Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 2002 | 23–24 | IND | 11 | — | 29 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 24–25 | IND | 16 | — | 112 | 80 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 25–26 | IND | 16 | — | 66 | 47 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 26–27 | IND | 16 | — | 60 | 40 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 27–28 | TEN | 15 | — | 81 | 59 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 28–29 | TEN | 16 | — | 97 | 68 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 29–30 | TEN | 15 | — | 61 | 43 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 30–31 | TEN | 11 | — | 46 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 116 | — | 552 | 393 | 159 | 10 | 4 | 5.0 | 19.0 | 5 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
24 career value over replacement — #2960 all-time of 4,695. 3/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #106 (Rd 4) · IND · 2002 · +15.3 vs expected KV-H
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