Danielle Hunter
Jamaican-born American football player
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| March 19 2025 | Agreed to a one-year, $35.6 million contract extension with the Houston Texans. |
| 2024 | Played 2 postseason games with the Houston Texans, starting both games and recording 7 combined tackles. |
| March 14 2024 | Signed a two-year, $49 million contract with the Houston Texans, starting all 17 games in the season and recording 12.0 sacks and 46 combined tackles. |
| 2023 | Played 1 postseason game with the Minnesota Vikings, starting the game and recording 4 combined tackles and 1.0 sack. |
| October 2023 | Hunter was named NFC Defensive Player of the Month, recognizing his outstanding defensive performance during October. |
| July 30 2023 | Danielle Hunter signed a new one-year contract with the Minnesota Vikings, returning to the team for the upcoming season. |
| 2021 | Danielle Hunter suffered a season-ending torn pectoral muscle, which placed him on injured reserve for the second consecutive season after initially recording 6 sacks in the first 7 games of the season. |
| September 9 2020 | Danielle Hunter was placed on injured reserve with a neck injury and underwent season-ending surgery to address a herniated disc in his neck. |
| 2019 | Participated in 2 postseason games for the Minnesota Vikings, starting both games. Recorded 10 combined tackles, 2.5 sacks, and 1 forced fumble. |
| 2019 | In the NFC Wild Card game against the New Orleans Saints, recorded a critical strip sack on Drew Brees that was recovered by teammate Jalyn Holmes during a 26-20 overtime victory. |
| 2019 | In the divisional round against the San Francisco 49ers, sacked quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo once during a 27-10 loss. |
| 2019 | Became the youngest player in NFL history to reach 50 sacks during a game against the Detroit Lions. |
| December 17 2019 | Nominated to play in his second consecutive Pro Bowl. |
| 2018 | In Week 9, recorded a career-high 3.5 sacks, nine tackles, and returned a fumble recovery 32 yards for a touchdown in a 24–9 win over the Lions, earning NFC Defensive Player of the Week. |
| 2018 | Named Second-team All-Pro by the Associated Press and First-team All-Pro by Sporting News and the PFWA. |
| 2018 | Selected to the Pro Bowl, where he recorded a sack against Andrew Luck. |
| 2018 | Finished the season with 72 total tackles, 14.5 sacks, 21 tackles for loss, and one fumble recovery for a touchdown. |
| 2018 | Recorded at least one sack in each of the Vikings' first seven games of the season. |
| June 27 2018 | Signed a five-year, $72 million contract extension with the Minnesota Vikings, which included $40 million guaranteed and a $15 million signing bonus. |
| 2017 | Hunter played in 2 postseason games for the Minnesota Vikings, starting 2 games and recording 9 combined tackles and 1.0 sack. |
| 2015 | Danielle Hunter first appeared in postseason play with the Minnesota Vikings, recording 1 combined tackle in his playoff debut. |
| 2015 | Selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the third round of the NFL draft, launching his professional football career. |
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