Player Dossier

2018-2021

Michigan

Aidan Hutchinson

DL • 6'6" • 269 lbs • Plymouth, MI, USA

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Aidan Hutchinson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Player Story

Aidan Hutchinson built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Plymouth, MI wearing No. 97, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Aidan Hutchinson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9498

Divine Child · Dearborn, MI

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 2
Overall
No. 2
NFL Team
Detroit Lions

Aidan Hutchinson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Michigan. Aidan Hutchinson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 48.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
148
TFL
27.5
Sacks
18.5
QB hurries
17
Passes defended
10
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2021 · Michigan · Player Highlight

Aidan Hutchinson college highlights at Michigan.

Season
2021
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Aidan Hutchinson quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
148
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Michigan
Top game
Ohio State
Recruit profile
4-star · Divine Child · Michigan
High school pipeline
Divine Child · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 1 · Pick 2 · Detroit Lions
Latest roster
No. 97 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
62 tackles · DL 5th (top 1%) · Big Ten 45th (top 8%) · National 376th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan712101-010.7
2019 PostseasonMichigan1351.501-063.9
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan13638.54.536063.9
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan16-0-1044.3
2021 PostseasonMichigan14410--077.8
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan145815.514123077.8

Related Context

Aidan Hutchinson played DL for Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Aidan Hutchinson recorded 148 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Michigan paired 45.5 primary output with 48.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Michigan

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

10

Usage

2.2

Consistency

9.5

Best Game by takeover score

Nebraska

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Nebraska: 1. Maryland: 0. Rutgers: 0. Indiana: 1. Ohio State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Nebraska: 3 by 22.5. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 0 by 10. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Nebraska

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs Nebraska

Result
Sat 11/24@ Ohio StateL 39-6210000
Sat 11/17vs IndianaW 31-2000000
Sat 11/10@ RutgersW 42-720000
Sat 10/6vs MarylandW 42-2111000
Sat 9/22vs NebraskaW 56-1032100
Sat 9/8vs Western MichiganW 49-341000
Sat 9/1@ Notre DameL 17-2411000

Player Story

Aidan Hutchinson story

Aidan Hutchinson built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Plymouth, MI wearing No. 97, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Aidan Hutchinson's career was his defensive production: 148 tackles, 27.5 tackles for loss, 18.5 sacks, and 10 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Aidan Hutchinson's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan.

The arc is straightforward: Aidan Hutchinson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Michigan

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan2102.2
2019 PostseasonMichigan24.540.611.522.5
2019 Regular SeasonMichigan24.540.611.50
2020 Regular SeasonMichigan1354.8-23.5
2021 PostseasonMichigan45.548.116.944.5
2021 Regular SeasonMichigan45.548.116.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ohio State

Week 13 · W 42-27 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

7

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

7 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Penn State

Week 11 · W 21-17 · Conference game

6

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Iowa

Week 6 · W 10-3 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Washington

Week 2 · W 31-10

6

Havoc Plays

84.1 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6 disruption/tackle impact with 84.1 takeover score.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 13 · W 39-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Michigan

45.5 primary output · 48.1 efficiency · 16.9 usage

77.8

#2

2021 Regular Season · Michigan

77.8

45.5 primary · 48.1 efficiency · 16.9 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Michigan

63.9

24.5 primary · 40.6 efficiency · 11.5 usage

Milestones

13

Impact games

19

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games