Player Dossier

2018-2021

Penn State

Fred Hansard

DT • 6'3" • 324 lbs • Burlington, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Fred Hansard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage Score

1.6

Efficiency

7

Consistency

13.3

Season Value

7.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Fred Hansard, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason · Penn State. Fred Hansard shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Penn State paired 5.5 primary output with 11.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7 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: Michigan State

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2020 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

7

Usage

1.6

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 0. Maryland: 0. Iowa: 0.5. Rutgers: 0. Michigan State: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 2 by 8.3. Iowa: 1 by 9.2. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Michigan State: 1 by 9.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=2 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · n=3 · -0.1 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · n=3 · -0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · n=2 · +0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan State

Best efficiency game

9.2 vs Michigan State

Result
Sat 12/12vs Michigan StateW 39-24100.5000
Sat 12/5@ RutgersW 23-710000
Sat 11/21vs IowaL 21-41100.5000
Sat 11/7vs MarylandL 19-3520000
Sat 10/31vs Ohio StateL 25-3810000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Penn State

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonPenn State0.56.72.3
2019 PostseasonPenn State5.511.82.95
2019 Regular SeasonPenn State5.511.82.90
2020 Regular SeasonPenn State171.6-4.5
2021 Regular SeasonPenn State0-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Purdue

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.2 takeover score.

#2

Buffalo

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 36.9 takeover score.

#3

Memphis

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 25.9 takeover score.

#4

App State

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 21 takeover score.

#5

Michigan State

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2019 Postseason · Penn State

5.5 primary output · 11.8 efficiency · 2.9 usage

22.2

#2

2019 Regular Season · Penn State

22.2

5.5 primary · 11.8 efficiency · 2.9 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Penn State

15.7

0.5 primary · 6.7 efficiency · 2.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9195

Hun School · Princeton, NJ

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

23

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 17 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Fred Hansard quick answers

Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
DT
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
5
Career tackles
23