Cody Hawkins

Cody Norman Hawkins (born March 24, 1988) is an American college football coach and a former professional and college football player who is currently the head coach at Idaho State University. 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.

High school Hawkins never lost a football game while growing up, going 59–0 since beginning in sixth grade. 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, More colleges were not interested because of his small size.

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

His father Dan was the head coach at Boise State and had offered him a scholarship to play there, which he accepted. However, when his father switched jobs to be the head coach at Colorado, he again offered his son a scholarship to play there. His father would later say, "I really didn’t know what he was going to do" about the surprise. The decision was not made until two weeks before the first game of the season.

In 2008, Hawkins was, according to some, not automatically a lock to be the starter the season. 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 Year Team Games Passing Rushing GP Record Comp Att Pct Yards Avg TD Int Rate Att Yards Avg TD 2006 Colorado 2007 Colorado 13 6–7 263 463 56.8 3,015 6.5 22 17 119.8 41 -19 -0.5 3 2008 Colorado 12 5–7 183 320 57.2 1,892 5.9 17 10 118.1 57 -23 -0.4 3 2009 Colorado 8 3–9 121 239 50.6 1,277 5.3 10 11 100.1 15 -93 -6.2 1 2010 Colorado 12 2–5 124 231 53.7 1,547 6.7 14 5 125.6 9 -32 -3.6 0Career 45 16−28 691 1,253 55.1 7,731 6.2 63 43 116.7 122 -167 -1.4 7

After college In 2010, Hawkins accepted an offer to play professionally for the Stockholm Mean Machines of the Swedish Superserien league for two seasons. 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.

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. His younger brother Drew played football at Boise State. His father Dan played collegiately at UC Davis as a fullback, and was named head coach at Colorado in December 2005. 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.

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