Pro Football Focus (a top NFL advanced stats site) named Hankins to its Mid-Season All-Pro team, and called it an "easy pick" - https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/11/05/midseason-all-star-team/2/

I know a website's mid-season all-pro team pick won't go in the trophy case, but glad to see Hankins succeeding in the NFL and grading out as the top nose tackle in the NFL so far this season. Not always easy to follow the play of a an interior d-lineman where tackles and sacks don't tell the whole story.

Man, he was a beast for the Bucks.