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Featured 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
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
76
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 274
- TFL
- 28.5
- Sacks
- 8
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 3
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%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 6 | 8 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 7.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 95 | 8.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 9 | 72 | 7.5 | 3.5 | - | - | 0 | 70.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 67 | 10 | 2.5 | - | 2 | 0 | 78.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 32 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 54.5 |
Related Context
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Jake Hansen played LB for Illinois. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jake Hansen recorded 274 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Illinois paired 16.5 primary output with 53.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 53.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
2.1
Efficiency
53.4
Usage
15.7
Consistency
61.4
Best Game by takeover score
Rutgers
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 0. Purdue: 2. Minnesota: 1. Rutgers: 4. Nebraska: 3.5. Iowa: 0. Northwestern: 2. Penn State: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 14 by 70. Minnesota: 6 by 35. Rutgers: 14 by 90. Nebraska: 7 by 64.2. Iowa: 7 by 29.2. Northwestern: 8 by 53.3. Penn State: 9 by 77.5
Split Comparison
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Wins3.8 · Games = 2 · +2.3 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 6 · -2.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Rutgers
Best efficiency game
90 vs Rutgers
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/19 | @ Penn StateSplash game | L 21-56 | 9 | 4 | — | 2.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/12 | @ NorthwesternSplash game | L 10-28 | 8 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 12/5 | vs Iowa | L 21-35 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | @ NebraskaSplash game | W 41-23 | 7 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | @ Rutgers10+ tackles · Splash game | W 23-20 | 14 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | vs Minnesota | L 14-41 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Purdue10+ tackles · Splash game | L 24-31 | 14 | 8 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Wisconsin | L 7-45 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jake Hansen 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: 274 tackles, 28.5 tackles for loss, 8 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jake Hansen's production has multiple signals. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Jake Hansen moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2016-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201620172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 7.2 | 1.4 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | -1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 11.5 | 40.7 | 10.3 | 11.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 12 | 46.7 | 11.7 | 0.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 16.5 | 53.4 | 15.7 | 4.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 4.5 | 35.7 | 11.2 | -12 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kent State
Week 1 · W 31-24
Win with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
100 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 11 · W 23-20 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
96.7 takeover
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Penn State
Week 16 · L 21-56 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
92.5 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Maryland
Week 3 · L 17-20 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#5
@ Nebraska
Week 12 · W 41-23 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
83.9 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Illinois
16.5 primary output · 53.4 efficiency · 15.7 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · Illinois
70.1
12 primary · 46.7 efficiency · 11.7 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
54.5
4.5 primary · 35.7 efficiency · 11.2 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
12
Splash games
8
10+ tackle games
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