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 | Defense | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | Ctch% | Y/R | Y/Tgt | AirYd/T | 1D | |||||
| 1981 | 22–23 | ARI | 16 | — | 59 | 46 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 23–24 | ARI | 9 | — | 46 | 36 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 24–25 | ARI | 16 | — | 32 | 24 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 4.0 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 25–26 | ARI | 16 | — | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 26–27 | IND | 16 | — | 18 | 14 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 27–28 | IND | 16 | — | 66 | 51 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 28–29 | IND | 12 | — | 25 | 17 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 29–30 | DET | 8 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 30–31 | MIA | 11 | — | 40 | 36 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 301 | 238 | — | — | — | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 4.0 | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
23 career value over replacement — #3002 all-time of 4,695. 2.6/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #143 (Rd 6) · STL · 1981 · +19.5 vs expected KV-H
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