Justin Hodges

Former cornerback at Arkansas State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

CB · Arkansas State · Sr.

6′2″ · 184 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL

CFB Index 11 · #314 of 327 cornersLow confidenceArkansas State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1627 nationally · Signed with UCF

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Arkansas State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCF in 2020.
Transferred from UCF to Ole Miss in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Arkansas State, 134 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20203 games

Signed with UCF3-star out of Western

202311 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1627 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020

Blake Anderson

Arkansas State

2021–2024

Butch Jones

Arkansas State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Butch Jones. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020UCF6-4HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced, fast tempo

2021UCF9-4HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning

2022UCF9-5HC: Gus Malzahn · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2023Arkansas State6-7HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2024Arkansas State8-5HC: Butch Jones · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

11Below cohort / limited sample #314 of 327?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#781 / 2892 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Tackles#1126 / 2892 · 60th pct

Tackles for loss#1909 / 2892 · 27th pct

1.0

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

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

2024 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road7g	3.1	0.1	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.1	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Butch Jones

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

11 · #314 of 327 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #314 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Arkansas State	35	25	1.0	0.0	2	--	--
2023	Arkansas State	25	19	1.5	0.0	5	--	--
2022	UCF	36	19	3.0	1.0	3	1	--
2021	UCF	35	26	2.5	2.0	7	1	--
2020	UCF	3	3	1.0	0.0	4	--	--
Career		134	92	9.0	3.0	21	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024

W 34–31

vs Central Arkansas

0 TFL · 1 SOLO · 2 TOT

Edged out Central Arkansas at home in a shootout.

With J. Raynor — 317 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 26.2 · 49 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD · R. Heicher — 40 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 48 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-31vs Central Arkansas	2	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	W 28-24vs Tulsa	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 18-28@ Michigan	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 7-52@ Iowa State	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 18-16vs South Alabama	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 9-41@ Texas State	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 44-28@ Southern Miss	6	4	0.5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 9	W 34-31vs Troy	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 19-55@ Louisiana	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 27-20@ Georgia State	5	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 28-21vs UL Monroe	1	0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 38-31@ Bowling Green	3	2	0.0	—	0
Total		35	25	1.0	—	2

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