Jaylinn Hawkins: S · California · #6.
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Jaylinn Hawkins
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The four seasons at California span two head coaches: Sonny Dykes and Justin Wilcox. One game to point at: 7 tackles against UCLA — Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
49 tackles. 2 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 3.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | California | 49 | 37 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | California | 20 | 13 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2017 | California | 41 | 24 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | California | 30 | 16 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 140 | 90 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 10 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-13vs UC Davis | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-19@ No. 14 Washington | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-17vs North Texas | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-20@ Ole Miss | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-24vs Arizona State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-17@ No. 13 Oregon | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-21vs Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-35@ No. 12 Utah | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 33-20vs Washington State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-41vs USC | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-20@ Stanford | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 28-18@ UCLA | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
 Bowl | W 35-20vs Illinois | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 49 | 37 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
49tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFL49 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 2 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
44.2%
365 pass / 461 run
Plays / game
63.5
13 games
Team sack rate
10.2%
430 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at California, 140 tackles — drafted at #134 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.
A stat line in 46 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Justin Wilcox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Atlanta FalconsEntering 7th NFL season
Atlanta FalconsEntering 7th NFL season
