Jason Hanson
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Jason Hanson (born June 17, 1970) is an American retired football player who spent his entire 21-year career with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).
He was selected by the Lions in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft as the 56th overall pick after playing college football for the Washington State Cougars.
Hanson has the most seasons played with one team as well as multiple kicking and scoring records.
Personal life
Hanson and his partner, Kathleen, were married in 1992 and have three children. Travis, his younger brother, was a kicker for the University of Washington Huskies and was a member of the 1991 national championship team. Hanson is a Christian.
High school career
Hanson graduated from Mead High School in 1988, where he lettered in football, basketball, and soccer. Hanson, a senior, earned All-Greater Spokane League awards as both a kicker and punter, as well as being named a first-team All-State honoree by the Washington Sportswriters Association. He maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average in Mead's classroom.
College career
Hanson walked-on as a freshman at Washington State University in Pullman, where he made an immediate impact on the Cougars as a freshman; he was named to The Sporting News Freshman All-America team. Hanson set or tied multiple NCAA records, and his 57.1 percent for field goals from 50 yards or greater is a Pac-12 Conference record. He holds the most field goals from 50 yards or more (20), as well as 40 yards or more (39). Hanson's school records include the most points scored (3328), longest field goal (62 yards), and PATs (139). He was also the punter at WSU for his last two seasons, and he was a teammate of quarterback Drew Bledsoe, who arrived in 1990. Hanson received a Bachelor of Science degree in pre-medical studies at WSU, with a 3.78 grade point average. In 2020, Hanson was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Professional career
Hanson was drafted by the Lions in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft, making him the 56th overall pick. In Week 2 of the 2011 season vs. the Kansas City Chiefs, he retired from the Lions in 2013; no NFL player (327) with the same team as Hanson, breaking the old record of 296 held by Bruce Matthews. He set a new record for the longest time with the same team in 21 seasons at the start of the 2012 season.
Hanson won the Indianapolis Colts' Morten Andersen for the most 50+ yard field goals in NFL history on December 14, 2008. Hanson had a good year last year, coming down from 22-for-22 on field goal attempts (including 8 for 8 from 50+ yards) and 25-for-26 on extra point attempts. This was Hanson's second best season in terms of field goal attempts; he missed only one. Hanson had only eight extra points in his career, five of which were blocked, in the late 2010 NFL season.
Due to a right knee injury, the Lions put him on injured reserve on December 2, 2010.
After kicking a perfect 8 of eight field goals, Hanson was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September 2011. It was his fifth-year special teams Player of the Month award and the first since November 2003.
Hanson is the team's all-time scoring leader with 2,150 points and 495, as well as in field goals with 495, and holds a number of other team records for kicking and scoring. He was a backup to the NFC in 1998 and 1999, and he served as an alternate in 1997 and 2008. He has scored 17 game-winning field goals in his career; eight in regulation and nine in overtime.
Hanson resigned on April 4, 2013. He was the first active player in the NFL at the time of his release, the last player to have played for the same team he played for before the freedom of free agency existed, and the youngest active player to play at Milwaukee County Stadium.
Hanson was named the 2002 recipient of the Detroit Lions/Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association/Pro Football Writers Association's (PFWA) Media-Friendly "Good Guy" award. The Good Guy Award is given annually to the Detroit Lions player who shows initiative and cooperation with the media at any time during the season. In 1992, Hanson was also named Offensive Rookie Of The Year by the PFWA. He is the only NFL kicker to be honoured with the award in 2022.
In fall 2013, the Detroit Lions inducted him into the Ring of Honor for his service and dedication to the Detroit Lions.