Justin Hodges: CB · Arkansas State.
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Justin Hodges
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. On tape: 6 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Southern Miss, Week 8, 2024.
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-31vs Central Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-24vs Tulsa | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 18-28@ No. 17 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-52@ No. 20 Iowa State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 18-16vs South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-41@ Texas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-28@ Southern Miss | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 34-31vs Troy | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-55@ Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-20@ Georgia State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-21vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 38-31vs Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Week 8 · 2024
W 44-28
0.5 tackles for loss · 6 tackles · 4 solo tackles
Edged out Southern Miss on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
35tackles this season35 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 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
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Pass share
48.1%
442 pass / 477 run
Plays / game
70.7
13 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
475 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #314 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at UCF and Arkansas State, 134 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Josh Heupel, Gus Malzahn and Butch Jones.
