Tre Hawkins Iii

Career StatsD+

Year	Team	GP	INT	PD	Tkl
Career		20	1	3	45
2025		1	—	—	—
2024		3	1	2	10
2023		17	0	1

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Tre Hawkins III's one-year, $1.1M deal represents a solid value play for whichever team ultimately signs the young cornerback. At just over $1M annually, this contract aligns perfectly with his current production tier as a rotational player, earning a B CVI that reflects smart roster building rather than flashy spending. The former Tulane standout has shown enough developmental promise to justify this modest investment, particularly given the minimal financial risk involved with such a short-term commitment. The one-year structure works in everyone's favor — Hawkins gets a chance to prove he belongs in a larger role while the signing team maintains maximum flexibility without any long-term salary cap implications. This is exactly the type of low-cost, high-upside move that savvy front offices use to build depth and potentially uncover a diamond in the rough, making it a textbook example of how teams should approach the rotational player market.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the B band — a quick read on where Tre's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Tre Hawkins III's D+ grade as a free agent reflects a young cornerback who showed enough during his time in the NFL to warrant continued evaluation. Hawkins demonstrated some promising coverage ability and competitiveness that kept him on rosters. His D+ captures a player who contributed at a modest level without establishing himself as a reliable starter. The free agent status suggests teams see him as a camp body and potential depth piece rather than a roster lock. Hawkins' technique and ball skills were developing before he hit the market. He'll need a strong camp showing to earn another opportunity in the league.

How Tre Compares at the Position

Tre Hawkins Iii ranks 181st of 270 graded cornerbacks by performance. That slots Tre between Jaden Davis (D+) just ahead and Jahdae Barron (D+) just behind.

Current Sentiment

Tre Hawkins III enters the 2026 offseason with a C-grade sentiment that captures the genuine uncertainty swirling around a young corner whose NFL future hinges as much on a medical report as it does on a highlight reel. The dominant narrative frames him as a legitimate reclamation project — not a forgotten practice-squad name, but an athletic 25-year-old with documented starting experience who has drawn reported interest from at least five teams, most notably the Detroit Lions, whose defensive reputation lends real credibility to that pursuit. The disconnect between the media buzz and his D+ performance grade is the central tension here: evaluators are buying into physical projection rather than a proven body of work, and his 2025 season was effectively wiped out, with the data reflecting just one game played before his release via injury settlement from the Giants. That injury settlement is the loudest variable in his market — it signals that his departure from New York was health-related, and every interested team will be running its own medical due diligence before committing to anything more than a low-risk prove-it deal. The five-team interest figure prevents this from reading as a desperate situation, but the cautious optimism in the coverage is precisely that — cautious — and the narrative will shift dramatically once his medical clearance picture comes into focus this offseason.