DE · Detroit Lions · #98
D.J. Wonnum
RDE1- College
- South Carolina
- Height
- 6'5"
- Weight
- 262 lb
- Experience
- 7th season
Sacks
5.0▲ 2.0 vs '25
4th of 118 DL
Pressures
9▲ 2 vs '25
29th of 118 DL
Pressure rate
3.5%▲ 2.4 vs '25
26th of 118 DL
Run stops
6▼ 20 vs '25
93rd of 118 DL
Tackling
12 tkl
4 tfl · 11 stops · 0 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs NOW | 69 | 76.7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 2 @ BUFL | 27 | 36.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 vs NYJW | 44 | 66.7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 4 @ CARL | 36 | 48.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ ARIW | 36 | 49.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 vs GBW | 48 | 71.6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 260 | 58.3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5.0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 100.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
How he compares
2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Lions
$3Mover 1 year
- Avg. per year
- $3M
- Guaranteed
- $2.3M 76%
- 2026 cap hit
- $3M 0.9% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2026
2026 · now
Year 1 of 1 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 260 | 58.3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 7.7 | 5.0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 79.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 16 | 688 | 68.3 | 42 | 30 | 4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 11.9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 454 | 77.6 | 36 | 20 | 4 | 11.9 | 4.0 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 88.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15 | 828 | 83.0 | 59 | 44 | 7 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 90.6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16 | 562 | 51.9 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17 | 952 | 78.8 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 15 | 30 | 6 | 91.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 14 | 471 | 50.8 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 20.0 | 3.0 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 39.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 92 | 4,215 | 67.4 | 243 | 176 | 34 | 7.4 | 35.0 | 66 | 106 | 32 | 71.1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 |