Da'Shawn Hand: DL · Alabama · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Da'Shawn Hand
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Two seasons in the Alabama defensive front to date. First career honor, 2017: All-SEC. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 sack against Clemson — Bowl, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 41-10vs Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-23vs Colorado State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 59-0@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 66-3vs Ole Miss | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-10vs No. 19 LSU | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ No. 18 Mississippi State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-0vs Mercer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-26@ No. 6 Auburn | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-6vs No. 1 Clemson | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 26-23vs No. 3 Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 27 | 9 | 3.5 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
13%4 TFLSack rate
11%3 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries27 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
2 seasons under Nick Saban, all run-heavy offenses — 27-2 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Nick Saban
Pass share
35.7%
332 pass / 597 run
Plays / game
66.4
14 games
Team sack rate
7.3%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Two seasons at Alabama, 5 sacks — drafted at #114 overall by the Detroit Lions.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Nick Saban.
Next stop · NFL
Detroit LionsEntering 9th NFL season
Detroit LionsEntering 9th NFL season
