Hardrick Willis: DE · Georgia State · #90.
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Hardrick Willis
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at Georgia State since. Named All-Sun Belt two seasons running, most recently in 2021. On tape: 4 tackles against App State, Week 5, 2021.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Georgia State | 19 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Georgia State | 25 | 15 | 7.0 | 6.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Georgia State | 40 | 25 | 8.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2017 | Georgia State | 19 | 12 | 2.5 | 1.5 | -- |
| Career | 103 | 61 | 20.0 | 12.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 17-59@ No. 24 North Carolina | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 20-9vs Charlotte | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-45vs App State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 55-21@ UL Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-14@ Georgia Southern | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-21@ No. 24 Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-40@ No. 22 Coastal Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-20vs Arkansas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 37-10vs Troy | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Week 11 · 2021
W 42-40
1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle · 2 hurries
Edged out Coastal Carolina on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
0%0 sacksTFL rate
11%2 TFLHurry rate
53%10 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
0%0 of 10 pressures19 tackles · 2 for loss.
4 seasons under Shawn Elliott — 28-20 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shawn Elliott
Pass share
34.9%
311 pass / 581 run
Plays / game
74.3
12 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
320 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #336 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Georgia State, 12 sacks — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Shawn Elliott.
