Texans edge rusher who tallied 15 sacks in 2025, third in the NFL.
Danielle Hunter has now hit 12+ sacks in five different seasons. The 2025 campaign delivered 15, third in the NFL behind Myles Garrett and Brian Burns. Houston's defense paired him with Will Anderson Jr. for one of the AFC's top edge tandems.
Path to the league
LSU product taken 88th overall by Minnesota in 2015. Took three years to break through. Made his first Pro Bowl in 2018 and was a top-five pass rusher through 2020 before injury setbacks cost him two of three seasons.
Career highlights
5x Pro Bowl. 2x Second-team All-Pro. Vikings franchise sack record (87.5). 100+ career sacks (top 35 all time). Comeback Player of the Year finalist (2022).
2025 season recap
15 sacks, 65 tackles, 22 QB hits. Texans went 10-7 and reached the Divisional Round. Hunter signed a two-year extension at the trade deadline that included $30 million guaranteed. His tag-team with Anderson kept C.J. Stroud's defense among the league's best at pressure rate.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Danielle Hunter
- Pro Football Reference: Danielle Hunter
Statistics
2025 season and career2025 Season · Defense
17 games played▶Defense · career
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT | FF | FR | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | texans | 17 | 54 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | texans | 17 | 46 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | vikings | 17 | 83 | 54 | 16.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | vikings | 17 | 65 | 46 | 10.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | vikings | 7 | 38 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | vikings | 16 | 70 | 52 | 14.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | vikings | 16 | 71 | 51 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | vikings | 16 | 45 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | vikings | 16 | 56 | 34 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | vikings | 14 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Defensive End
- Group
- defense
- College
- LSU
- Hometown
- Katy, TX, USA
- Age
- 31
- Status
- active
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