Jaylinn Hawkins a DB for Cal is a Big Time Player. Great Interview.
• Played in a career-high 13 games with a career-high 12 starts
• Led the Pac-12 and the team in total interceptions (6) and interceptions per game (0.5), ranked tied for third and tied for fifth nationally, respectively
• Also led Pac-12 safeties in passer rating when targeted for those with a minimum of 200 snaps on defense with a 1.7 passer rating allowed
• Added 32 tackles as well as career highs of 3.5 tackles for loss (-17 yards), 39 interception return yards, three pass breakups, nine passes defended, his first career quarterback hurry and a career-high four kick returns for 38 yards
• Named the Cheez-It Bowl Defensive MVP after recorded a career-best and Cheez-It Bowl record three interceptions that he returned a career-high 29 yards against TCU that were the most in any bowl game during the 2018 campaign and earned him a spot on the Sports Illustrated All-Bowl team, while adding a season-high six tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss (-1 yard)
• His three interceptions against TCU were the most by a Cal player since Kameron Jackson also had three in a home game against UCLA in 2012
• Registered two interceptions against North Carolina to become the first Cal player to intercept two passes in a game since Camryn Bynum accomplished the feat against Washington State in 2017 while also adding a single tackle in the contest
• Added his other pick of the campaign at BYU along with two tackles and his lone career quarterback hurry
• Had five tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss (-3 yards) against Stanford
• Registered three tackles against Washington and Oregon as well as at USC, adding 1.0 tackle for loss (career-high -10 yards) and one pass breakup against the Huskies, as well as 1.0 tackle for loss (-3 yards) and a career-high two pass breakups against the Trojans when he served as a team game captain
• Had two tackles vs. UCLA and at Oregon State
• Had a single tackle against Idaho State, at Arizona and vs. Colorado
• Also had a career-high four kick returns for 38 yards with one for 19 yards against Oregon, one for 17 yards vs. UCLA and two for two yards at Washington State
• Recorded three tackles in the spring game