Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | 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% | |||||
| 2015 | 22 | CLE | 16 | — | 36 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 506 | 48.8% | 132 | 30.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 23 | CLE | 16 | — | 57 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 1.5 | 9.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 745 | 66.9% | 7 | 1.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 24 | CLE | 14 | — | 31 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 467 | 50.0% | 7 | 1.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 25 | NE | 13 | — | 20 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 324 | 37.2% | 98 | 25.4% | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 26 | NE | 16 | — | 55 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 492 | 49.2% | 104 | 23.1% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 27 | DET | 12 | — | 36 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 499 | 59.6% | 52 | 15.4% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 28 | NYG | 13 | — | 30 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 255 | 28.3% | 115 | 34.1% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 2022 | 29 | KC | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 9 | 12.0% | 2 | 8.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 101 | — | 265 | 125 | 140 | 17 | 19 | 6.0 | 42.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 3,297 | 48.7% | 517 | 18.5% | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 18 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
23 career value over replacement — #3001 all-time of 4,695. 3.3/season above a replacement-level DL.
Pick #12 (Rd 1) · CLE · 2015 · -9.5 vs expected KV-H
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