Da'Shawn Hand

Former defensive lineman at Alabama. 2017: 3 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

DL · Alabama · #9

6′4″ · 288 lb · Woodbridge, VA

Detroit — drafted 2018, Rd 4, Pick 14, #114 overall

Recruiting

5★

SDE recruit

No. 5 nationally · Signed with Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Alabama. 2017: 3 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 27 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Alabama in 2014.
Drafted round 4 by the Detroit in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Alabama, 5 sacks — drafted at #114 overall by Detroit.

His career

2014

Signed with Alabama5-star out of Woodbridge

2018

Drafted by Detroitround 4, pick 114

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#5 national

CFB

College

Alabama

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #114

Detroit · 2018

Badges

Top-10 Recruit

Where He Ended Up · NFL

DetroitEntering 9th NFL season

#114Rd 4 · Pick 14

DetroitEntering 9th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Nick Saban, all run-heavy offenses — 27-2 over that span.

2016Alabama14-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

2017Alabama13-1HC: Nick Saban · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (87th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (20th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#316 / 2682 · 87th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#889 / 2682 · 65th pct

3.5

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Tackles#1503 / 2682 · 43rd pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Solo tackles#2082 / 2682 · 20th 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

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.0
Road5g	3.2	0.4	0.4	0.2

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalen DeBoer

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Alabama	27	9	3.5	3.0	1	--	--
2016	Alabama	21	10	3.5	2.0	--	--	--
Career		48	19	7.0	5.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 19 · 2017

W 26–23

at Georgia

1 TOT · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With J. Scott — 47 AVG · 56 LONG · 6 NO · T. Tagovailoa — 166 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 71.3 · 27 rush yds (12 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week