Terrill Hanks

Senior linebacker for New Mexico State. 2018: 101 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · New Mexico State · Sr. · #2

6′3″ · 235 lb · Miami, FL

New Mexico State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

OLB recruit

No. 2572 nationally · Signed with New Mexico State

Statement game19 tackles · 3 TFLat Utah State (FBS) · L 13-60

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for New Mexico State. 2018: 101 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to New Mexico State in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at New Mexico State, 311 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20153 games

Signed with New Mexico State2-star out of La Salle

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2572 national

CFB

College

New Mexico State

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

Doug Martin

New Mexico State

Played his entire career under Doug Martin.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Doug Martin — 16-33 over that span.

2015New Mexico State3-9HC: Doug Martin · Balanced

2016New Mexico State3-9HC: Doug Martin · Balanced, fast tempo

2017New Mexico State7-6HC: Doug Martin · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2018New Mexico State3-9HC: Doug Martin · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (91st percentile). Concern: interceptions (30th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#59 / 2662 · 98th pct

101

Tackles for loss#238 / 2662 · 91st pct

8.5

QB hurries#287 / 2662 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#505 / 2662 · 81st pct

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th 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

2018 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	12.0	0.6	0.0	0.0
Road5g	10.6	1.2	0.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	13.5	1.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	9.4	0.9	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

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

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	New Mexico State	101	33	8.5	1.0	2	1	--
2017	New Mexico State	107	50	16.0	7.0	6	2	--
2016	New Mexico State	103	38	12.5	2.0	5	2	--
2015	New Mexico State	--	--	--	--	--	3	--
Career		311	121	37.0	10.0	13	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2018

W 52–42

vs Alcorn State

11 TOT · 3 SOLO

Edged out Alcorn State at home in a shootout.

With J. Huntley — 43 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · J. Adkins — 396 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · 11 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week