Biography
• Has made 146 tackles, 92 solo, in 39 career games with eight pass break-ups and 7.5 tackles for loss.
2023
• Finished the season with 43 tackles, 29 solo, while playing in all 13 games and starting 10.
• Tallied three tackles for loss, a sack and broke up a pass.
• Recorded two solo stops and a tackle for loss in NIU’s Camellia Bowl win over Arkansas State (12-23).
• Totaled three solo tackles in the bowl-clinching win at Kent State (11-25).
• Made six tackles at Central Michigan (10-31).
• Broke up a pass and had four stops in NIU’s win over Ohio (10-14).
• Posted five tackles with a tackle for loss versus Tulsa (9-23).
• Made six tackles at Nebraska (9-16).
• Led NIU with a season-high seven tackles versus Southern Illinois (9-9) and added a quarterback sack
2022
• Played in 10 games and started the Eastern Illinois (9-1), Ball State (10-1) and Western Michigan (11-9) games on defense.
• Finished the year with 22 total tackles with at least one stop in eight games.
• A stalwart on special teams who started on the kickoff, kickoff return, punt and punt return units.
• Registered a season-high five tackles against Vanderbilt (9-17), at Ball State (10-1) and versus Akron (11-26).
• Broke up a pass and recorded a solo tackle at Kentucky (9-24).
• Made three tackles and recovered a fumble against Central Michigan (11-2).
• Did not play at Eastern Michigan (10-15) and Ohio (10-22).
2021
• Started all 11 of the games he played.
• Finished the season fifth on the team with 58 total tackles, 42 solo and three tackles for loss.
• Ranked second on the team with five pass break-ups.
• Recorded a career high nine tackles, seven solo, at Kent State (11-3).
• Posted eight tackles and a pass break-up in back-to-back games vs. Maine (9-25) and Eastern Michigan (10-2).
• Added a tackle for loss versus Maine.
• Made six tackles at Michigan, five solo.
• Tallied five tackles at Toledo (10-9) and versus Bowling Green (10-16), adding a tackle for loss in the Toledo game and a pass break-up vs. BG.
• Forced a fumble and had a tackle for loss among three tackles versus Georgia Tech (9-4).
• Contributed four tackles with a pass break-up versus Wyoming (9-11) and made three solo tackles with a PBU vs. Ball State (11-10).
• Recorded at least two tackles in every game he played.
2020
• Appeared in five games, starting four, as a true freshman
• Led the team with two interceptions.
• Ranked sixth on the team in tackles with 23, 14 solo.
• Earned his first career interception as part of a four-tackle effort, all solo, in the season opener against Buffalo (11-4).
• Amassed a career-high seven tackles against Central Michigan (11-11) and at Eastern Michigan (12-12).
• Tallied three stops, all solo, and an interception against Toledo (12-5).
• Recorded his first career solo sack against Eastern Michigan (12-12), finishing the season with 1.5, which tied for second on the team.
HIGH SCHOOL
• Two-way standout; played defensive back, quarterback, running back and wide receiver during his prep career.
• Named team captain his junior and senior years.
• Earned first team all-state honors from the Daily Herald and captained the Herald’s All-Area team in 2019.
• The 2019 Mid-Suburban League East Offensive Player of the Year.
• Selected as a first team all-area selection as a junior.
• Named to the Daily Herald’s MSL East all-conference first team in 2018 and 2019.
• Earned Team MVP Award as a senior.
• Rushed 196 times for 1,914 yards and 35 touchdowns as a senior with a 99-yard run.
• Set the record for most touchdowns in a game, touchdowns in a season, total offense in a season and in a game, as well as rushing yards in a season.
• Completed 110-of-192 passes for 1,977 yards and 24 scores.
• Intercepted four passes – two each his junior and senior seasons – and blocked two kicks in 2018.
PERSONAL
• Born on November 26 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.
• Son of Jennifer and Keith Hansen
• General studies major.
