Cody Hawkins

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Cody Hawkins
Cody Hawkins Colorado.jpg
Hawkins in April 2007
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Idaho State
Conference Big Sky
Record8–15
Biographical details
Born (1988-03-24) March 24, 1988 (age 36)
Woodland, California, U.S.
Playing career
2006–2009 Colorado
2010–2011 Stockholm Mean Machines
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2014 Ohio State (GA)
2015 Westview HS (OR) (assistant)
2017–2020 UC Davis (WR)
2021–2022UC Davis (OC/QB)
2023–present Idaho State
Head coaching record
Overall8–15
Medal record
Men's American football
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Austria Team competition

Cody Norman Hawkins (born March 24, 1988) is an American college football coach and a former professional and college football player. Hawkins played as a quarterback for the Colorado Buffaloes and professionally in Sweden for the Stockholm Mean Machines in the Superserien league for two seasons. He is the son of former UC Davis head coach Dan Hawkins, and is currently the head coach at Idaho State University in Pocatello.

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High school

Hawkins never lost a football game while growing up, going 59–0 since beginning in sixth grade. [1] [2] He also lettered twice in basketball in high school.

In Boise, Idaho, Hawkins led Bishop Kelly High School to back-to-back undefeated state championships. He was also a two-time Idaho Statesman All-Idaho Football Team Player of the Year. In 2005, he threw for 42 touchdowns and 2,783 yards with 5 interceptions, [2] earning him the 2005 Gatorade Idaho Player of the Year award. As a junior in 2004, he had 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions for the Knights. [2]

Hawkins was a highly touted prospect, and had official offers from Colorado, Boise State, Brigham Young, Oregon, and Louisiana–Lafayette, but only made official visits to Boise State and Colorado. [3] More colleges were not interested because of his small size. [3] He was an EA Sports Elite 11 quarterback (#4). [3] [4]

Hawkins was on a reality show called ESPNU Summer House , located in the Lincoln Park district in Chicago in 2006. [2] [5]

His father Dan was the head coach at Boise State and had offered him a scholarship to play there, which he accepted. [6] However, when his father switched jobs to be the head coach at Colorado, he again offered his son a scholarship to play there. [6] Cody Hawkins kept his decision on where to play until National Signing Day and even had signed both letters of intent (LOI). He surprised his father when he faxed in his LOI to Colorado, thus picking Colorado over Boise State. [7] His father would later say, "I really didn’t know what he was going to do" about the surprise. [7]

College

In 2006, Hawkins redshirted and was selected for the Offensive Scout Award by his teammates for the season. [2]

In 2007, heading into spring and fall practices, there was considerable discussion about who would be the starting quarterback for the season. The previous year's starter, Bernard Jackson, was still with the team, but was not considered the favorite to earn the position. Hawkins' competition, Nick Nelson, was a junior college transfer to the team. Because of the conflict of interest, his father had publicly stated he would leave the starting quarterback decision to the offensive coordinator, Mark Helfrich. [1] [8] The decision was not made until two weeks before the first game of the season. [1] [6]

This was the 20th time a coach would coach his own son at quarterback in NCAA Division I college football, the ninth son to be a starter. [2] [4] [8]

Hawkins led the team to a 6–7 record for 2007, including the Independence Bowl against the Alabama Crimson Tide.

He set the Colorado record for most pass attempts (424) and 2nd most completions (239). [9]

In 2008, Hawkins was, according to some, not automatically a lock to be the starter the season. [10] Aside from continuing competition from Nick Nelson, Matt Ballenger was coming off of his redshirt season.

In 2009, after poor performances in the first four games of the season, Hawkins was replaced as the starter by Tyler Hansen on October 10 against Texas.

Statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Colorado Buffaloes
2006 DNP
2007 136–726346356.83,0156.52217119.841-19-0.53
2008 125–718332057.21,8925.91710118.157-23-0.43
2009 83–912123950.61,2775.31011100.115-93-6.21
2010 122–512423153.71,5476.7145125.69-32-3.60
Career 4516−286911,25355.17,7316.26343116.7122-167-1.47

After college

In 2010, Hawkins accepted an offer to play professionally for the Stockholm Mean Machines of the Swedish Superserien league for two seasons. [11] He was also named the quarterback for the US national team for the 2011 IFAF World Cup and as the quarterbacks coach for the same team, serving under his father, in the 2015 IFAF World Cup. In 2017, he joined the UC Davis Aggies, again serving under his father, and was subsequently promoted to assistant director of football operations and recruiting. [12]

Personal

Hawkins is one of four siblings. His oldest sister, Ashley, lives in Portland, Oregon, and works for Nike, and his other sister, Britney is married to Tim Brady, who played at Boise State. [13] His younger brother Drew played football at Boise State. [14] Father Dan played collegiately at UC Davis as a fullback, and was named head coach at Colorado in December 2005. [15] His maternal uncle, Gen. Daniel R. Hokanson, is the current Chief of the National Guard Bureau and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference)(2023–present)
2023 Idaho State 3–83–5T–9th
2024 Idaho State 5–73–5T–6th
Idaho State:8–156–10
Total:8–15

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kyle Ringo (August 19, 2007). "Cody Hawkins named Buffs starter". Daily Camera.com. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 John Henderson (August 19, 2007). "Walking a fine line at CU". The Denver Post . Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 "Cody Hawkins Profile". Scout.com. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  4. 1 2 Vicki Michaelis (August 28, 2007). "Colorado's Hawkins also carries 'coach's kid' tag". USAToday.com. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Hawkins to Star In Upcoming ESPNU Show". Scout.com. August 10, 2006. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  6. 1 2 3 Chadd Cripe (August 19, 2007). "Cody Hawkins named starter at Colorado". Idaho Statesman . Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  7. 1 2 Mark Collins (February 1, 2006). "Hawkins Takes Dad By Surprise". Scout.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  8. 1 2 "When Dad is the coach: Dual roles can test tandem". DailyCamera.com. August 19, 2007. Archived from the original on December 29, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Cody Hawkins, QB, Colorado - 2011 NFL Draft profile". NFLDraftScout.com. November 26, 2007. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  10. ↑ Kyle Ringo (March 4, 2008). "Spring football: Cody Hawkins no lock at QB". DailyCamera.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Cody Hawkins headed to Sweden for football". Denver Post. January 13, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Toler returns to Cal; Cody Hawkins elevated by Aggies". Davis Enterprise. January 12, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  13. ↑ Kyle Ringo (September 30, 2007). "McKay's play on last Buff punt proves big". Daily Camera. Retrieved March 14, 2008.[ dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Hawkins to join Boise St". Daily Camera. February 20, 2008. Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  15. ↑ "Cody Hawkins Biography - CUBuffs.com - Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado". www.cubuffs.com. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011.
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