Jalyx Hunt

From 3 sacks as a rookie to 6.5 sacks and 24 QB hits in year 2 — a clean breakout.

Hunt was the 94th overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Houston Christian / Cornell. As a rookie behind Joshua Sweat and Bryce Huff, he flashed in 13 regular-season games: 3 sacks, 6 QB hits, mostly as a rotational rusher.

In 2025, with Sweat now in Arizona, Hunt's role expanded — and the production exploded. 6.5 sacks, 24 QB hits, 9 TFL. The QB-hit total is the kicker: he generated 4x more pressure in year 2 than in year 1.

Career-best 2.5 sacks, 3 QB hits in Week 14 of 2025.

Hunt's 2.5-sack Week 14 is his career single-game high — and he followed it up with another 2-sack game in Week 17. The 2024 version of Hunt had a single career-high of 1 sack.

The QB-hit consistency is what stands out: he generated 2+ hits in 8 different weeks of 2025, including a 3-hit Week 11 with 0 sacks. The pressure pipeline is real, even when finishes don't land.

Among 2nd-year EDGEs in 2025, Hunt's 24 QB hits trail only Jared Verse (34) and Laiatu Latu (20).

Pressure-volume (QB hits) is often a leading indicator that's months ahead of the sack column. Hunt sits 2nd among his draft class in QB hits, behind only Verse (a top-20 pick who started immediately). Hunt was the 94th pick — much later — yet the disruption numbers are nearly identical to top-10 EDGEs from the same class.

Hunt's pressure rate (sacks + QB hits) more than doubled from 0.69/game to 1.81/game.

In 2024 Hunt generated 9 total disruption events (sacks + QB hits) across 13 regular-season games. In 2025 he generated 30.5 events across 17 games — a 2.6x improvement per game.

That kind of rate jump in year 2 — without a major snap-share change — is the profile of a real skill leap, not a usage artifact.

9 TFLs in 2025 — 4.5x his rookie total — but he plays an off-ball role too.

Hunt's listed position is LB, not DE, on the Eagles' roster — Philadelphia's hybrid scheme uses him as an EDGE rusher on pass downs and an off-ball player on run downs. The 9 TFL count (up from 2 as a rookie) is the cleanest stat showing his presence on early downs is also growing.

He's also forced 2 fumbles in each of his two seasons — 4 career FFs through 30 NFL games is excellent rate work for a young rusher.