Hutchinson with the Detroit Lions in 2022 | |||||||||
| No. 97 – Detroit Lions | |||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | August 9, 2000 Plymouth, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 264 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Divine Child (Dearborn, Michigan) | ||||||||
| College: | Michigan (2018–2021) | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2022 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 18, 2022 | |||||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · PFR | |||||||||
Aidan Hutchinson (born August 9, 2000) is an American football defensive end for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan, where he won several awards as a senior in 2021, such as the Ted Hendricks and Lombardi Awards, as well as being named runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. Hutchinson was selected second overall by the Lions in the 2022 NFL Draft.
Hutchinson was born on August 9, 2000, in Plymouth, Michigan. He attended Divine Child High School in Dearborn, Michigan, where he played defensive end, tight end, offensive line, and long snapper.[1] He played in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Game and had two sacks.[2] Hutchinson committed to play college football at the University of Michigan.[3]
As a true freshman at Michigan in 2018, Hutchinson played in all 13 games and had 15 tackles.[4] As a sophomore in 2019, he started all 13 games, recording 68 tackles and 4.5 sacks. As a junior in 2020, he started the first three games until he had a season-ending injury.[5]
As a senior in 2021, Hutchinson set the team's single-season sack record at 14.[6] He won several awards for his efforts, including the Ted Hendricks Award,[7] Lombardi Award,[8] Lott IMPACT Trophy,[9] and the Chicago Tribune Silver Football.[10] He was also the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy, the only defensive player among three quarterbacks to be named a finalist.[11] Following the season, Hutchinson declared for the 2022 NFL Draft.[12]
| Season | GP | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| Solo | Ast | Cmb | TfL | Sck | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF | ||
| 2018 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 10 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 14 | 33 | 22 | 55 | 15 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Career | 43 | 81 | 72 | 153 | 26.5 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft 6+5⁄8 in (2.00 m) |
260 lb (118 kg) |
32+1⁄8 in (0.82 m) |
10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) |
4.74 s | 1.61 s | 2.74 s | 4.15 s | 6.73 s | 36.0 in (0.91 m) |
9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
28 reps | |
| All values from NFL Combine/Pro Day[14][15] | ||||||||||||
Hutchinson was selected in the first round with the second overall pick by the Detroit Lions in the 2022 NFL Draft.[16] He signed his four-year contract, worth $35.7 million fully guaranteed, on May 9, 2022.[17] Hutchinson recorded three sacks, a Lions rookie record, in Week 2 against the Washington Commanders.[18] He recorded his first career interception in a 15–9 victory over the Green Bay Packers on November 6, 2022, with a second interception against the New York Giants two weeks later.
His father, Chris Hutchinson, also played college football at Michigan. His mother, Melissa Sinkevics, won the 1988 Miss Michigan Teen USA event while his older sister, Aria, won Miss Michigan USA 2022.[21][22]
