#91

Ahmed Hassanein

Former defensive end at Boise State. 2024: 9.5 sacks, 15.5 tackles for loss, 48 tackles.

DE · Boise State · Sr. · #91

6′3″ · 272 lb · Anaheim, CA

CFB Index 90 · #14 of 426 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamDetroit — drafted 2025, Rd 6, Pick 20, #196 overall

Recruiting

3★

DL recruit

No. 1250 nationally · Signed with Boise State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Boise State. 2024: 9.5 sacks, 15.5 tackles for loss, 48 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Boise State in 2021.
Drafted round 6 by the Detroit in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Boise State, 24 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #196 overall by Detroit.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20214 games

Signed with Boise State3-star out of Loara

202313 games

The role got bigger.

All-Mountain Westfirst

202414 games

All-Mountain Westfirst

2025

Drafted by Detroitround 6, pick 196

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1250 national

CFB

College

Boise State

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #196

Detroit · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM

All-Mountain West 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2022

Andy Avalos

Boise State

2023–2024

Spencer Danielson

Boise State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Andy Avalos → Spencer Danielson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DetroitEntering 2nd NFL season

#196Rd 6 · Pick 20

DetroitEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Boise State7-5HC: Andy Avalos · Balanced

2022Boise State10-4HC: Andy Avalos · Run-leaning

2023Boise State8-6HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-heavy

2024Boise State12-2HC: Spencer Danielson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

90All-America level #14 of 426?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (99th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#14 / 2892 · 99th pct

9.5

Tackles for loss#17 / 2892 · 99th pct

15.5

QB hurries#397 / 2892 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#613 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles#662 / 2892 · 77th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.6	1.2	0.7	0.0
Road6g	3.2	0.9	0.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	1.5	1.1	0.0
Weeks 8+7g	2.4	0.7	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Spencer Danielson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

90 · #14 of 426 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #14 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Boise State	48	28	15.5	9.5	--	--	--
2023	Boise State	50	29	16.5	12.5	--	--	--
2022	Boise State	14	8	2.0	2.0	--	--	--
2021	Boise State	5	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		117	69	34.0	24.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2024

W 29–24

at UNLV

3 TOT · 0 SACKS · 0 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With M. Madsen — 209 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.5 · 58 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · J. Ferguson-Reynolds — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 56-45@ Georgia Southern	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	3.0 TFL
Wk 2	L 34-37@ Oregon	5	2	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 4	W 56-14vs Portland State	3	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 5	W 45-24vs Washington State	8	4	2.0	2.0	—	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 6	W 62-30vs Utah State	3	1	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 7	W 28-7@ Hawai'i	2	1	1.5	1.5	—
Wk 9	W 29-24@ UNLV	3	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 10	W 56-24vs San Diego State	2	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 11	W 28-21vs Nevada	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 42-21@ San José State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 17-13@ Wyoming	4	3	2.0	1.0	—
Wk 14	W 34-18vs Oregon State	3	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 15	W 21-7vs UNLV	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 14-31vs Penn State	6	5	3.0	1.0	—
Total		48	28	15.5	9.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Ahmed Hassanein

20214 games

202313 games

202414 games

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Finisher

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