Justice Hansen (born January 7, 1995) is an

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and currently free agent. He played for the

Panthers Wrocław The Panthers Wroclaw are an American football team in Wrocław, Poland, which was merged from Giants Wrocław and Devils Wrocław (both founded in 2005). They currently play in the newly formed European League of Football since 2021. In the past ...

Early years

Hansen attended the

Edmond Santa Fe High School Edmond Santa Fe High School is a public high school located in Edmond, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1993, Santa Fe is one of three traditional high schools in the Edmond Public Schools district, along with Edmond Memorial High School and ...

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. He committed to the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...

to play college football.

College career

Hansen redshirted his only season at Oklahoma in 2014. In 2015, as a redshirt freshman, he transferred to

Butler Community College Butler Community College (BCC) is a public community college in El Dorado, Kansas. Campus There are a number of branch campuses throughout the area, in Andover, Council Grove, Marion, McConnell, Rose Hill, and a number of distance-learning ...

. In his only year at Butler he played in nine games, completing 163 of 211 passes for 1,694 yards and 12

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. After the 2015 season, Hansen transferred to

Arkansas State University Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage la ...

. In 2016, as a redshirt sophomore, he began his career at Arkansas State. He began as the backup to starting quarterback Chad Voytik, but later took over as the starter after the first game of the season and completed 197 of 340 passes for 2,719 yards with 19 touchdowns and eight

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. In 2017, as a redshirt junior, he completed 305 of 487 passes for 3,967 yards, 37 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. In 2018, as a redshirt senior, he led Arkansas State to an 8-5 record and was named the Sun Belt Player of the Year.

Professional career

In May 2019, after going undrafted in the

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he attended the

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2019 rookie minicamp but was never offered a contract.

Saskatchewan Roughriders

On December 23, 2019, he signed with the

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of the

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(CFL). He was released on February 19, 2021.

Panthers Wrocław

In November 2021, he was signed by

of the

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(ELF) for the 2022 season.

References

External links

Butler CC Grizzlies bioArkansas State Red Wolves bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Justice 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Edmond, Oklahoma Players of American football from Oklahoma American football quarterbacks Oklahoma Sooners football players Butler Grizzlies football players Arkansas State Red Wolves football players Saskatchewan Roughriders players American expatriate players of American football American expatriate sportspeople in Poland Panthers Wrocław players