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 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1998 | 22–23 | PIT | 12 | — | 11 | 9 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 1999 | 23–24 | PIT | 13 | — | 28 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24–25 | PIT | 14 | — | 24 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25–26 | PIT | 16 | — | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 26–27 | PIT | 15 | — | 27 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 27–28 | PIT | 14 | — | 35 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 28–29 | PIT | 15 | — | 47 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 29–30 | PIT | 16 | — | 51 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 30–31 | PIT | 16 | — | 40 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 31–32 | PIT | 16 | — | 50 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 32–33 | PIT | 11 | — | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 33–34 | PIT | 13 | — | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 34–35 | IND | 6 | — | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | — | — | 379 | 312 | 67 | 9 | 9 | 15.5 | 33.5 | 20 | 111 | 5 | 4 | 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.
2.7 career wins over 13 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 2004 · +0.5 wins
Latest season · 2010 · −0.1 wins
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.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 22–23 | PIT | 12 | — | 11 | 9 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 1999 | 23–24 | PIT | 13 | — | 28 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 24–25 | PIT | 14 | — | 24 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2.6 |
| 2001 | 25–26 | PIT | 16 | — | 22 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2002 | 26–27 | PIT | 15 | — | 27 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2.6 |
| 2003 | 27–28 | PIT | 14 | — | 35 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.7 |
| 2004 | 28–29 | PIT | 15 | — | 47 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 |
| 2005 | 29–30 | PIT | 16 | — | 51 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2006 | 30–31 | PIT | 16 | — | 40 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 3.4 |
| 2007 | 31–32 | PIT | 16 | — | 50 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3.4 |
| 2008 | 32–33 | PIT | 11 | — | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.3 |
| 2009 | 33–34 | PIT | 13 | — | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 34–35 | IND | 6 | — | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 379 | 312 | 67 | 9 | 9 | 15.5 | 33.5 | 20 | 111 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 34.7 |
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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