Hawkins in April 2007
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Sport(s) | Football |
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Current position | |
Title | Offensive Coordinator |
Team | Portland (OR) Westview HS |
Biographical details | |
Born |
Woodland, California |
March 24, 1988
Playing career | |
2006-2009 | Colorado |
2010 | |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2014 | Ohio State (GA) |
2015–present | Porland (OR) Westview HS |
Medal record | ||
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Men’s American football | ||
Representing United States | ||
World Championship | ||
2011 Austria | Team Competition |
Cody Norman Hawkins (born March 24, 1988) is a former college football player, a quarterback for the Colorado Buffaloes, and son of former college head coach Dan Hawkins.
Hawkins never lost playing football 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, 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.
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. More colleges were not interested because of his small size. He was an EA Sports Elite 11 quarterback (#4).
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. 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. His father would later say, "I really didn’t know what he was going to do" about the surprise.