University of South Alabama Athletics

Jaguar Highlights: One of five returning inside linebackers who lettered last season ... Named the team’s most improved inside linebacker after spring drills ended ... Recorded two assisted stops for victorious White team in annual spring game.

As A Redshirt Freshman (2009): Saw action in every contest ... Finished with 18 tackles, including 12 assists ... Latter total tied for fifth on the team ... Credited with one assist behind the line of scrimmage against Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy, posting four total stops in the victory over the Blue Devils  ... Had season-best five stops in Army Prep victory, sharing team-high honors ... Made three stops — including two solo — in win over Louisburg (N.C.) J.C. ... Also had two unassisted tackles in Milford (N.Y.) Academy victory ... Collected a pair of stops in season-ending victory over Huntingdon (Ala.) College.

High School Highlights: Lettered all four years at Chelsea HS ... Started for three years ... Was a three-time all-county honoree ... Posted 147 tackles — including seven sacks — his senior season while helping the Hornets to a first-round victory in the state 5A playoffs ... Also aided CHS in qualifying for the playoffs as a junior ... Part of a Hornet squad that reached the quarterfinals of the 2005 state 4A playoffs, while the school earned a first-round victory in the postseason his freshman year.

Personal: Full name is Brett Daniel Hancock ... Born July 3, 1990, in Columbus, Ga. ... Son of Bruce Hancock and Laura Junkins ... Favorite movie is “The Punisher” ... Favorite football players are Brian Urlacher, Ed Reed and Dick Butkus ... Would like to become a veterinarian ... A biology major.