[5] Hobbs won three global medals as part of national women's 4 × 100 meters relays.

She has also won two U.S. national titles and is also a two-time individual NCAA Division I champion.

Aleia Hobbs committed to the LSU Lady Tigers in 2014 and ran for them until mid 2018, when she turned pro and signed a sponsorship deal with Adidas.

[6] On April 3, 2021, she opened her outdoor season at the Battle on the Bayou in New Orleans, Louisiana with a world-leading time of 10.99 s in the 100 m.[7] On February 18, 2023, the 26-year-old stormed to second on the world 60 m all-time list with a time of 6.94 seconds, just 0.02 s shy of 30-year-old Irina Privalova's world record, at the U.S. Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

She took 0.01 s off the North American indoor record set by Gail Devers also in 1993.