What college does Dani Dennis-Sutton play for?

No verified pre-draft news items in the past 30 days for this prospect. See Day 2/3 Team Fits below for projected landing spots and /news.html for the cross-prospect timeline.

Scouting Nugget: 2024 hype rebound

Expanded bio coming soon. This prospect is EDGE Rusher #14 in the 2026 class.

Background

Penn State EDGE from Owings Mills, MD; former top-50 recruit, rose again in 2025 senior year.

College Production

2022-25 PSU: ~22 career sacks as rotational then starting EDGE.

Scouting Take

Power rusher with bend; long arms (35"). Inconsistent finishing; sack total below physical tools.

Draft Projection

Round 2-3. 3-4 OLB starter.

Mock-Draft Consensus

ESPN (Jordan Reid)	PFF Big Board	Jeremiah Top 50	Consensus Avg	Realistic Range
#85	#67	—	#76.0	Picks 50-95

30-day trend: Rising post-senior year

Ranks cross-referenced from ESPN's Jordan Reid top-500, PFF's 2026 Big Board top-200, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50 (NFL.com). Realistic draft-night range reflects projected team fit and trade scenarios, not just big-board placement.

Advanced Stats & Production

2025 PFF pass-rush	83.8
PFF run defense	80.1
Pass-rush win rate	19%
Pressure rate	15%
Sacks	7.5

Metrics blended from PFF grade sheets, school box scores, and Combine/Pro Day box scores. Position-specific: QB shows efficiency + turnover rates, WR/TE show route-running + contested-catch, OL shows pass-block grade + pressures allowed, EDGE/IDL show pass-rush win rate + pressure rate, LB/DB show coverage grade + missed-tackle rate.

Sources

Our scouting profile is assembled from these primary sources + cross-checked against ESPN (Kiper / Reid / Miller), PFF's 2026 Big Board, Dane Brugler's The Beast 2026, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50. See our full methodology and citations.

Day 2 / Day 3 Team Fits

NFL teams that lost a same-position veteran this offseason — and could target Dani Dennis-Sutton as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

VERIFIED Kansas City Chiefs: moved on from Michael Danna (speed-rusher) on 2026-02-23. [verified]
Picks held: R1 #9; R1 #29 via Los Angeles Rams; R2 #40
REPORTED Miami Dolphins: moved on from Bradley Chubb (speed-rusher).
Picks held: R1 #11; R1 #30 via Denver; R2 #43
REPORTED Green Bay Packers: moved on from Rashan Gary (power-rusher).
Picks held: R2 #52

Confidence: "VERIFIED" departures cite a publication URL (Spotrac, OverTheCap, ESPN, NFL.com, team transactions page) confirming the move and date. "REPORTED" entries come from public free-agency trackers without a single canonical source we could attach. Fits are archetype-and-position based; we are not claiming the team has expressed interest in the prospect.

NFL Scheme Fit

Hybrid multiple-front pass-rush role
Baltimore Ravens · Detroit Lions · Houston Texans

Scheme matches are bucketed from the prospect's height, weight, and (for WRs) archetype tag against a static lookup of which NFL teams currently run each scheme family.

Rookie Contract & Landing-Spot Outlook

Projected Rookie Contract Value

~$8.0M – $13.0M (4-year deal) · Pick range: #33-64 · ~85% guaranteed

Mid-pick band — guarantee % varies pick-to-pick

Best-Case / Worst-Case Landing Spot

BEST CASE: Baltimore Ravens · #45
Why: EDGE listed in their top-5 positional needs; runs a scheme that maximizes his profile.
Year-1 arc: Day-1 starter window with cap-controlled rookie-contract production.

WORST CASE: Pittsburgh Steelers · #53
Why: EDGE not in their stated top-5 needs; runs a scheme that doesn't naturally amplify his profile.
Year-1 arc: Depth-chart competition + special-teams reps as Year-1 baseline.

Contract band uses the 2026 NFL CBA rookie wage scale projected from the prospect's expected pick range; guarantee % is the slot-default at that pick. Landing-spot best/worst case is derived from TEAMS data (positional needs + scheme overlap minus same-position R1 conflicts) — not a claim that either team has expressed interest.

By the Numbers — 2026 Class Context

Frame: Among 2026 EDGE prospects, his 6-5 / 260 lbs frame sits at the 100th percentile in height and 85th percentile in weight.
Position class: Dani Dennis-Sutton is EDGE #14 of 27 ranked EDGEs in the 2026 class. Of those, 6 are projected in the R2 range.
School pipeline: One of 7 Penn State prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft — but the only EDGE.

Computed factually from the 2026 prospect class roster — height/weight percentiles benchmark this player against every other ranked prospect at the same position. Recruiting arc compares his high-school 247Sports/Rivals composite to his current projected round.