Player Dossier

2020-2024

Northern Illinois

Jordan Hansen

S • 6'1" • 192 lbs • Arlington Heights, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jordan Hansen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

100

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 · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Maine

Player Story

Jordan Hansen built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a safety from Arlington Heights, IL wearing No. 7, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jordan Hansen's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.7822

John Hersey · Arlington Heights, IL

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Jordan Hansen, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Jordan Hansen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
167
TFL
9.5
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Jordan Hansen quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · S
Career Tackles
167
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Maine
Recruit profile
2-star · John Hersey · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
John Hersey · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
23 tackles · S 231st (top 43%) · Mid-American 163rd (top 31%) · National 1,805th (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois5231.51.5-1066.2
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois11573015059.5
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois821-0-1010.5
2023 PostseasonNorthern Illinois12210--031.2
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois124121-1031.2
2024 PostseasonNorthern Illinois10311--020.6
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois102010--020.6

Related Context

Jordan Hansen played S for Northern Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jordan Hansen recorded 167 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 6 primary output with 31.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 12.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Northern Illinois

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

12.6

Usage

3.6

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: 2. Western Illinois: 0. Notre Dame: 0. NC State: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Bowling Green: 1. Ball State: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Central Michigan: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Fresno State: 3 by 32.5. Western Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 1 by 4.2. Massachusetts: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 4 by 26.7. Ball State: 5 by 20.8. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Miami (OH): 3 by 12.5. Central Michigan: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Fresno State

Result
Mon 12/23@ Fresno StateSplash gameW 28-2032110
Sat 11/30vs Central MichiganW 24-1611000
Wed 11/20@ Miami (OH)L 9-2032000
Thu 11/7@ Western MichiganW 42-2822000
Sat 10/26@ Ball StateL 23-2552000
Sat 10/12@ Bowling GreenW 17-743100
Sat 10/5vs MassachusettsW 34-2010000
Sat 9/28@ NC StateL 17-2411000
Sat 9/7@ Notre DameW 16-1411000
Sat 8/31vs Western IllinoisW 54-1521000

Player Story

Jordan Hansen story

Jordan Hansen built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a safety from Arlington Heights, IL wearing No. 7, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jordan Hansen's career was his defensive production: 167 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Jordan Hansen's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Northern Illinois

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222023202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois631.212.6
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois929.863
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois112.21.7-8
2023 PostseasonNorthern Illinois519.14.74
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois519.14.70
2024 PostseasonNorthern Illinois312.63.6-2
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois312.63.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Maine

Week 4 · W 41-14

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 15 · L 33-41 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Southern Illinois

Week 2 · L 11-14

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Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#4

vs Toledo

Week 14 · L 24-41 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Fresno State

Week 1 · W 28-20 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

6 primary output · 31.2 efficiency · 12.6 usage

66.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

59.5

9 primary · 29.8 efficiency · 6 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Northern Illinois

31.2

5 primary · 19.1 efficiency · 4.7 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games