Dallas Turner

CAREER NOTES

• Minnesota's seventh pick out of Alabama all-time and first since the Vikings selected TE Irv Smith Jr., in 2019.
• Second player picked by the Vikings in the first round of an NFL Draft, joining LB Dwayne Rudd (20th overall) in the 1997 NFL Draft.
• Joined Ivan Pace Jr. (2023) as the only Viking rookie LBs to have an interception over the last 20 seasons with his pick in Week 16 at Seattle (12/22/24).
• Tied D.J. Wonnum for the most sacks by a Vikings rookie since 2016 with 3.0 sacks entering the final week of the 2024 regular season.
• At 22 years and 301 days old (11/30), he became the eigth youngest player since 1991 with multiple strip sacks in a game (note that Yannick Ngakoue did so twice at a younger age).
• Recorded his fourth strip sack of the season in Week 18 of 2025, tying him with Arizona's Josh Sweat for the most league wide. It also marked the most by a Viking in a season since 2011 when Jared Allen also posted four.
• His 8.0 sacks in 2025 are the most by a Viking aged 22 or younger since Danielle Hunter in 2016 (12.5).
• His 11.0 sacks since the start of the 2024 season are the most of any player in the NFL age 22 and younger.

CAREER NOTES

• Minnesota's seventh pick out of Alabama all-time and first since the Vikings selected TE Irv Smith Jr., in 2019.
• Second player picked by the Vikings in the first round of an NFL Draft, joining LB Dwayne Rudd (20th overall) in the 1997 NFL Draft.
• Joined Ivan Pace Jr. (2023) as the only Viking rookie LBs to have an interception over the last 20 seasons with his pick in Week 16 at Seattle (12/22/24).
• Tied D.J. Wonnum for the most sacks by a Vikings rookie since 2016 with 3.0 sacks entering the final week of the 2024 regular season.
• At 22 years and 301 days old (11/30), he became the eigth youngest player since 1991 with multiple strip sacks in a game (note that Yannick Ngakoue did so twice at a younger age).
• Recorded his fourth strip sack of the season in Week 18 of 2025, tying him with Arizona's Josh Sweat for the most league wide. It also marked the most by a Viking in a season since 2011 when Jared Allen also posted four.
• His 8.0 sacks in 2025 are the most by a Viking aged 22 or younger since Danielle Hunter in 2016 (12.5).
• His 11.0 sacks since the start of the 2024 season are the most of any player in the NFL age 22 and younger.

2025 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Started 10 of the 17 games he appeared in, posting 62 tackles, including 11 for loss, 8.0 sacks, four strip sacks and three passes defensed.
• Finished the game in Week 18 vs. Green Bay (1/4) with six tackles, including two for loss, 2.0 sacks and one forced fumble. He is one of three players this season with multiple games with at least 2.0 sacks, including a strip sack, joining Myles Garrett and Danielle Hunter. He is the first Viking to record two such games since Everson Griffen in 2017.
• Posted five tackles, including one for loss, 0.5 sack, and one forced fumble in Week 17 vs. Detroit (12/25).
• Recorded six tackles in Week 15 at Dallas (12/14) on Sunday Night Football.
• Had five tackles, including two for loss, two strip sacks, three QB hits and one pass defensed in Week 13 at Seattle (11/30). He became the first Viking since 2003 (Lance Johnstone and Kenny Mixon both at Arizona on Dec. 28, 2003) with multiple strip sacks in a game since 1991, and he is the ninth player in franchise history to achieve the feat overall since 1991.
• He is one of three players in 2025 with multiple strip sacks in a game (Myles Garrett and Tyrice Knight).
• In Week 12 at Green Bay (11/23), recorded three tackles, including one for loss, 1.0 sack and two QBHs. It was his second sack in as many games, marking the first time in his career he has posted sacks in consecutive games.
• Tied his single-game career high with seven total tackles, including a career-high two for loss, 1.0 sack and one pass defensed in Week 11 vs. Chicago (11/16).
• In Week 7 vs. Philadelphia (10/19), had three tackles, including one for loss, 0.5 sacks and one QB hit.
• Posted a career-high seven tackles, including one for loss, in Week 5 against the Cleveland Browns in London (10/5).
• Collected four tackles in Week 4 against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Dublin (9/28).
• Made his first career start in Week 2 vs. Atlanta (9/14) on Sunday Night Football, and recorded his first sack of the season. Also had a career-high five tackles and a QB hit.
• Logged two defensive tackles in Week 1 at Chicago (9/8) on Monday Night Football. Also had one tackle on special teams.

2024 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Appeared in 16 games during his rookie season with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024, recording 20 total tackles, including three for loss, 3.0 sacks, five QB hits, one interception and one pass defensed.
• Made his postseason debut during the Wild Card Round in Arizona against the L.A. Rams (1/13), logging one tackle.
• In Week 17 vs. Green Bay (12/29), captured his third sack of the season, which is tied with D.J. Wonnum for the most sacks by a Vikings rookie since 2016.
• Grabbed his first career interception in Week 16 at Seattle (12/22), joining Ivan Pace Jr. (2023) as the only Viking rookie LBs to have an interception over the last 20 seasons.
• Logged his second sack of the season and his first since Week 1, accounting for the team's second sack of the game in Week 15 vs. Chicago (12/16) on Monday Night Football.
• Had three tackles and a QB hit in Week 14 vs. Atlanta (12/8).
• Notched a pair of tackles and one quarterback hit in Week 9 vs. Indianapolis on Sunday Night Football (11/3).
• Inactive in Week 3 vs. Houston (9/22) due to injury.
• Recorded a pair of tackles in the Vikings home opener vs. San Francisco (9/15).
• Made his NFL debut in Week 1 at the New York Giants (9/8), recording three tackles, including one for loss, 1.0 sack and a QB hit.

COLLEGE - ALABAMA

• Played three seasons at Alabama (2021-23), appearing in 42 games, including 27 starts, totaling 120 tackles, including 33.5 for loss, 23.5 sacks, one pass defensed, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries in his career.
• Voted one of the Crimson Tide's permanent team captains in 2023.
• In 2023, recorded career highs in total tackles (53), tackles for loss (5.5), sacks (11) and forced fumbles (two).
• Tied for the SEC lead and eighth nationally in sacks and led Alabama in tackles for loss in 2023.
• In 2022, totaled 37 tackles, including eight for loss, and 4.0 sacks. Added a fumble recovery for a touchdown.
• As a true freshman in 2021, recorded 30 tackles, including 10 for loss, and 8.5 sacks.

HONORS

• Team Captain (2023)
• All-American Consensus First Team (2023)
• SEC Defensive Player of the Year (Coaches, 2023)
• All-SEC First Team (2023)
• Bednarik Award Finalist (2023)
• Lott IMPACT Trophy Finalist (2023)
• Lombardi Award Semifinalist (2023)
• Bednarik Player of the Week (2023)
• All-SEC Freshman Team (Coaches, 2021)

PREP - ST. THOMAS AQUINAS (FLA.)

• Began his prep career at American Heritage High School in Plantation, Fla. before playing for Head Coach Roger Harriott at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
• Consensus five-star prospect.
• Selected to the All-American Bowl and the Under Armour All-America Game rosters.
• Helped Aquinas to back-to-back Florida 7A State Championships and the High School National Championship in 2019.
• Finished with 36 total tackles as a senior, including 25 for loss, 13 sacks and two pass breakups.
• Chose Alabama over nearly every major program including Georgia, Miami, Michigan, Ohio State and Oregon.
• Also played basketball.

OFF THE FIELD

• Son of Delon and Tonya Turner and has a younger brother, Denver.
• Father played basketball at Florida A&M (1990-93) and played professionally for more than 10 years overseas. He left Florida A&M as the second-leading scorer (1,795) and third-leading rebounder (974).
• Father worked on Wall Street and was also a wealth manager during his career.
• Dallas is a budding businessman with equity ownership in several companies, including his father's venture capital firm, 7even Hills, in which Dallas was a limited partner while in college.