Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2021Illinois
Jake Hansen
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Tarpon Springs, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jake Hansen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
82
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
78
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
80
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
Jake Hansen built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a linebacker from Tarpon Springs, FL wearing No. 35, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Jake Hansen's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Jake Hansen, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Illinois. Jake Hansen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.7 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Jake Hansen quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 274
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Kent State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · East Lake · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- East Lake · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 35 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · LB 452nd (top 36%) · Big Ten 139th (top 23%) · National 1,298th (top 22%)
Jake Hansen played LB for Illinois. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jake Hansen recorded 274 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Illinois.
Recognition
Honors
- 20202020 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coachesthird
- 20202020 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediasecond
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