Justice Hansen: QB · Arkansas State · #15.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Justice Hansen
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. Three seasons in the Arkansas State quarterback room to date. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Sun Belt again in 2018. A game that shows it: 423 passing yards and 31 rushing yards against Southeast Missouri State — Week 1, 2018.
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
60.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 25.0% conversion-per-dropback — 58.3% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
7 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (30.4%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Arkansas State | 286 | 434 | 65.9% | 3,447 | 7.9 | 27 | 9 | 149.0 | 60 |
| 2017 | Arkansas State | 305 | 487 | 62.6% | 3,967 | 8.1 | 37 | 16 | 149.6 | 55 |
| 2016 | Arkansas State | 197 | 340 | 57.9% | 2,719 | 8.0 | 19 | 8 | 138.9 | 51 |
| Career | 788 | 1,261 | 62.5% | 10,133 | 8.0 | 83 | 33 | 146.5 | 56 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Arkansas State | 133 | 414 | 3.1 | 6 | 34 |
| 2017 | Arkansas State | 133 | 423 | 3.2 | 7 | 38 |
| 2016 | Arkansas State | 79 | 131 | 1.7 | 1 | 23 |
| Career | 345 | 968 | 2.8 | 14 | 38 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-21vs Southeast Missouri State | 26/36 | 423 | 6 | 1 | 11.8 | — | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 2 | L 7-57@ No. 1 Alabama | 15/36 | 140 | 1 | 1 | 3.9 | 30.1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 29-20@ Tulsa | 20/33 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | — | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-20vs UNLV | 19/27 | 199 | 3 | 0 | 7.4 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 5 | L 21-28@ Georgia Southern | 38/50 | 376 | 1 | 0 | 7.5 | — | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-35vs App State | 25/40 | 209 | 0 | 3 | 5.2 | 17.4 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 8 | W 51-35vs Georgia State | 17/28 | 257 | 3 | 0 | 9.2 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 9 | L 43-47@ Louisiana | 17/30 | 270 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | — | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-14vs South Alabama | 26/37 | 332 | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 11 | W 44-16@ Coastal Carolina | 18/20 | 253 | 4 | 0 | 12.6 | — | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 12 | W 31-17vs UL Monroe | 21/27 | 246 | 3 | 0 | 9.1 | — | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 13 | W 33-7@ Texas State | 18/24 | 276 | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | — | Clean 2-TD game |
 Bowl | L 13-16vs Nevada | 26/46 | 275 | 0 | 3 | 6.0 | — | |
| Total | 286/434 | 3447 | 27 | 9 | 7.9 | — |
Week 1 · 2018
W 48-21
423 yds · 6 TD · 1 INT · 31 rush yds (5 car)
Dominant 27-point win at home against Southeast Missouri State.
With M. Murray — 2 rec · 75 yds · 1 TD · 54 rush yds (10 car) · K. Merritt — 5 rec · 55 yds
The plays that mattered most
3 seasons under Blake Anderson — 23-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 278 | 3.0 | 8.6 | 0.7 |
| Road6g | 251 | 1.5 | 8.4 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 259 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 272 | 2.7 | 10.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Pass share
48.5%
479 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
76.0
13 games
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Arkansas State, 10,133 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2017) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 38 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Blake Anderson.
