It's fair to wonder if former Michigan football great Aidan Hutchinson is even human.
After suffering a season-ending injury in 2020 playing for the Wolverines, Hutchinson responded the next season by finishing as the runner-up, as an EDGE/defensive lineman for the Heisman Trophy.
Hutch had 14 sacks that season, including three against Ohio State, as Michigan football won the Big Ten championship for the first time in nearly two decades. That led Hutchinson to be selected second overall by the Detroit Lions.
After winning the Defensive Rookie of the Year award, thanks to 9.5 sacks and three interceptions, he earned a Pro Bowl berth in 2023 with 11.5 sacks, seven tackles for loss, three forced fumbles, and another interception. He's got four in his career, as well as 10 pass breakups.
Last season, the Michigan football great was arguably the best defensive player in the NFL with 7.5 sacks, seven tackles for loss, and 17 QB hits, more than this entire rookie season, in just five games before suffering a season-ending injury.
The broken leg, a gruesome injury, kept him out for the rest of the 2024 season. Now, though, Hutchinson is healthy and looking better than ever in Lions camp. Recently, he had a parade of sacks in one practice and has become so dominant that Dan Campbell, the head coach, had to put special rules in place for plays to continue, even if Hutchinson gets to the quarterback.
Aidan Hutchinson is so dominant Dan Campbell made a rule just for him
"If you can't block Hutch and he's going to blow every practice up, then that's not good either," Campbell said via CBS Sports.
That's why Campbell instituted the "Hutch rule," where even if it's clear it was going to be a sack, instead of stopping the play, they let the offense finish.
Unfortunately, for the rest of the NFL, only Campbell has that luxury.