Hodgetts made his national team debut in 2005. In 2008, he was the Australian champion in the shot put. He competed at the 2009 Australian national athletics championships in Adelaide. In 2009, at an Athletics South flagship interclub competition, he won the shot put with a distance of 15.43 m. At the 2012 Tasmanian Track and Field Championships, he had a season's best throw of 16.04 m to win the event. At the 2012 Australian Athletics Championships, he set a world record in the shot put. At the 2012 London Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Men's Shot Put F20 event. After the Games, he underwent elbow surgery.