#21

Will Dawkins

Senior safety for UAB. 2019: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 28 tackles.

S · UAB · Sr. · #21

5′10″ · 205 lb · Vero Beach, FL

UAB 2019 alumnus

The story

4 safety for UAB. 2019: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 28 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UAB, 77 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2015–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Bill Clark

UAB

Played his entire career under Bill Clark.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Indiana6-7HC: Kevin Wilson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2017UAB8-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2018UAB11-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2019UAB9-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1295 / 2688 · 50th pct

Tackles#1481 / 2688 · 44th pct

Interceptions#301 / 779 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1809 / 2688 · 27th pct

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QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th pct

Sacks#1426 / 2688 · 23rd pct

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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

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road6g	2.7	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	UAB	28	18	1.0	0.0	2	1	--
2018	UAB	14	9	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	UAB	35	24	1.0	0.0	3	1	--
2015	Indiana	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		77	51	2.0	0.0	5	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 24–19

vs Alabama State

4 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With K. Greenwell — 41 AVG · 52 LONG · 8 NO · M. Mitchell — 1 rec · 4 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week