Danielle Hunter is a Jamaican-born American football outside linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. He played college football at LSU.

Danielle Hunter  Age and birthday

Danielle Hunter was born on October 29, 1994, in St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica. He is currently, 28 years old at the time of this writing.

Danielle Hunter Nationality and ethnicity

Danielle Hunter is an American-Jamiacan born.

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Danielle Hunter Height and weight

Danielle Hunter has an estimated height of 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) and an average weight of 263 lb (119 kg).

Danielle Hunter College football

Danielle Hunter started his football training with a youth football team before joining his high school team at Morton Ranch High School. During high school, he participated in both football and track field.

Danielle Hunter was regarded as a four-star recruit by Rivals.com, Hunter was rated as the No. 37 prospect in the state of Texas. He was also ranked as the 14th-best defensive end by Scout.com, 21st by Rivals.com, and 34th by ESPN.com (According to Wikipedia).

He decided to further both his education and football career at  Louisiana State University from 2012 to 2014. Danielle Hunter was a two-year starter at the defensive end and had played in 38 games with 23 starts in three years, and started 23 straight games at the defensive end.

Danielle Hunter ended his college career in his junior year when he declared for the 2015 NFL Draft in January 2015. He finished with 142 tackles, 21.0 tackles for loss (79 yards), 4.5 sacks (27 yards), eight pass breakups, seven quarterback hurries, and two forced fumbles (including a touchdown on a 25-yard fumble return) (According to Wikipedia).

Danielle Hunter Draft (When was he drafted?)

Danielle Hunter was selected in the third round of the 2015 NFL Draft with the 88th pick overall by the Minnesota Vikings. 

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Danielle Hunter 40‑yard dash

Danielle Hunter’s 40-yard dash record is 4.57 seconds and was the fastest time among all defensive linemen

Danielle Hunter Family; Partner, children, parents, siblings

Danielle Hunter was raised by his parents Ckeikh Ndiaye and Kimara Bonitto who are from Jamaican but migrated to the United States.

Danielle Hunter moved to the US at the age of eight with his parents. He spent his life being raised in Katy, Texas, just west of Houston. Though much is unknown about his parents it is believed they support their son’s football career.

There is no information regarding Danielle Hunter’s siblings, seems he is an only child.

Danielle Hunter Salary and net worth

According to http://OvertheCap.com, Danielle Hunter signed a 5-year contract extension with the Vikings on June 28, 2018, worth $72 million. Hunter received $40 million in guarantees including a $15 million signing bonus. $16.907 million is fully guaranteed at signing. In each extension year, Hunter has $500,000 in per-game bonuses and $100,000 in workouts. Performance-based escalators can increase the total contract value to $78 million if earned.

Danielle Hunter has been really active in his football career and over the years of his career has bagged a growing net worth estimated between 1 million USD and 5 million USD.

Danielle Hunter Twitter and Instagram

Follow Danielle Hunter on Twitter @DHunt94_TX and Instagram (@daniellehunt94).

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