One player people keep sleeping on for the Top 50 of the NSFL has to be Alex Hansen. As a safety for the Yellowknife Wraiths, he has been a core member of that defensive unit. Mr. Hansen through the 14 games of the season has averaged 5.2 tackles a game at safety, totaling 74. He also has a forced fumble, three sacks, one interception, and one pass deflection. The “Big” stats were lacking for Hansen but that doesn’t take away from his overall play.
He alone leads ALL safeties in tackles. That is a huge feat, meaning as a last line of defense he’s there to get the stops when it matters. A lot of people just look past the safety position, because of how it’s believed that cornerbacks are more important. Safeties are the Quarterback of the defense, they read the offense and help to make the plays when it’s needed to get the stops needed.
Alex Hansen is one of the few safeties that actually line up in the middle of the field, and you don’t see that as often as you would like to anymore. If anything, Mr. Hansen should be top 50, for the work he continually puts in under the radar, he might not be the most popular name, or loudest, but he does what he needs to do on the field.
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He alone leads ALL safeties in tackles. That is a huge feat, meaning as a last line of defense he’s there to get the stops when it matters. A lot of people just look past the safety position, because of how it’s believed that cornerbacks are more important. Safeties are the Quarterback of the defense, they read the offense and help to make the plays when it’s needed to get the stops needed.
Alex Hansen is one of the few safeties that actually line up in the middle of the field, and you don’t see that as often as you would like to anymore. If anything, Mr. Hansen should be top 50, for the work he continually puts in under the radar, he might not be the most popular name, or loudest, but he does what he needs to do on the field.
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