2024 (R-Jr)
• NSIC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
• D2Football.com Elite 100 Preseason Watch List - First Team Defense
• Academic All-NSIC
• All-NSIC First Team
• D2CCA All-Super Region 4 First Team Defense
• AP All-American Second Team Defense
Appeared and started in all 14 games for the Beavers... Recoded 61 total tackles with 34 solo and 27 assisted... Marked 14.5 tackles for a loss tallying 68 yards... Had 7.5 sacks for 46 yards... Recorded three passes defended... Forced one fumble.
2023 (R-So)
• Don Hansen All-America Honorable Mention
• D2Football.com Elite 100 Squad
• Associated Press All-America Second Team
• Cliff Harris Award Finalist
• D2CCA All-Super Region 4 First Team
• NSIC Defensive Player of the Year
• All-NSIC First Team
• Fall NSIC All-Academic Team
Started all 12 games... Finished fifth on the team with 51.0 Total tackles including 31 solo tackles... Recorded 19 tackles for a loss of 88 yards and 10 sacks for a loss of 66 yards... Had eight quarter back hurries and three fumbles... Blocked one kick... Made seven tackles in a win against Winona State and a career-high eight tackles in a win against Tex. Permian Basin.
2022 (R-Fr)
Appeared in 12 games... Made 16.0 tackles including eight solo tackles... Recorded two tackles for a loss of 10 yards and one sack for a loss of seven yards... Blocked two kicks... Made a career-high four tackles at MSU Moorhead on Oct. 15.
2021 (Fr)
Redshirted
High School
A three-time letter winner in football at Waseca High School under Head Coach Brad Wendland… A 2020 Minnesota Mr. Football Finalist… Selected Red Subdivision Player of the Year and Team MVP as a senior… Two-time All-District First Team selection and District Defensive Lineman of the Year winner as a senior… Waseca County News All-Area Player of the Year, Minnesota Vikings All-State Football Team and AP All-State Football Second Team as a senior… All-District Honorable Mention as a sophomore… WHS career sack leader… Helped WHS to a Section 1AAA Championship in 2018, 2019 and 2020… Named the team’s Defensive MVP as a junior and senior, Most Improved Player as a sophomore and Special Teams MVP as a freshman… A 2020 WHS team captain… Also a letter winner in track and wrestling… Three-time Big South Conference Champion discus… Big South Conference Champion in shot put as a junior… Section 2AA Champion in discus and shot put in 2019.
Personal
Born November 11, 2002 to parents Steve and Barb Hansen… Earned an academic letter throughout high school… Majoring in exercise science.
Career Single-Game Records
Tot. Tackles: 8, 3x, last at Western Colorado (11/30/24)
Solo Tackles: 5, 3x, last at Winona State (10/26/24)
Assisted Tackles: 7 at Western Colorado (11/30/24)
TFL: 4.0 vs Winona State (9/9/23)
TFL Yds: 25 at SW Minnesota State (9/9/23)
Sacks: 2.5 vs MSU-Moorhead (11/4/23)
Sack Yds: 24 at SW Minnesota State (9/9/23)
FF: 1, 4x, last at Sioux Falls (9/21/24)
QBH: 4 vs Wayne State (11/2/24)
PBU:1, 3x, last vs Wayne State (11/2/24)
Blocked Kick: 1, 3x, last vs Concordia-St. Paul (10/21/23)
Punt Ret: 1, 3x, last vs Concordia-St. Paul (10/21/23)
Punt Ret Yd: 30 vs Concordia-St. Paul (10/21/23)
Punt Ret Long: 30 vs Concordia-St. Paul (10/21/23)
