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Bud Dupree

Linebacker · Kentucky

Bud Dupree is a veteran edge rusher for the Los Angeles Chargers who has carved out an 11-year career since being a first-round pick out of Kentucky.

Bud Dupree built his reputation as a power rusher with the Pittsburgh Steelers before later stops in Tennessee and Atlanta. He now provides veteran depth and leadership off the edge for the Chargers. He signed a one-year extension in June 2025.

★ First-round pick of the Steelers in 2015

★ 11-year NFL veteran

★ Signed one-year, $6M extension with the Chargers in 2025

Path to the league

Dupree played college football at Kentucky and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He spent his early years pairing with T.J. Watt in Pittsburgh before signing elsewhere in free agency.

2025 season

According to the Chargers, Dupree signed a one-year, $6 million extension on June 4, 2025. He finished the season with two sacks, 16 total tackles and one pass defended while serving as the team's third edge rusher. His defensive snaps dipped from 522 in 2024 to 390 in 2025, and he missed one game, Week 16 against Dallas, with a back injury.

Career highlights

An 11-year veteran, Dupree provides the Chargers with valued leadership on the defensive line and a rotational rush option behind the team's top edge defenders.

Sources

Wikipedia: Bud Dupree
ESPN: Bud Dupree player page

Statistics

2025 season and career

2025 Season · Defense

16 games played

TOT

SOLO

SACK

INT

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Defense · career

Year	Team	GP	TOT	SOLO	SACK	INT	FF	FR	PD
2025	chargers	16	16	9	2	0	0	0	1
2024	chargers	17	28	18	6	1	1	0	2
2023	falcons	16	39	17	6.5	0	2	0	3
2022	titans	11	18	14	4	0	1	2	0
2021	titans	11	17	13	3	0	1	0	1
2020	steelers	11	31	23	8	0	2	0	2
2019	steelers	16	68	49	11.5	0	4	2	3
2018	steelers	16	42	30	5.5	1	1	0	3
2017	steelers	15	40	31	6	0	0	1	1
2016	steelers	7	24	19	4.5	0	1	0	1
2015	steelers	16	26	17	4	0	0	0	1