkansas State | 31 | 156 | 5.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 37 | 173 | 4.7 | 2 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arkansas State | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Arkansas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Arkansas State | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 14-56@ Arkansas | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-28@ UL Monroe | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-30vs Texas State | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 | Season-high 16 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 34-24vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 30-29@ App State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 4 | 23 | 6.8 | 0 | 16 |