Player Dossier

2020-2025

Kansas

DeShawn Hanika

TE • 6'6" • 245 lbs • Topeka, KS, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

DeShawn Hanika reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

48

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

35

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

57

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Iowa State

202122232425

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Iowa State • Kansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri

Player Story

DeShawn Hanika built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a tight end from Topeka, KS wearing No. 18, spending time with Iowa State and Kansas. The clearest part of DeShawn Hanika's career was his receiving...

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DeShawn Hanika, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Iowa State. DeShawn Hanika reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
341
Receptions
27
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

DeShawn Hanika quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas · TE
Career Receiving Yards
341
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 15 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Iowa State
Top game
Missouri
Latest roster
No. 18 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
97 receiving yards · TE 197th (top 42%) · Big 12 109th (top 43%) · National 1,013th (top 47%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonIowa State1-00100
2021 Regular SeasonIowa State2-00100
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State817244472.1
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State0-00-
2024 Regular SeasonKansas0-00-
2025 Regular SeasonKansas41097338.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Iowa State to KansasP4 to P480.3Nov 27, 2023

DeShawn Hanika played TE for Iowa State and Kansas. Across 6 tracked seasons, DeShawn Hanika recorded 341 receiving yards, 1 tackles, and 7 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 44.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa State, Kansas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Missouri

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

4

Receiving Yards / G

24.3

Efficiency

44.7

Usage

14.1

Consistency

22.8

Best Game by takeover score

Missouri

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Game-by-Game Trend

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1234

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wagner: 4. Fresno State: 17. Missouri: 74. West Virginia: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wagner: 1 by 26.7. Fresno State: 2 by 56.7. Missouri: 6 by 82.2. West Virginia: 1 by 13.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins7.7 · Games = 3 · -66.3 vs Losses
Losses74 · Games = 1 · +66.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Missouri

Best efficiency game

82.2 vs Missouri

Result
Sat 9/20vs West VirginiaW 41-10122202
Sat 9/6@ Missouri2+ TDL 31-4267412.312.30224
Fri 8/29vs WagnerW 46-7144414
Sat 8/23vs Fresno StateW 31-72178.58.5009

Player Story

DeShawn Hanika story

DeShawn Hanika built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a tight end from Topeka, KS wearing No. 18, spending time with Iowa State and Kansas. The clearest part of DeShawn Hanika's career was his receiving role: 27 catches, 341 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 15 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 tackle and 16 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives DeShawn Hanika's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Iowa State

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kansas

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonIowa State0
2021 Regular SeasonIowa State00
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State24484.98.8244
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State0-244
2024 Regular SeasonKansas00
2025 Regular SeasonKansas9744.714.197

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 21 Missouri

Week 2 · L 31-42 · Ranked opponent

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

74

Receiving Yards

94.1 takeover

74 receiving yards with a 82.2 efficiency score.

#2

@ TCU

Week 13 · L 14-62 · Conference game

49

Receiving Yards

84.2 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

49 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Texas Tech

Week 12 · L 10-14 · Conference game

42

Receiving Yards

74.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

42 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#4

vs Ohio

Week 3 · W 43-10

38

Receiving Yards

66.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

38 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Texas

Week 7 · L 21-24 · Conference game

34

Receiving Yards

61.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

34 receiving yards with a 75.6 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Iowa State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2021 Regular Season · Iowa State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Iowa State

72.1

244 primary · 84.9 efficiency · 8.8 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games