[2] Hand's uncle, Damone Boone, was a Parade All-American running back at West Springfield in Virginia in the mid-1990s.

Woodbridge finished the season 6–5, losing 0–17 to Haymarket Battlefield in the first round of the VHSL playoffs.

Media attention steadily increased, and The Washington Post made Hand the subject of a documentary series named First and 17, which followed him both on and off the field, "giving an inside look at the challenges facing a top recruit juggling school, football and his senior year".

In track & field, he competed primarily as a thrower, but also spend some time as a sprinter during his final year in 2014.

At the Runner Store City-County Championships, he earned a second-place finish in the shot put event, recording a career-best throw of 15.81 meters (51 ft, 9 in).

[11] With over 90 scholarship offers, Hand narrowed down his choice of college destination to three—Alabama, Florida, and Michigan—before the start of his senior season.

Hand finished with seven tackles on the year, including four solo stops and two sacks (−10 yards).

Hand started nine of the 11 games he played in 2017, missing time with a minor knee injury.

[16] Hand was selected by the Detroit Lions in the fourth round (114th overall) of the 2018 NFL draft.

He suffered an elbow injury early in training camp and missed the first six weeks of the regular season.

He returned in Week 13, but suffered a setback with the ankle injury and was placed on injured reserve on December 12, 2019.