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 | |||||
| 1965 | 22–23 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5 | — | — | 7 | — | — |
| 1966 | 23–24 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| 1967 | 24–25 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| 1968 | 25–26 | CHI | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 1969 | 26–27 | CHI | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 1970 | 27–28 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 1971 | 28–29 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4 | — | — | 3 | — | — |
| 1972 | 29–30 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | — | — | 4 | — | — |
| 1973 | 30–31 | CHI | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11.0 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — | — | |
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9 seasons · peak 6.0 in 1970
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.
2.1 career wins over 9 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1970 · +0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 22–23 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5 | — | — | 7 | — | — | 5.2 |
| 1966 | 23–24 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 0.9 |
| 1967 | 24–25 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3.2 |
| 1968 | 25–26 | CHI | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2.3 |
| 1969 | 26–27 | CHI | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3.7 |
| 1970 | 27–28 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| 1971 | 28–29 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 4 |
| 1972 | 29–30 | CHI | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 2 |
| 1973 | 30–31 | CHI | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0.5 |
| Career | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 11.0 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 27 | — | — | 27.8 |
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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