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2026 Football Roster

45 Eli Hanson

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 212
  • Year Freshman
  • Hometown Monona, Iowa
  • High School MFL MarMac
  • Position Linebacker

Biography

High School
1st Team All District Football (2024, 2025)

Personal

Why did you choose UW-Eau Claire?

"It felt like the place for me the first time I stepped onto campus. I just knew"

Why do you choose to play Division III?

"To continue having fun doing what I enjoy while I can"

Who is your role model/mentor? Why are they important to you?

"My role model and mentor are the same person, my dad. He has always had my back and he taught me how to treat others."

If you could have dinner with any athlete, past or present, who would it be and why?

"My girlfriend does sports so…her"

What is on your pregame playlist?

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd

If you weren't playing your sport, what sport would you compete in instead?

Bowling

What's the most unusual item you always have in your backpack or locker?

Swimming Trunks

What's a talent you have that most people don't know about?

"I can do a toe touch."

Statistics

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