Player Dossier

2023-2025

Northern Illinois

Mark Hensley

DT • 6'3" • 290 lbs • Labadie, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Mark Hensley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

8.1

Efficiency

17.2

Consistency

51.8

Season Value

24

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Scouting Read

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Mark Hensley, DT. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Mark Hensley shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.2 disruption score.

Mark Hensley played DT for Northern Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Mark Hensley recorded 38 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 6 primary output with 17.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

17.2

Usage

8.1

Consistency

51.8

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0.5. Maryland: 1. Mississippi State: 0.5. San Diego State: 0. Miami (OH): 1. Eastern Michigan: 0.5. Ohio: 0. Ball State: 2. Massachusetts: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Kent State: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 2 by 13.3. Maryland: 1 by 14.2. Mississippi State: 1 by 9.2. San Diego State: 2 by 8.3. Miami (OH): 5 by 30.8. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 17.5. Ohio: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 7 by 49.2. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. Western Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Kent State: 4 by 21.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 8 · -0.6 vs Wins
First Half0.6 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs First Half

Game Log

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11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Ball State

Best efficiency game

49.2 vs Ball State

Result
Fri 11/28vs Kent StateL 31-35410.5000
Wed 11/19vs Western MichiganL 19-3532000
Thu 11/13@ MassachusettsW 45-320000
Sat 10/25vs Ball StateW 21-776110
Sat 10/18@ OhioL 21-4810000
Sat 10/11@ Eastern MichiganL 10-16320.5000
Sat 10/4vs Miami (OH)L 14-2555100
Sat 9/27vs San Diego StateL 3-621000
Sat 9/20@ Mississippi StateL 10-38100.5000
Fri 9/5@ MarylandL 9-2011100
Sat 8/30vs Unknown200.5000

Career Arc

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    Northern Illinois

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0
2024 PostseasonNorthern Illinois1.57.43.11.5
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1.57.43.10
2025 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois617.28.14.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Ball State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.

#3

Miami (OH)

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.6 takeover score.

#4

Maryland

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.1 takeover score.

#5

Ball State

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 21.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

6 primary output · 17.2 efficiency · 8.1 usage

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#2

2024 Postseason · Northern Illinois

6.6

1.5 primary · 7.4 efficiency · 3.1 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

6.6

1.5 primary · 7.4 efficiency · 3.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8037

Washington · Washington, MO

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

38

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 17 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.