2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 55
Davoan Hawkins
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 275
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Lauderhill, Fla.
- High School:
- Chaminade-Madonna
- Prev School:
- Kentucky/Tennessee State
- Played in 52 career games
2023 (r-Sr.)
- Played in 13 career games at WVU
- Assisted one tackle against UNC in the Duke's Mayo Bowl
- Added one solo stop at UCF
- Blocked a punt against Oklahoma State
- Recorded his first career sack as a Mountaineer against Texas Tech
- Assisted on a tackle for loss against Duquesne
- Made his Mountaineer debut in the season opener at Penn State; recorded two tackles and a TFL
- Enrolled at WVU in January 2023
2022 (r-Jr.) – Tennessee State
- Finished career at Tennessee State with 92 career tackles (51 solo/41 assisted)
- Career numbers also include 18 tackles for a loss of 89 yards, eight sacks for a loss of 54 yards, five forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and two block kicks
- For the season, he recorded 31 total tackles (16 solo/15 assisted), five tackles for loss, one sack, one forced fumble and two fumble recoveries
- Recorded six tackles vs. Tennessee Tech, five tackles vs. Middle Tennessee and four vs. Jackson State
2021 Fall (r-So.) – Tennessee State
- Played in 11 games
- Collected 29 tackles – 16 solo/13 assisted
- Tallied 4.5 tackles for loss and two sacks
- Forced two fumbles and blocked two kicks
- Registered five quarterback hurries
2021 Spring (COVID) – Tennessee State
- Played in all seven games
- Recorded 19 solo tackles and 12 assisted for a total of 32
- Nine tackles for a loss of 39 yards and five sacks for a loss of 28 yards
- Registered two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery
- Recorded seven tackles in three different games during the season
- Top performance came against Eastern Illinois with seven tackles, four tackles for loss and two sacks
- Narned Hero Sports All-American honors
2019 (r-Fr.) – Kentucky
- Saw action in nine games
- Finished the season with three solo tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and one forced fumble
2018 (Fr.) – Kentucky
- Redshirted
High School
- Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN
- Played on the offensive and defensive line
- Chaminade-Madonna won the 3A state championship in 2017
- Registered 65 total tackles, 21 tackles for loss and 12 sacks as a senior
- Three-time first-team all-county selection
Personal
- Son of Earnest Hawkins and Sherria Hicks
- One of 14 children (1 brother, 12 sisters)
- Graduated with his bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and sciences from Tennessee State in December 2022
- Pursuing a second bachelor's degree in multidisciplinary studies
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