He then attended Lincoln Trail College, where he was named All-Great Rivers Athletic Conference in 2011.

In 2013, Hancock was 8–8 with a 3.38 ERA and 83 strikeouts in 26 starts split between Fort Wayne and the High-A Lake Elsinore Storm.

[3] In 2014, Hancock went 3–2 with a 3.92 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 15 games (14 starts) for the rookie-level Arizona League Padres and Double-A San Antonio Missions.

[9] On December 5, 2018, Hancock signed a one-year contract with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB)[10] for an estimated ¥70 million.

[13] In July 2021, Hancock joined the Indiana State baseball program as an assistant coach; in his role, he will work primarily with Sycamore pitchers.