Jason Hanson

Jason Hanson

Hanson at the 2012 Lions training camp
No. 4
Position:	Placekicker
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1970-06-17) June 17, 1970 (age 46)
Place of birth:	Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:	Mead (WA)
College:	Washington State
NFL Draft:	1992 / Round: 2 / Pick: 56
Career history
Detroit Lions (1992–2012)
Career highlights and awards
2× Pro Bowl (1997, 1999) AP Second-Team All-Pro (1997) SN First-Team All-Pro (1993) Consensus All-American (1989) PFWA NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1992) PFW Golden Toe Award (2008) 2× PFW First-Team All-NFC (1993, 1999) Holds multiple NFL records
Career NFL statistics
Field goals made: 495 Field goals attempted: 601 Field goal %: 82.4 Long field goal: 56 Points scored: 2,150 Player stats at NFL.com

Jason Hanson (born June 17, 1970) is a retired football placekicker who spent his entire 20-year career playing for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Lions in the second round (56th overall) of the 1992 NFL Draft out of Washington State University. Hanson holds the NFL record for the most games played with one team, as well as multiple kicking and scoring records.

Born in Spokane, Washington, Hanson graduated from Mead High School in 1988, where he lettered in football, basketball, soccer. As a senior, Hanson won All-Greater Spokane League honors as both a kicker and punter and was named a first team All-State honoree by the Washington Sportswriters Association. In the classroom at Mead, he maintained a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Hanson attended Washington State University in Pullman, where he walked-on as a freshman in 1988 and made an immediate impact; he was named to The Sporting News Freshman All-America team. Hanson set or tied many NCAA records, and his percentage of 57.1 for field goals from 50 yards or greater remains a Pac-12 Conference record. He holds the record for most field goals from 50 yards or more (20), and 40 yards or more (39). Hanson's school records include most points scored (328), longest field goal (62 yards), most games with two or more field goals (20), field goals (63), and PATs (139). He was also the punter at WSU during his final two seasons, and was a teammate of quarterback Drew Bledsoe, who arrived in 1990. Hanson earned a bachelor of science degree from WSU in pre-med studies, with 3.78 grade point average.