Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
Career games unavailable for incomplete season coverage. Verified career totals remain shown; career per-game figures require complete coverage.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | ||||||
| 1981 | 23–24 | TEN | — | — | 0.0 | 28 | 9 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 24–25 | TEN | — | — | 1.9 | 29 | 17 | — | — | — | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 25–26 | TEN | — | — | 0.9 | 67 | 43 | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 26–27 | TEN | — | — | 1.3 | 54 | 35 | — | — | — | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 27–28 | TEN | — | — | 2.1 | 74 | 46 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 28–29 | TEN | — | — | 0.0 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 29–30 | PIT | — | — | 0.5 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 6.7 | 263 | 160 | — | — | — | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | — | — | |
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VAL (Value Above League) measures each NFL season against that season's league; the dashed line is zero — a season that added nothing above the league's fringe. ● peak · ○ league-best season.
0.5 career wins over 7 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1985 · +0.2 wins
0.2 of TEN's 5 wins (3%)
VAL 3.0 measures each part of a NFL player's game in his sport's own currency against what that season's fringe players produced, converted to team wins with rates fitted from every team-season in the encyclopedia. Team wins are the club's actual regular-season wins; a traded season, or one whose club record is missing, shows no share.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 23–24 | TEN | — | — | 28 | 9 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 1982 | 24–25 | TEN | — | — | 29 | 17 | — | — | — | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1.9 |
| 1983 | 25–26 | TEN | — | — | 67 | 43 | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.9 |
| 1984 | 26–27 | TEN | — | — | 54 | 35 | — | — | — | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 1.3 |
| 1985 | 27–28 | TEN | — | — | 74 | 46 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.1 |
| 1986 | 28–29 | TEN | — | — | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 1987 | 29–30 | PIT | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.5 |
| Career | — | 263 | 160 | — | — | — | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 6.7 |
Career games and per-game totals are unavailable because the season rows do not establish complete career coverage. Published career totals are preserved.
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