DE · Houston Texans · #55

Danielle Hunter

RDE1

College: LSU
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 263 lb
Experience: 12th season

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Season

Sacks

4.0▼ 11.0 vs '25

8th of 118 DL

Pressures

17▼ 17 vs '25

6th of 118 DL

Pressure rate

4.7%▲ 0.1 vs '25

9th of 118 DL

Run stops

7▼ 18 vs '25

81st of 118 DL

Tackling

17 tkl

3 tfl · 13 stops · 1 ff

Ranks compare against the 118 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

2026 game log

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 vs BUFL	45	77.6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0	–	–	0	1
Wk 2 vs CINL	50	83.3	1	1	1	1	1.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	1
Wk 3 @ INDL	56	78.9	6	4	0	0	0.5	2	2	2	50.0	1.5	0	1
Wk 4 vs DALL	60	76.9	2	1	0	0	0.5	1	4	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 5 @ TENW	45	71.4	3	2	1	0	1.0	2	6	2	50.0	1.0	0	1
Wk 6 @ JAXW	52	73.2	3	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 7 vs NYGL	52	78.8	2	2	1	0	1.0	3	3	0	–	–	0	0
Season	360	77.1	17	13	3	1	4.0	9	17	4	50.0	1.3	0	4

How he compares

2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2026 with Texans

$40.1Mover 1 year

Avg. per year: $40.1M
Guaranteed: $39.6M 99%
2026 cap hit: $16.1M 5.2% of the cap
Signed: 2026
Runs through: 2026

2026 · now

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Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2026	7	360	77.1	17	13	3	5.6	4.0	9	17	4	56.3	0	4	1	0
2025	17	728	70.1	54	42	15	7.4	15.0	22	34	3	72.9	0	3	3	0
2024	17	766	70.1	41	39	17	8.0	12.0	23	34	3	47.9	0	3	1	0
2023	17	1,006	88.9	73	63	19	4.6	16.5	22	41	4	79.2	0	2	4	0
2022	17	906	78.0	57	46	10	4.5	10.5	22	34	8	100.0	0	3	1	0
2021	7	384	80.7	37	24	6	5.7	6.0	11	21	2	95.8	0	0	0	0
2019	16	882	78.9	67	51	15	2.8	14.5	22	36	2	95.8	0	0	3	0
2018	16	877	84.4	68	56	20	10.3	14.5	19	38	2	118.8	0	0	0	0
2017	16	772	77.6	44	37	12	–	7.0	11	–	–	–	0	2	1	0
2016	16	600	58.0	54	40	11	–	12.5	19	–	–	–	0	1	1	0
2015	14	392	42.5	28	20	7	–	6.0	9	–	–	–	0	0	1	0
Career	160	7,673	73.2	540	431	135	6.1	118.5	189	255	28	91.5	0	18	16	0