Player
Josh Hines-Allen
EDGE · Jaguars
Josh Hines-Allen: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
Career arc: a quiet first three years, then 2023's breakout — but the post-breakout consistency hasn't followed.
TrendJosh Hines-Allen regular-season production by year
| Year | Sacks | TFLs | QB Hits | FF | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 (R) | 10 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 2 |
| 2023 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 3 |
Sacks by season
| Season | Sacks |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7 |
The career is essentially: 10 sacks as a rookie, three middling years (2 → 7 → 7), then the 16-sack 2023 explosion, then back to a 7-sack baseline. 2024 and 2025 have looked identical at the sack line (7 each), but the QB hit total is climbing (19 → 28 in 2025) — the activity is rising even as the finishes hold steady.
The 2020 second-year dip (2 sacks) was the most stark — 8 sacks below his rookie year on a team that won 1 game. Every other year of his career he’s posted 7+.
2023's 16 sacks was a top-3 NFL finish — and it included three separate 3-sack games.
Milestone2023 NFL sack leaders (regular season)
| Player | Sacks |
|---|---|
| T.J. Watt | 18 |
| Khalil Mack | 17 |
| Josh Hines-Allen | 16 |
| Danielle Hunter | 16 |
| Trey Hendrickson | 15 |
| Maxx Crosby | 14 |
| Myles Garrett | 13 |
| Micah Parsons | 12 |
16 sacks, T-3rd in the NFL with Danielle Hunter, behind only T.J. Watt (18) and Khalil Mack (17). What set him apart in this group was the game-by-game volatility: 3-sack outings in Week 1, Week 4, AND Week 17.
No other 15+ sack player in 2023 had three 3-sack games. Most got there with a long run of 1-sack weeks; Allen got there in bursts.
He has 12 multi-sack games — more than any active player drafted in 2019.
RareJosh Hines-Allen — career multi-sack games
| Season | Week | Sacks |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 17 | 3 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 |
| 2021 | 18 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 |
12 career multi-sack games — 7 of them with 2 sacks, 3 of them with 3 sacks. That’s a higher multi-sack count than Nick Bosa (12), Maxx Crosby (10), or Brian Burns (~11) over the same span, despite the lower career sack total.
He’s a streaky finisher — when he gets one, he tends to get the second. The 3-sack outings are concentrated in 2023 (three of them within a 17-game window), the kind of cluster that only happens when the pass-rush plan is funneling everything through one player.
His career sack total (56) puts him 4th among 2019 draftees — behind Maxx Crosby and Nick Bosa.
ComparisonHines-Allen career totals through 2025
| Stat | Total |
|---|---|
| Sacks | 56 |
| TFLs | 75 |
| QB Hits | 150 |
| Forced Fumbles | 10 |
| Pass Defenses | 13 |
56 career sacks in 7 seasons — about 8 sacks per year. That puts him in the upper tier of the 2019 draft class’s defensive players (Bosa, Crosby, Allen), though without the All-Pro nods of those two.
The 150 QB hits is the standout — only Maxx Crosby has more among the 2019 EDGE class. He’s creating pressure at an elite level; the finish rate (sacks/QB hit ≈ 0.37) is what separates him from the DPOY tier.
2025 is his quietest sack year — but his loudest pressure year since 2023.
AnomalyHines-Allen 2024 vs 2025 pressure profile
| Year | Sacks | TFLs | QB Hits | Hit-to-sack ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 2.7 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 4.0 |
Same sack total, but the 2025 pressure profile is dramatically different — 28 QB hits is the second-highest total of his career (the 2023 breakout had 33). The hit-to-sack ratio jumped from a respectable 2.7 in 2024 to 4.0 in 2025, meaning he’s creating roughly 50% more chances and converting at half the rate.
The variance is mostly in close-call sacks — finishes that turn into QB hits or hurries when a tackle gets a fingertip. If 2026 reverts to his career mean hit-to-sack rate (~2.5), the same 28-QB-hit volume becomes 11 sacks — and he’s back in the conversation as a top-15 pass rusher.
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