Desmond Hawkins: DL · Memphis · #93.
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Desmond Hawkins
Wins the gap play after play. Second year in the Memphis defensive front. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Navy — Week 5, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 55-24vs Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-6@ South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-23vs Navy | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 47-17vs Tulane | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-41@ Tulsa | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-27@ Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 49-10@ South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 34-24vs No. 18 Cincinnati | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 39-53vs No. 13 Penn State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Week 9 · 2019
W 42-41
at Tulsa
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Edged out Tulsa on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
17%2 TFLSack rate
3%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries15 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Mike Norvell, all run-leaning offenses — 20-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Norvell
Pass share
45.1%
440 pass / 536 run
Plays / game
69.7
14 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
480 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Memphis, 0 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Norvell.
