2024 Second Team All-AAC (Coaches)
2024 Second Team All-AAC (Phil Steele)
A transfer defensive tackle who was coached by current USF defensive coordinator Todd Orlando and defensive line coach Kevin Patrick during his time at FAU. Came to USF having played in 34 games in four seasons and recorded 46 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss an five sacks.
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2024: Started all 13 games during on the season
…led USF defensive linemen with 40 tackles and ranked second on the team with 10.5 tackles for loss while adding 2.5 sacks, three quarterback hurries, two pass breakups, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble...had a TFL in 10 games...had a career-high six total tackles and 1.5 sacks at Florida Atlantic (11/1)...posted four tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss at Alabama (9/7)...had five tackles vs. Miami (9/21) and five vs. Memphis (10/12)...posted four tackle and a tackle for loss at Tulane (9/28)...had four tackles, two tackles for loss and 1.0 sacks vs. UAB (10/19)...forced one fumble vs. UAB (10/19)...posted three tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and two pass breakups vs. Tulsa (11/23)...had two tackles and a tackle for loss in the Hawai'i Bowl (12.24).
2023 (FAU): Played in all 12 games...posted 18 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks...at USF he posted two tackles, including 1.5 sacks for a loss of nine yards...claimed two solo tackles, including a sack for a loss of eight yards, in the Owls' win over Charlotte...had a season-best four tackles, including 1.5 for a loss of two yards, and two QBH versus ECU...tallied four tackles, including a sack for a loss of 10 yards, at Rice
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2022 (FAU): Played in nine games posting 11 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss...credited with three solo tackles, including one for a loss of three yards, at Purdue...drew the start and had two tackle assists at UNT...part of the Owls' 52-7 Shula Bowl win over FIU...drew a start versus WKU and turned in two tackle assists
2021 (FAU): Played in 11 games posting 17 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks...had two tackle assists at No. 13 Florida...assisted with three tackles, including a half sack for a loss of four yards, in FAU's C-USA win over UTEP...contributed two tackle assists, including a half tackle for a loss of one yard in the Owls' game versus Marshall...recorded a season-best five tackles, including 1.5 for a loss of five yards, at WKU.
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2020 (FAU): Played in two games...contributed to the Owls' 2020 Montgomery Bowl efforts
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CENTER POINT HIGH SCHOOL: A Second Team All-State selection...as a junior he had 56 tackles, 20 for loss, with four sacks...also forced four fumbles, recovered one and had two blocked punts...also had offers from Tulane, Jacksonville State and Eastern Kentucky...247Sports slotted him No. 80 among players in the state of Alabama
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PERSONAL: Mother is Katrina Hawthorne...has one brother, Malik Jackson, and two sisters, Taniyah Hawthorne and Alerya Jackson.
HAWTHORNE’S CAREER HIGHS:
Tackles 6, at Florida Atlantic (11/1/24)
TFL 1.5, (5x) last vs. Tulsa (11/23/24)
Sacks 1.5, (2x) last at Florida Atlantic (11/1/24)
FR 1, vs Navy (11/19/24)
HAWTHORNE’S GAME-BY-GAME:
2024 Tackles (Total-Solo-Assists)
B-CU (2-1-1); Alabama (4-1-3); Southern Miss (0-0-0) Miami (FL) (5-0-5); Tulane (4-3-1); Memphis (5-2-3); UAB (3-2-1); Florida Atlantic (6-3-3); Navy (2-0-2); Charlotte (2-1-1); Tulsa (3-2-1); Rice (1-0-1)
