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Josh Hines-Allen

EDGE · Jaguars

Josh Hines-Allen: facts drawn from the play-by-play.

FanIQ Research · May 10, 2026 · 5 facts, every one from the play-by-play

Career arc: a quiet first three years, then 2023's breakout — but the post-breakout consistency hasn't followed.

Trend

Josh 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.

Milestone

2023 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.

Rare

Josh 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.

Comparison

Hines-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.

Anomaly

Hines-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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