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UW This Season: Hawkins missed spring practice and will be in the mix again this season as a experienced cornerback.
 
2022: Hawkins appeared in 12 games with nine starts. He finished the season with 30 tackles with 23 solo stops and seven assisted tackles. He also added one interception on the season and recorded eight pass breakups. Hawkins recorded a career-high eight tackles with two pass breakups against Boise State. He has four tackles for the Cowboys against Colorado State. He had two pass breakups against New Mexico.

Before Wyoming: Jakorey Hawkins is transferring to Wyoming from Ole Miss.  Hawkins played in 26 career games and started six during his time with the Rebels.  Hawkins comes to Wyoming with two years of eligibility remaining.

Hawkins entered the 2021 season as a three-year letterman for the Rebels.  He was credited with 32 career tackles during his time at Ole Miss, including 20 solo tackles, 12 assists, 0.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and three pass breakups.  Hawkins earned SEC Academic Honor Roll honors in 2020 and was named to the Ole Miss Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in 2018 and ‘20.  He was an integrated marketing communication major at the University of Mississippi. 

Originally from Montgomery, Ala., Hawkins best season at Ole Miss was the 2020 season when he started six of the eight games he played.  During the 2020 season, Hawkins made 28 total tackles, including 19 solo tackles, nine assists, 0.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery and three pass breakups. 

His best career performance came against then No. 2 ranked Alabama.  He made a career high eight tackles and a added a pass breakup vs. the Crimson Tide.  Hawkins also forced an Alabama fumble and recovered it at the goal line.  He had four total tackles vs. Florida and added a pass breakup.  He also recorded four tackles in a start at Kentucky.  Those four tackles versus the Wildcats included a touchdown saving tackle.  Hawkins registered five tackles, forced one fumble and broke up one pass vs. South Carolina.  He was credited with three tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Mississippi State.  In Ole Miss’ 26-20 win over Indiana in the Outback Bowl at the conclusion of the 2020 season, Hawkins recorded three tackles. 

After playing in only four games in his freshman season of 2018, Hawkins was able to redshirt that season.  He appeared in 12 games as a redshirt freshman in 2019, primarily playing on special teams, before becoming a starter in 2020.

In high school, Hawkins was rated as a three-star recruit by Rivals, ESPN and 247 Sports.  He was ranked as the No. 2 cornerback recruit in the state of Alabama and the No. 18 overall recruit by 247 Sports.  Hawkins played in the 2017 Alabama vs. Mississippi High School All-Star Game.  He played for head football coach Tyrone Rogers at Lee High School.  His parents are Chanda and Keldrec Hawkins