Dani Dennis-Sutton enters the Packers’ 2026 picture with a real path to matter fast. Green Bay took the EDGE rusher with the 120th pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, and the appeal is pretty clear: size, production, and a track record of creating chaos in the backfield.
At 6-foot-5 and 261 pounds, Dennis-Sutton looks the part. He also backed it up at Penn State, where he spent four seasons building a résumé that jumps off the page for a fourth-round pick. He started for two years, led the Big Ten in pressures per game last season with 3.8, and piled up 17 sacks and 25 tackles for loss across his junior and senior seasons.
The overall numbers tell the same story. In college, Dennis-Sutton finished with 127 total tackles, including 78 solo stops, along with 34.5 tackles for loss, 23.5 sacks, seven forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and eight passes defended. That kind of production is exactly why Green Bay felt comfortable spending a mid-round pick on him.
His 2025 season only strengthened the case. Dennis-Sutton earned third-team All-Big Ten honors after posting 42 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, three pass breakups and three blocked punts.
"I love and I need football. Football to me has always been an outlet.
It's been something for me to express who I am. Anybody who knows me, I'm very emotional and exciting guy, so football's a way for me to express that and have fun." - Dani Dennis-Sutton
For Green Bay, the immediate opening is obvious. Dennis-Sutton should have a chance to work into the pass-rushing mix while Micah Parsons is expected to miss a good chunk of the season as he returns from a torn ACL. He’ll be competing behind "veterans" like Lukas Van Ness and Brenton Cox Jr., while Collin Oliver and Barryn Sorrell have a year’s head start on him entering year two.
Even so, Dennis-Sutton has a real shot to push for snaps as a rusher. And if he doesn’t carve out a bigger defensive role right away, the Packers are going to lean on him heavily on special teams.
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