JaKorey Hawkins

Senior cornerback for Wyoming. 2023: 1 interception, 8 pass breakups, 39 tackles.

CB · Wyoming · Sr. · #7

5′11″ · 187 lb · Montgomery, AL

CFB Index 56 · #140 of 339 cornersLow confidenceWyoming 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1099 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Wyoming. 2023: 1 interception, 8 pass breakups, 39 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2018.
Transferred from Ole Miss to Wyoming in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Six seasons at Wyoming, 99 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Ole Miss3-star out of Percy L. Julian

202211 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1099 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

1 coach

2018–2023

Craig Bohl

Wyoming

Played his entire career under Craig Bohl.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Ole Miss5-7HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

2020Ole Miss5-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Wyoming7-6HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023Wyoming9-4HC: Craig Bohl · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #140 of 339?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (97th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#59 / 2842 · 97th pct

Solo tackles#566 / 2842 · 79th pct

Tackles#903 / 2842 · 68th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2235 / 2842 · 18th pct

0.5

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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.7
Road4g	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	0.1	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jay Sawvel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #140 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #140 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Wyoming	39	29	0.5	8	1	--
2022	Wyoming	28	21	0.0	8	1	--
2021	Ole Miss	1	1	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Ole Miss	28	19	0.5	3	--	--
2019	Ole Miss	2	--	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Ole Miss	1	--	0.0	--	--	--
Career		99	70	1.0	19	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 35-33vs Texas Tech	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 10-31@ Texas	5	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 4	W 22-19vs App State	5	5	0.0	—	2
Wk 5	W 35-26vs New Mexico	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 24-19vs Fresno State	4	3	0.5	—	1
Wk 9	L 7-32@ Boise State	5	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 24-15vs Colorado State	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	L 14-34@ UNLV	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 42-9vs Hawai'i	3	3	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 42-6@ Nevada	4	3	0.0	—	2
Bowl	W 16-15vs Toledo	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		39	29	0.5	1	8

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

JaKorey Hawkins

2018

202211 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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