| No. 15 – Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (2003-02-02)February 2, 2003 (age 23) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 247 lb (112 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Alabama (2021–2023) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2024: 1st round, 17th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of 2025 | |||||||||||||||
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Dallas Turner (born February 2, 2003) is an American professionalfootballlinebacker for theMinnesota Vikings of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theAlabama Crimson Tide, where he was named a consensusAll-American and theSEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 2023. Turner was selected by the Vikings in the first round of the2024 NFL draft.
Turner's father,Delon, is a former professional basketball player who became a venture capitalist.[1] He grew up inFort Lauderdale, Florida, and initially attendedAmerican Heritage School inPlantation, Florida.[2] As a junior, he was named the area Defensive Player of the Year by theSun-Sentinel after finishing the season with 74 tackles, 18 tackles for loss, 45 sacks, and three forced fumbles.[3] After the season Turner transferred toSt. Thomas Aquinas High School inFort Lauderdale, Florida.[4] Turner was rated a five-star recruit and committed to playcollege football at Alabama entering his senior season after considering offers fromFlorida,Georgia,Michigan, andOklahoma.[5] He had 36 tackles, 25 tackles for loss, and 33 sacks as a senior. 25 sacks 33 tackles for loss.[6]
Turner began his freshman season as part of Alabama's defensive pass rush rotation before starting his first career game against Texas A&M.[7] He was named to theSoutheastern Conference (SEC) All-Freshman team.[8] He tied for the lead in the SEC in sacks with ten in 2023.[9] In a loss to Tennessee in the 2022 season, he had an 11-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown.[10] He was a Consensus All-American in 2023.[11] He earned SEC Defensive Player of the Year.[12] Turner declared for the2024 NFL draft following Alabama's loss in the2024 Rose Bowl.[13]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Wingspan | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||
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| 6 ft2+3⁄4 in (1.90 m) | 247 lb (112 kg) | 34+3⁄8 in (0.87 m) | 9+7⁄8 in (0.25 m) | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) | 4.46 s | 1.54 s | 2.65 s | 40.5 in (1.03 m) | 10 ft 7 in (3.23 m) | 20 reps | ||
| All values fromNFL Combine/Pro Day[14][15] | ||||||||||||
Turner was selected by theMinnesota Vikings in the first round with the 17th overall pick in the2024 NFL draft.[16] Turner had asack in his NFL debut in week 1 against theGiants.[17] In week 16 against theSeattle Seahawks, Turner picked offGeno Smith to record his first careerinterception en route to a 27–24 win.[18] As a rookie, he finished with three sacks, 20 tackles, one interception, and one pass defended.[19]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD | ||
| 2024 | MIN | 16 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | MIN | 17 | 11 | 66 | 29 | 37 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 33 | 11 | 86 | 41 | 45 | 11.0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | FF | FR | Yds | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD | ||
| 2024 | MIN | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |