2024 Season: Started his first game of the season against Lamar on Oct. 26, throwing for a season-high 139 yards ... rushed for a season-high 22 yards against Weber State on Sept. 21 ... threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Myles Kitt-Denton at Tulsa on Aug. 29.
2023 Season: Appeared in four games, starting two, in his first season at Northwestern State ... threw for 488 yards and a touchdown ... threw for 281 yards and ran for 25 in his NSU starting debut against Eastern Illinois on Sept. 30 ... connected with Jaren Mitchell for a 20-yard touchdown pass against Stephen F. Austin on Sept. 16 ... made his NSU debut at Louisiana Tech on Sept. 9, completing 2 of 3 passes for 5 yards and rushing for 12 yards.
Prior to NSU: Played the 2022 season at Grambling ... led GSU with 929 passing yards and six touchdown passes ... earned SWAC and LSWA Offensive Player of the Week honors after throwing for 293 yards and three touchdowns in a win against Northwestern State ... rushed for a season-best 45 yards against Bethune-Cookman.
High School: Played for Adrian Burnette’s Rams, helping Bastrop go 11-3 and reach the Class 4A state quarterfinals as a senior ... threw for more than 5,300 yards and accounted for 66 touchdowns in his final three seasons ... all-state selection graduated with a 3.3 GPA.
Personal: Born March 12, 2000 ... son of Shantanna Hawkins and Rickey Bonnett ... has five sisters — Shuntae, Brooklyn, Rickeya, Ryleigh and Kylnn — and three brothers, Kelvin, Jemarion and Ricquan ... graduated and is pursuing a second degree in liberal arts ... plans to become a truck driver ... life’s ambition is to be the best he can be.
