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By Matt Audilet
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Lions pass rusher Aidan Hutchinson landed No. 30 position on the 2026 NFL Top 100 rankings, as voted on by the league's active players.
Hutchinson bounced back in 2025 after suffering a gruesome leg injury that kept him off the field for much of the 2024 season. Through 17 games last year, the 26-year-old defensive end recorded a career-high 14.5 sacks, 35 QB hits and four forced fumbles.
With this production, he recorded his second career double-digit sack season and second career Pro-Bowl selection.
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The Lions reacted to Hutchinson's NFL Top 100 ranking with a post on social media.
"Top 30 for Hutch," the team wrote on X.
Hutchinson entered the league as the Lions' No. 2 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. The former Michigan Wolverines standout finished second in Rookie of the Year voting in his debut campaign, recording 9.5 sacks in Year 1.
"He's a player that embraced where he is. He is the Lions," Buffalo Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins said of Hutchinson in his NFL Top 100 interview.
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Hutchinson and the Lions will open up their 2026 regular-season campaign with a Week 1 matchup against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 13.
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