Chase Hansen

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Chase Hansen
Personal information
Born: (1993-05-20) May 20, 1993 (age 31)
Provo, Utah, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school: Lone Peak
(Highland, Utah)
College: Utah (2012, 2015–2018)
Position: Linebacker
Undrafted: 2019
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:10
Player stats at PFR

Chase Hansen (born May 20, 1993) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent. He played college football at Utah.

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Collegiate career

Hansen redshirted his true freshman season. He left the team after his freshman year to go on a LDS Mission to Brisbane, Australia. He returned before the 2015 season and played both quarterback and safety as a redshirt freshman. He played safety as a redshirt sophomore and moved to linebacker at the end of his redshirt junior year. [1] As a senior, Hansen had 114 tackles, 22 tackles for a loss, and 5.0 sacks with two interceptions and was named first-team All-Pac-12 and a second-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America and Sporting News . [2]

Professional career

Hansen was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent on May 2, 2019. He was waived on May 10, but re-signed four days later. [3] Hansen was placed on the Non-football Injury list in July and missed his rookie season due to a back injury. [4]

Hansen made the Saints' initial roster out of training camp in 2020. [5] He made his NFL debut on September 13, 2020, in the season opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [6] He was placed on injured reserve on October 3, 2020. [7] He was activated on November 13, 2020. [8] Hansen was then waived on November 24, 2020, [9] and re-signed to the practice squad two days later. [10] He was elevated to the active roster on January 2, 2021, for the team's week 17 game against the Carolina Panthers, and reverted to the practice squad after the game. [11] He was elevated again on January 9 and January 16 for the wild card and divisional playoff games against the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and reverted to the practice squad again after each game. [12] [13] On January 18, 2021, Hansen signed a reserve/futures contract with the Saints. [14]

On September 18, 2021, Hansen was placed on injured reserve. He was activated on November 8, then released the next day. [15] He was signed to the practice squad on November 13.

On August 8, 2022, Hansen was brought back by the New Orleans Saints. [16] He was waived on August 30, 2022, and signed to the practice squad the next day. [17] [18] He was elevated to the active roster on September 6, 2022. [19] He was placed on injured reserve on November 7. He was designated to return from injured reserve on December 14, 2022, and activated for Week 15. [20] Hansen did not receive a qualifying offer from the Saints following the season and became a free agent on March 15, 2023. [21]

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