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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2017 MIT Football Roster

11 Jared Hanson

  • Position WR
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 165
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Benicia, Calif.
  • High School Benicia

Biography

2017: Appeared in two games, making six receptions for 31 yards... Had five catches at Becker.

2016: NEFC All-Academic Team... Appeared in two games.... Finished season with 16 receptions for 122 yards and one touchdown... Posted a season-high 64 yards with a touchdown vs. Becker on 9/10... Averaged 7.6 yards per catch.

2015: Started the first seven games before an injury forced him to miss the final three … Academic All-NEFC … caught 20 passes fore 233 yards and a pair of scores … third on the team in receptions and reception yardage … also MIT’s primary punter … averaged 34.8 yards on 34 attempts … 10 punts at RPI (9/19) were just two short of the school record.

2014: Played in all 11 games as MIT’s punter and as a receiver … averaged 33.1 yards on 33 punts with a long of 63 yards … placed five of his kicks inside the opponents 20-yard line … caught 12 passes for 113 yards and a score … his 63-yard boot came in the first game of the season against Pomona-Pitzer (9/6) … snared a 35-yard TD pass at Curry (10/3) … two catches for 25 yards against Western New England (10/25) … also punted four times for an average of 38 yards against the Golden Bears … season-high three catches for 24 yards at Endicott (11/1) … one catch for six yards at Wesley (11/29) in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs.

Off the Field at MIT: Majoring in computer science … internship with Leerink Partners... Has interned with Adobe and Apple.

High School: A 2014 graduate of Benicia High School … two-time letterwinner as a receiver and quarterback … team MVP and first team all league as a senior … Offensive Player of the Year and first team all league as a junior … also lettered in baseball … Valedictorian … National Football Foundation Scholarship … Dale Lackey Scholarship … Solano County Scholar Athlete Scholarship … Class Of 2014 Overall Excellence and Scholar Athlete for high school.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2014First Year

    WR
    5'11" 165 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2015Sophomore

    WR
    5'11" 175 lbs
    19
  • 11

    2016Junior

    WR/QB
    5'10" 170 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2017Senior

    WR
    5'11" 165 lbs
    11