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Danielle Hunter Won't Ask to Wear J.J. Watt's No. 99 Texans Jersey After FA Contract

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Four-time Pro Bowl defensive end Danielle Hunter isn't planning on wearing J.J. Watt's number 99 jersey with the Houston Texans due to his reverence for the franchise icon.

"Man, 99, that's JJ's number," Hunter said, via Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk. "He's done a lot with that number. I'm not going to mess with it. To be able to do what he's done with that number for the community and the Texans, I'll just leave that number to him. So I've decided to possibly go with No. 55."

Hunter wore 99 during the first eight years of his career with the Minnesota Vikings.