Ahmed Hassanein: DE · Boise State · #91.
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Ahmed Hassanein
Turns pressure into sacks — pressures become finishes. The four seasons at Boise State span two head coaches: Andy Avalos and Spencer Danielson. Named All-Mountain West two seasons running, most recently in 2024. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Georgia Southern, Week 1, 2024.
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
48 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 15.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-45@ Georgia Southern | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | L 34-37@ No. 7 Oregon | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-14vs Portland State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 45-24vs Washington State | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 62-30vs Utah State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-7@ Hawai'i | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 29-24@ UNLV | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 56-24vs San Diego State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-21vs Nevada | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-21@ San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 17-13@ Wyoming | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 34-18vs Oregon State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 21-7vs No. 19 UNLV | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-31vs No. 5 Penn State | 6 | 5 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 48 | 28 | 15.5 | 9.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
20%10 sacksTFL rate
32%16 TFLHurry rate
6%3 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
76%10 of 12 pressures48 tackles · 15.5 for loss · 9.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 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
Head Coach
Spencer Danielson
Pass share
43.5%
415 pass / 538 run
Plays / game
68.1
14 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
426 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #14 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Boise State, 24 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #196 overall by the Detroit Lions.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Andy Avalos → Spencer Danielson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Detroit LionsEntering 2nd NFL season
Detroit LionsEntering 2nd NFL season
