You’ve heard it here first: there is a handful of VERY exciting small school, Outstate, jumbo athletes sitting right outside the Top-30 just itching and waiting to get bumped higher and higher. The Top Newcomer of the bunch comes out of AAA Sauk Centre High School and their massive 6’6, 230 lb. DE Troy Hansen. The XL Newcomer has a lot of the qualities of a big-time potential MN Outstate sleeper, including an eye-catching frame and the basketball background to go with it, and his film displays a DE who operates as a standup 5T who can slide inside and show off some noticeable lateral agility, but is basically let off the leash and allowed to let his athleticism dominate and disrupt off the edge.

Hansen is a tornado-like force on the gridiron who is everywhere all at once, and looks like a grown man playing against high schoolers in his junior tape. He opens the highlights with a freight train-esque hit off a full head of a steam to really spotlight some dominant qualities, a theme that continues through the entirety of his junior highlights. The 6’6 junior runs like a deer and looks fluid and balanced in his movements, has the length to get his hands up into passing lanes, and shows off speed, strength, and body control in his efforts to get to the ball. Strong through contact with a good base and high-tempo motor, Hansen can beat would-be blockers with either quickness, power, or speed, and he gets the most out of every tackle and ragdolled some helpless RBs and QBs in physically dominant fashion in 2023. The 2025 sleeper has that “it” factor you look for in small school gems. Dominant film, biggest, baddest, most athletic dude on the field, can’t help but notice him when you turn on the tape.

Troy Hansen debuts as the #31 overall ranked junior and as DL7. Don’t be surprised if that rises soon.