Decarius Hawthorne: DT · South Florida · #90.
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Decarius Hawthorne
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Willie Taggart, Tom Herman and Alex Golesh. First career honor, 2024: All-AAC. On tape: 6 tackles and 1.5 sacks against Florida Atlantic, Week 10, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 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 | 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| 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@ No. 4 Alabama | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 15-50vs No. 8 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 41-39vs San José State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 17 | 9.5 | 2.5 | — | 2 |
Week 10 · 2024
W 44-21
1.5 sacks · 1.5 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 23-point win on the road against Florida Atlantic.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%10 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksHurry rate
8%3 hurries39 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 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
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Pass share
47.4%
439 pass / 488 run
Plays / game
71.3
13 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
477 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #20 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Florida Atlantic and South Florida, 85 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 39 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Willie Taggart, Tom Herman and Alex Golesh.
