C. J. Hanson
{{Short description|American football player (born 2001)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = C. J. Hanson
| image = C. J. Hanson (53329742394) (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Hanson with the Holy Cross Crusaders in 2023
| current_team = Kansas City Chiefs
| number = 61
| position = Guard
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|3|3}}
| birth_place = Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lb = 300
| high_school = DePaul Catholic
(Wayne, New Jersey)
| college = Holy Cross (2019–2023)
| draftyear = 2024
| draftround = 7
| draftpick = 248
| pastteams = * Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|2024}}–present)
| status = Active
| highlights = * First-team FCS All-American (2023)
- 2× First-team All-Patriot League (2022, 2023)
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| statweek =
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 =
| statlabel2 = Games started
| statvalue2 =
| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries
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| pfr = H/HansCJ00
}}
Christopher "C. J." Hanson (born March 3, 2001) is an American professional football guard for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Holy Cross Crusaders and was selected by the Chiefs in the seventh round of the 2024 NFL draft.
Early life
Hanson was born on March 3, 2001, in Bergen County, New Jersey, and grew up in Wyckoff.{{Cite web|url=https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/04/11162958/TheBeast2024_MasterFile-8.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411212702/https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2024/04/11162958/TheBeast2024_MasterFile-8.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2024|website=The Athletic|author=Brugler, Dane|date=April 2024|title=The Beast: 2024 NFL Draft Guide|url-access=subscription|page=152}} After playing flag football in second grade, he began playing tackle football in third grade; he also played a number of other sports including lacrosse growing up. He attended DePaul Catholic High School and played four years on the varsity football team, but only was a starter as a senior, when he was named first-team All-County and second-team All-State at left guard and assisted as DePaul Catholic won the league title. He committed to play college football for the FCS-level Holy Cross Crusaders as a zero-star recruit.{{Cite web |last=McMullen, Matt |date=April 28, 2024 |title=Five Things to Know About Chiefs Seventh-Round Pick OL C.J. Hanson |url=https://www.chiefs.com/news/five-things-to-know-about-chiefs-seventh-round-pick-ol-c-j-hanson |access-date=2024-07-04 |publisher=Kansas City Chiefs}}
College career
After a redshirt season in 2019 in which Hanson appeared in three games, he recorded his first start in the 2020–21 season while playing a total of three games in the season.{{Cite web |title=C.J. Hanson Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/c-j-hanson/32004841-4e64-1526-f2d7-7385c0fd0090 |access-date=2024-07-04 |publisher=National Football League}} He then won the starting nod at right guard in 2021, starting all 13 games that year while being named second-team All-Patriot League by Phil Steele.{{Cite web |title=C.J. Hanson |url=https://goholycross.com/sports/football/roster/c-j--hanson/14021 |access-date=2024-07-04 |publisher=Holy Cross Crusaders}} He started all 13 games in 2022, being named first-team All-Patriot League, and then as team captain in 2023 started all 11 games, earning first-team All-Patriot League, All-Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), All-New England and third-team All-American honors from Stats Perform. In the 2023 season, he helped the team rank in the top six in the FCS in rushing offense, total offense and scoring offense, while allowing no sacks and eight pressures on 321 pass-blocking snaps. He ended his collegiate career having started 38 games, helping the team compile records of 10–3 (2021), 12–1 (2022) and 7–4 (2023) in his three seasons as a full-time starter.{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2024 |title=C.J. Hanson NFL Draft 2024: Scouting Report for Kansas City Chiefs IOL |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10118096-cj-hanson-nfl-draft-2024-scouting-report-for-kansas-city-chiefs-iol |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Bleacher Report}}{{Cite web |last=Herder, Sam |date=April 2, 2024 |title=NFL Draft: C.J. Hanson, Jalen Coker Eye More History-Making Moments For Holy Cross |url=https://herosports.com/fcs-nfl-draft-hanson-coker-history-holy-cross-bzbz/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=HERO Sports}} He was invited along with Jalen Coker to the NFL Scouting Combine, with him and Coker being the third and fourth players in school history to be invited as well as the first since 1988; he also played at the East–West Shrine Bowl.{{Cite web |last=Shea, Kevin |date=January 29, 2024 |title=Two Holy Cross football players invited to NFL combine |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ma/worcester/news/2024/01/29/hanson--coker-honored-by-nfl-combine-invite |access-date=2024-07-04 |publisher=Spectrum News}}{{Cite news |last=Toland, Jennifer |date=March 21, 2024 |title='This is a special place': Former Crusaders Jalen Coker, C.J. Hanson relish testing at Holy Cross Pro Day |url=https://www.telegram.com/story/sports/college/2024/03/21/former-crusaders-jalen-coker-c-j-hanson-keep-showing-em-at-holy-cross-pro-day/73048361007/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=Telegram & Gazette}}{{Cite web |last=Shea, Kevin |date=February 1, 2024 |title=Former Holy Cross football stars getting NFL exposue at Shrine Bowl |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ma/worcester/news/2024/02/01/holy-cross-prepared-coker---hanson-for-nfl-interviews |access-date=2024-07-04 |publisher=Spectrum News}}
Professional career
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 5
| weight = 300
| dash = 5.00
| ten split = 1.76
| twenty split = 2.91
| shuttle = 4.71
| cone drill = 7.90
| vertical = 33.5
| broad ft = 9
| broad in = 7
| bench = 25
| arm span = 32 3/8
| hand span = 9 3/8
| note = All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/c-j-hanson/32004841-4e64-1526-f2d7-7385c0fd0090 |title=C.J. Hanson Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=July 25, 2024}}{{Cite web |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1099876&DraftYear=2024 |title=C.J. Hanson College Football Profile |website=DraftScout.com |access-date=July 25, 2024}}
}}
Hanson was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the seventh round (248th overall) of the 2024 NFL draft, becoming the first player from Holy Cross to be chosen since Rob McGovern in 1989, who was also selected by the Chiefs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article288082595.html|newspaper=The Kansas City Star|author=Kerkhoff, Blair|date=April 27, 2024|url-access=subscription|title=Chiefs' final pick in 2024 NFL Draft was 'confident, comfortable and ready to rip it'}}{{Cite web |title=Holy Cross Drafted Players/Alumni |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/schools/holycross/drafted.htm |access-date=May 22, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.chiefs.com/team/players-roster/c-j-hanson/ Kansas City Chiefs bio]
- [https://goholycross.com/sports/football/roster/c-j--hanson/14021 Holy Cross Crusaders bio]
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Category:Sportspeople from Wyckoff, New Jersey
Category:Players of American football from Bergen County, New Jersey
Category:DePaul Catholic High School alumni
Category:American football offensive guards