Danielle
Hunter
DE
#55
Danielle Hunter
#55DE
Houston Texans
Height : 6' 5" · Weight : 263 lbs · Age : 31
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Houston Texans | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Houston Texans | 17 | 54 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | Houston Texans | 17 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 83 | 54 | 29 | 16.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 65 | 46 | 19 | 10.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 38 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 70 | 52 | 18 | 14.5 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 71 | 51 | 20 | 14.5 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| 2017 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 45 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 56 | 34 | 22 | 12.5 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| 2015 | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Contract
Houston Texans payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 16.14 M$
- Average per year
- 40.10 M$
- Total value
- 40.1 M$
- Seasons left
- 3 · through 2028
2026
16.14 M$
Guaranteed
2027
45.04 M$
Guaranteed
2028
30.62 M$
Not guaranteed
Cap number: the season's salary plus the share of the signing bonus spread over the contract. Total value and average per year cover the whole contract, from its signing.
Advanced stats, 2026 Edge rushers
NFL stats →2026 season, in progress (3 games played). The percentile ranks the player among regular edge rushers: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Sacks
1.5
54th percentile
Pressures
4
30th percentile
QB hits
3
47th percentile
Tackles for loss
1
36th percentile
Tackles
7
39th percentile
Forced fumbles
1
81th percentile
Passes defended
3
96th percentile
Missed tackle rate
12.5 %
73th percentile
Defensive snaps
151
68th percentile
Games
3
Regular season. Data: nflverse (play-by-play, snap counts), Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Reference. EPA: expected points added. CPOE: completion percentage over expected.
2026 end-of-season projection
NFL trends →Projected WAR
0.5
Games
17
WAR 2026
0.1
Games played
3
WAR already earned, plus his pace (WAR per game over the last three seasons, 60/25/15, pulled toward the group average) over his team's remaining games, given his availability so far.
Trend
→ Stable (+2)
- 20230.4 WAR · 0.024 per game
- 20240.4 WAR · 0.024 per game
- 20250.5 WAR · 0.029 per game
- 20260.1 WAR · 0.033 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
-13 · 31 y.o. · the age when performance usually declines
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2026
All ratings →Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · Overall
88
High-end
- PRS
- Pass rush
- 82
- RDF
- Run defense
- 83
- TCK
- Tackling
- 82
- DUR
- Durability
- 90
- EX
- Experience
- 90
Why these ratings?Hide details
- PRS — Pass rush : Pressures, sacks and QB hits, per snap
- RDF — Run defense : Run tackles and tackles for loss, per snap
- TCK — Tackling : Tackles made and missed tackles
- DUR — Durability : Games played out of his team's, over several seasons
- EX — Experience : Seasons in the NFL
WAR and PAL Rating, 2026
How we rate →WAR: the EPA (expected points added) of every play, above replacement level, shared among those who made it, then converted to wins (35.3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).
WAR
0.1
#3 of 36 regular edge rushers
PAL Rating
54 / 100
#17 of 36 regular edge rushers
Value Rating · 2025
63 / 100
2025 PAL (88) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $40.1M.PAL expected for this salary: 82PAL: dimensions
Where WAR comes from (in wins)
Half the EPA of his sacks, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles, tackles for loss and QB hits, against his position's average per snap.
Yards allowed per target against his position's average, 0.12 points per yard (measured).
Replacement level: the share of defense the league spends on his position (by payroll), prorated by snaps.
How much better or worse than average his team's defense was (EPA allowed), minus what is already credited to players, prorated by snaps.
The individual part is splash plays and coverage. The rest is the position share and his team's defense, split by snaps played.
| Season | Team | G | WAR | PAL | OV | Sacks | Prss | TFL | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | HOU | 3 | 0.1 | 54 | 88 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | HOU | 17 | 0.5 | 88 | 93 | 15.0 | 34 | 15 | 54 |
| 2024 | HOU | 17 | 0.4 | 85 | 89 | 12.0 | 34 | 17 | 41 |
| 2023 | MIN | 17 | 0.4 | 81 | 86 | 16.5 | 41 | 19 | 73 |
| 2022 | MIN | 17 | 0.4 | 69 | 85 | 10.5 | 34 | 10 | 57 |
| 2021 | MIN | 7 | 0.2 | 87 | 84 | 6.0 | 21 | 6 | 37 |
Danielle Hunter in five questions
What are Danielle Hunter's stats in 2026?
Danielle Hunter has 1.5 sacks and 3 QB hits in 3 games in 2026.
How old and how tall is Danielle Hunter?
Danielle Hunter is 31 years old. He is 6'5" (196 cm) and weighs 262 lb (119 kg).
How good is Danielle Hunter?
Danielle Hunter produced 0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026 (season in progress), 6th of 36 players at his position in the NFL. His PAL rating is 54 out of 100: around average for his position.
What number does Danielle Hunter wear, and what team does he play for?
Danielle Hunter plays for Houston Texans in the NFL, at DE, and wears number 55.
What is Danielle Hunter's projection for 2026?
Our projection has him at 0.5 WAR over the full 2026 season, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
