Jordan Hansen

Former safety at Northern Illinois. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

S · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #7

6′1″ · 192 lb · Arlington Heights, IL

CFB Index 14 · #519 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceNorthern Illinois 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former safety at Northern Illinois. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2020.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 3392 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at Northern Illinois, 167 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20205 games

Signed with Northern Illinois2-star out of John Hersey

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3392 national

CFB

College

Northern Illinois

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Thomas Hammock

Northern Illinois

Played his entire career under Thomas Hammock.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 27-31 over that span.

2020Northern Illinois0-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Balanced

2021Northern Illinois9-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2023Northern Illinois7-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

14Below cohort / limited sample #519 of 537?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1430 / 2892 · 49th pct

Tackles for loss#1412 / 2892 · 47th pct

2.0

Tackles#1753 / 2892 · 38th pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home3g	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road7g	2.7	0.3	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	0.3	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

14 · #519 of 537 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #519 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Northern Illinois	23	15	2.0	1.0	--	--	--
2023	Northern Illinois	43	29	3.0	1.0	1	--	--
2022	Northern Illinois	21	7	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2021	Northern Illinois	57	41	3.0	0.0	5	--	--
2020	Northern Illinois	23	14	1.5	1.5	1	2	--
Career		167	106	9.5	3.5	8	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 16–14

at Notre Dame

1 SOLO · 1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With E. Hampton — 198 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.1 · 21 rush yds (5 car) · A. Brown — 99 rush yds (20 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 54-15vs Western Illinois	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 16-14@ Notre Dame	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 17-24@ NC State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 34-20vs Massachusetts	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 17-7@ Bowling Green	4	3	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 23-25@ Ball State	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 11	W 42-28@ Western Michigan	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 9-20@ Miami (OH)	3	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	W 24-16vs Central Michigan	1	1	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	W 28-20@ Fresno State	3	2	1.0	1.0	—
Total		23	15	2.0	1.0	—

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

Jordan Hansen

20205 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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