O Edge Rusher do Detroit Lions, Aidan Hutchinson, é finalista dos prêmios Defensive Player of the Year, de melhor jogador defensivo da temporada, e Comeback Player of the Year, o jogador que deu a melhor volta por cima após um ano em 2025.
Aidan Hutchinson era um dos grandes favoritos para vencer o prêmio de Defensive Player of the Year da NFL em 2024, com 7,5 sacks em seus primeiros cinco jogos, antes de uma fratura na perna em Dallas encerrar sua temporada de forma prematura.
Hutchinson prometeu voltar mais forte em 2025 e cumpriu essa promessa.
Ele liderou todos os Edge Rushers nesta temporada com 100 pressões totais e estabeleceu um recorde pessoal com 14,5 sacks, número que o igualou a Ezekiel Ansah (2015) como a segunda maior marca de sacks em uma única temporada por um jogador dos Lions, atrás apenas de Robert Porcher (15,0 em 1999). Hutchinson terminou a temporada regular como o quarto Edge Rusher mais bem avaliado pelo Pro Football Focus.
A NFL anunciou na manhã de quinta-feira que Hutchinson foi nomeado finalista dos prêmios Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year e Defensive Player of the Year de 2025.
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Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) before an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) during an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) sacks Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) during an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) celebrates after making a sack on Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) during an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) sacks Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) during an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 in Baltimore. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) before an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) during an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) makes a sack on Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Jake Browning (6) an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025 in Cincinnati. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) during an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025 in Cincinnati. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) celebrates after a sack humble during an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025 in Cincinnati. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) before an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) during an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) during an NFL football game against the Washington Commanders on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 in Landover, Md. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) sacks New York Giants quarterback Jameis Winston (19) during an NFL football game against the New York Giants on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) during an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) during an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) intercepts a pass during an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025 in Inglewood, Calif. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) celebrates during an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026 in Chicago. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Detroit Lions edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson (97) sacks Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) during an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026 in Chicago. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)
Hutchinson foi uma peça fundamental na linha defensiva de Detroit nesta temporada, atuando em 91% dos snaps defensivos (1.005), um recorde em sua carreira. Ele foi nomeado para o Second-Team All-Pro e conquistou sua segunda convocação para o Pro Bowl.
Ele se juntou a T.J. Watt como os únicos jogadores da NFL a acumularem pelo menos 37,0 sacks e quatro interceptações nos primeiros 50 jogos da carreira de um jogador. Desde que os quarterback hits passaram a ser contabilizados pela primeira vez em 2006, seus 89 quarterback hits são o terceiro maior número registrado por qualquer jogador da NFL nos primeiros 50 jogos.
Atualmente, ele ocupa a sexta posição na história da franquia em sacks, com 43,0 em apenas quatro temporadas e 56 jogos disputados.
Os vencedores dos prêmios Comeback Player of the Year e Defensive Player of the Year serão anunciados no NFL Honors na quinta-feira, 5 de fevereiro, no Palace of Fine Arts, em San Francisco, durante a semana do Super Bowl.
