#55
Danielle Hunter
MIN · 2015–2023HOU · 2024–presentACT
DanielleHunter#55EDGE
Age
31
Oct 29, 1994
Height
6'5"
77"
Weight
263
lb
College
LSU
2012-2014
Drafted
2015
Rd 3, Pk 88
Exp
11
seasons
Contract
$40M
1y · $40.1M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Tackles
54
2025
TFL
15
regular season
Sacks
15.0
regular season
QB Hits
22
regular season
FF
3
regular season
Snap %
70%
avg / game
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2012 — Present · Includes honors
2024
Houston Texans · Edge Rusher
EDGE · 38 active weeks
2024Pro Bowl
2025All-Pro (2nd Team)
NFL
2015–2023
Minnesota Vikings · Edge Rusher
EDGE · 128 active weeks
2018All-Pro (2nd Team) · Pro Bowl
2019Pro Bowl
2022Pro Bowl
2023Pro Bowl
NFL
2012–2014
LSU · DE
NCAA

Draft Profile

2015 Draft
Selection
Round 3, Pick 88
#88 overall by Minnesota Vikings
TeamMIN
Overall#88

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaJeffrey Beall. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.