Tight end, Georgia Tech (from Yale), 2019–⁠24

Jackson Hawes

Number
No. 85
Height
6′5″
Weight
260 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Salt Lake City, UT
Born
Dec 6, 2000

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Jackson Hawes played tight end at Yale (2021–⁠23) and Georgia Tech (2024). The Buffalo Bills took Hawes in round 5, No. 173 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
195
Receiving yards, 2024 (Georgia Tech, 7–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 173
Round 5, 2025 NFL Draft (Buffalo Bills)

Team titles: Ivy League champions, 2022 and 2023

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021*Yale133.003
2022Yale1313910.7434
2023Yale99710.8128
2024Georgia Tech1619512.2033
Career3943411.1534

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Yale85TEFr.
2022Yale85TESo.
2023Yale85TEJr.
2024Georgia Tech85TESr.6′5″260

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2021Yale (FCS)1-0.16––-0.2–
2022Yale (FCS)170.79––13.4–
2023Yale (FCS)120.54––6.4–
2024Georgia Tech161.31––21.0–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Georgia Tech 10 games, 16 catches, 195 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.Georgia StateW 35–⁠12110010
Sep 7atSyracuseL 28–⁠3121307
Sep 14vs.VMIW 59–⁠7113013
Sep 21atLouisvilleL 19–⁠31241033
Oct 19vs.Notre DameL 13–⁠31120020
Oct 26atVirginia TechL 6–⁠21114014
Nov 9vs.MiamiW 28–⁠2321109
Nov 21vs.NC StateW 30–⁠29120020
Nov 29atGeorgiaL 42–⁠44446016
Dec 27 ✦vs.VanderbiltL 27–⁠351707
2023 Yale 7 games, 9 catches, 97 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 16vs.Holy CrossL 24–⁠4921106
Sep 23vs.CornellL 21–⁠231808
Sep 30vs.Morgan StateW 45–⁠31909
Oct 7atDartmouthW 31–⁠24234020
Oct 14vs.Sacred HeartW 31–⁠3128028
Oct 21vs.PennsylvaniaL 17–⁠271919
Nov 11atPrincetonW 36–⁠281−200
2022 Yale 8 games, 13 catches, 139 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 24atCornellW 38–⁠14111011
Oct 1vs.HowardW 34–⁠261717
Oct 8vs.DartmouthW 24–⁠211303
Oct 15vs.BucknellW 29–⁠91303
Oct 28atColumbiaW 41–⁠16229115
Nov 5vs.BrownW 69–⁠17247134
Nov 12vs.PrincetonW 24–⁠20210011
Nov 19atHarvardW 19–⁠14329113
2021 Yale 1 game, 1 catch, 3 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Oct 16atUConnL 15–⁠211303

No box score in the source for Oct 23 vs. Pennsylvania, so that game is not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2025 Senior Bowl (American team, won 22–⁠19).

DrillCombine 2025
Height6′4½″
Weight253 lb
Arm length32⅛″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan79″
40-yard dash4.82 s
10-yard split1.56 sW
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump10′1″
Bench press16 reps
20-yard shuttle4.40 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 14 games with a stat; latest team: Buffalo Bills.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2025Buffalo Bills13161873
2026 (so far)Buffalo Bills1000
NFL career14161873

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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