Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | VAL | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | ||||||
| 2017 | 23–24 | HOU | 12 | — | 0.0 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 328 | 42.4% | 57 | 15.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 24–25 | HOU | 4 | — | 0.5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 43 | 17.3% | 2 | 1.8% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 25–26 | HOU | 10 | — | 0.1 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 262 | 40.3% | 60 | 22.9% | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 104.2 | -3.5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 26–27 | HOU | 16 | — | 0.4 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 543 | 49.2% | 83 | 18.7% | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 56.2 | -3.0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | 27–28 | DAL | 15 | — | 0.3 | 29 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 438 | 43.5% | 18 | 4.5% | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 39.6 | -2.3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 28–29 | DAL | 12 | — | 0.0 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 278 | 34.9% | 10 | 2.6% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 83.3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 29–30 | ARI | 2 | — | — | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 43 | 31.0% | 5 | 9.0% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 30–31 | DAL / WAS | 16 | — | 0.0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 228 | — | 72 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 31–32 | TEN | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 23 | 11.7% | 2 | 2.3% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 90 | — | 1.3 | 139 | 64 | 75 | 17 | 8 | 6.0 | 31.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 2,186 | 36.6% | 309 | 12.2% | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | 16 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | — | |
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5 career value over replacement — #3960 all-time of 4,695. 0.8/season above a replacement-level EDGE.
Pick #142 (Rd 4) · HOU · 2017 · +17.5 vs expected KV-H
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