Danielle Hunter stats

Texans

Defensive End · #55

Age 32 · 6' 5" · 263 lbs

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Danielle Hunter recorded 17 tackles and 4.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the Houston Texans. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
17
SOLO
8
AST
9
SACK
4.0
INT
0
PD
4
FF
1

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2015MIN14332946.0001
2016MIN1656342212.5011
2017MIN164527187.0021
2018MIN1671512014.5000
2019MIN1670521814.5003
2021MIN73823156.0000
2022MIN1765461910.5031
2023MIN1783542916.5024
2024HOU1746311512.0031
2025HOU1754282615.0033
2026HOU717894.0041

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
160
TOT
578
SOLO
383
AST
195
SACK
118.5
INT
0
PD
18
FF
16

Career Postseason

GP
10
TOT
36
SOLO
24
AST
12
SACK
7.5
INT
0
PD
1
FF
3

Per game

GP
7
TOT
2.4
SOLO
1.1
AST
1.3
SACK
0.6
INT
0
PD
0.6
FF
0.1

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2015MIN142.42.10.30.400.00.1
2016MIN163.52.11.40.800.10.1
2017MIN162.81.71.10.400.10.1
2018MIN164.43.21.30.900.00.0
2019MIN164.43.31.10.900.00.2
2021MIN75.43.32.10.900.00.0
2022MIN173.82.71.10.600.20.1
2023MIN174.93.21.71.000.10.2
2024HOU172.71.80.90.700.20.1
2025HOU173.21.61.50.900.20.2
2026HOU72.41.11.30.600.60.1

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
160
TOT
3.6
SOLO
2.4
AST
1.2
SACK
0.7
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
32 yearsOct 29, 1994
Height
6' 5"
Weight
263 lbs
Experience
12 yearsDebut 2015
Birthplace
Katy, TX
Draft
2015Rd 3, Pk 88
College
LSU
Salary
$32.5 million2026

Against other defensive ends

2026 regular season, 77 NFL defensive ends with 6+ games.

  • Sacks4.0

    Higher than 87% of the other 76 NFL defensive ends.

  • Tackles17

    Higher than 59% of the other 76 NFL defensive ends.

  • Forced Fumbles1

    Higher than 78% of the other 76 NFL defensive ends.

Latest performance

Danielle Hunter

Oct 25 · vs NYG · L 27-21 OT

TOT
2
SOLO
1
AST
1
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

77% of his club's defensive snaps a game (360 in 7 games); 79% in week 7.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1BUF4578%0
2CIN5083%1
3IND5679%4
4DAL6077%0
5TEN4571%1
6JAX5273%1
7NYG5279%0

NFL snap counts, every player

2015 NFL combine

DE, 6'5", 252 lb · LSU

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.57s96th
Bench press (225 lb)25 reps45th

Percentile: the share of DEs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2015 combine

Games

All games

Next

at LACSun, Nov 08

vs LAC since 2019

4
GP
16
TOT
11
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Oct 25vsNYGL 27-21 OT2110
Sun, Oct 18atJAXW 34-313100
Sun, Oct 11atTENW 26-33310
Sun, Oct 04vsDALL 34-30200.50
Sun, Sep 27atINDL 19-17620.50
Sun, Sep 20vsCINL 20-61110

What are Danielle Hunter's career stats?

Danielle Hunter has played 11 seasons for the Vikings and the Texans. He has recorded 578 tackles and 118.5 sacks. His best season so far is 2023: 83 tackles and 16.5 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 9 vs DET on Nov 4, 2018, W 24-9
  • Sacks: 3.5 vs DET on Nov 4, 2018, W 24-9
Danielle Hunter's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
202573.5
202473.0
202393.0
202272.0
202173.0
201993.0
201893.5
201752.0
201662.0
201561.5

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2015.

League leaderboards and awards

11 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2015 to 2026

Danielle Hunter finished top 10 in a stat 6 times.

All-time career rank

  • 32nd in sacks (118.5)

Among the 9,825 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

Danielle Hunter college stats

Danielle Hunter played 3 seasons at LSU Tigers (2012 to 2014): 142 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Danielle Hunter's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2012LSU Tigers1239000000
2013LSU Tigers571938030000
2014LSU Tigers73304301.51000

scoring

Danielle Hunter's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2014LSU Tigers000110006

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

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Playoff games

Danielle Hunter played 10 games across 6 NFL postseasons — 4 won, 6 lost.

Danielle Hunter's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2025PITW 30-611.00
2025NEL 28-1642.00
2024LACW 32-1230.00
2024KCL 23-1440.00
2022NYGL 31-2441.00
2019NOW 26-20 OT51.50
2019SFL 27-1051.00
2017NOW 29-2430.00
2017PHIL 38-761.00
2015SEAL 10-910.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.