#90

Decarius Hawthorne

Former defensive tackle at South Florida. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

DT · South Florida · Sr. · #90

6′2″ · 295 lb · Center Point, AL

CFB Index 85 · #20 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceSouth Florida 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 2503 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive tackle at South Florida. 2024: 2.5 sacks, 9.5 tackles for loss, 39 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida Atlantic in 2020.
Transferred from Florida Atlantic to South Florida in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at South Florida, 85 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2020

Signed with Florida Atlantic3-star out of Center Point

202412 games

Entered the portal
All-AACsecond

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2503 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM

All-AAC 2nd team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2022

Jeff Scott

South Florida

2023–2024

Alex Golesh

South Florida

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Scott → Alex Golesh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Run-leaning

2023Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2024South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

85All-Conference level #20 of 285?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (95th percentile). Strength: sacks (84th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#135 / 2892 · 95th pct

9.5

Sacks#412 / 2892 · 84th pct

2.5

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles#969 / 2892 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1261 / 2892 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.3	0.8	0.2	0.3
Road6g	3.2	0.8	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.7	0.7	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.9	0.4	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #20 of 285 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #20 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	South Florida	39	17	9.5	2.5	2	--	--
2023	Florida Atlantic	17	8	7.0	4.5	--	--	--
2022	Florida Atlantic	11	5	2.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Florida Atlantic	18	4	3.5	0.5	--	--	--
Career		85	34	22.5	7.5	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 48–3

vs Bethune-Cookman

1 TFL · 1 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 45-point win at home against Bethune-Cookman.

With B. Brown — 152 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.5 · 74 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · A. Stokes — 49 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 48-3vs Bethune-Cookman	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 16-42@ Alabama	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 15-50vs Miami	5	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 10-45@ Tulane	4	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 3-21vs Memphis	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 35-25vs UAB	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 44-21@ Florida Atlantic	6	3	1.5	1.5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 11	L 7-28vs Navy	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 59-24@ Charlotte	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 63-30vs Tulsa	3	2	1.5	0.0	—	2
Wk 14	L 28-35@ Rice	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 41-39@ San José State	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		39	17	9.5	2.5	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology