NDSU

* 2021 All-MVFC Second Team
* 2019 NCAA Elite 90 Award
* 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
* 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
* 2020-21, 2021 FCS ADA Academic All-Star
* 2020-21, 2021 MVFC All-Academic First Team
* 2019 MVFC All-Academic Second Team
* 2018, 2019, 2020-21, 2021 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020-21, 2021 MVFC Honor Roll
* 2022 NFF Hampshire Honor Society

2021 SEASON (SENIOR): All-Missouri Valley Football Conference second team...Started all 15 games at middle linebacker...NDSU's leading tackler for the third straight season with 98 total tackles...Forced two fumbles, recovered two fumbles, broke up four passes and had one interception...Season-high 11 tackles in the win over Northern Iowa and 10 tackles in a loss at South Dakota State...Had at least six tackles in 10 of 15 games...Finished 10th in school history with 324 career tackles...MVFC All-Academic first team...MVFC Honor Roll and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award...FCS Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star...Named to the National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society...Second year as one of six NDSU team captains.

2020-21 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played all 10 games including nine starts at middle linebacker during the spring...NDSU's leading tackler with 72 total stops...Made 2.5 tackles for loss and assisted on one sack...Broke up three passes and had two quarterback hurries...Season-high 14 tackles in the spring season opener against Youngstown State...Had at least six tackles in 8 of 10 contests...FCS Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star...MVFC All-Academic first team...MVFC Honor Roll and Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award...One of six NDSU team captains.

2019 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Started all 16 games at middle linebacker...His 127 total tackles were third most in NDSU's Division I history behind linebackers Nick DeLuca (135 in 2015) and Grant Olson (148 in 2012)...Ranked ninth in the Missouri Valley Football Conference with 7.9 tackles per game...Had 9.0 tackles for loss and was in on two assisted sacks in the win at Delaware...Career-high 17 tackles in the national championship victory over James Madison...Had double-digit tackles in four of the final five games with 10 at Southern Illinois, 13 against Nicholls in the FCS second round and 10 against Illinois State in the quarterfinals...Made his first career interception on the opening drive against Western Illinois and returned it 15 yards to midfield setting up a five-play NDSU scoring drive...Also had one pass breakup and three quarterback hurries...NCAA Elite 90 award winner for the highest GPA at the national championship game...CoSIDA Academic All-America second team...MVFC All-Academic second team...MVFC Honor Roll...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2018 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Backup linebacker who appeared in 14 of 15 games, missing the conference opener against South Dakota State...Credited with 27 tackles including one sack...Season-high six tackles in the opener against Cal Poly and the NCAA second round playoff win over Montana State...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll...Earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2017 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Bison program...Made the MVFC Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2017 graduate of Park River Area High School...Four-year starter and two-time captain...Played for two Class A state championship teams in 2014 and 2015 under coach Robert Goll...Three-time all-state first team honoree...2016 Class A Senior Athlete of the Year...Rushed 167 times for 1,369 yards and 16 touchdowns his senior year while going 80 of 167 passing for 1,149 yards and 10 TDs...Rushed for 2,960 yards and 38 TDs over his final three seasons...Totaled 196 tackles with 47 tackles for loss, 11 sacks and 13 interceptions...Also caught 29 passes for 714 yards and six TDs as a sophomore and junior...Six-year letterwinner in baseball...Part of the 2016 North Dakota Academic Olympics state championship team...Honor student and ranked No. 1 in his class.

PERSONAL: Graduated from NDSU in December 2020 with a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics...Missouri Valley Football Conference representative on the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee's Student-Athlete Connection Group...Son of David and Jana Hankey...Has an older brother, Abraham...All three are graduates of NDSU's agriculture program.
 

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