Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2011 | 22–23 | SD | 16 | — | 81 | 63 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2.0 | 16.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 23–24 | SD | 12 | — | 65 | 37 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 3.0 | 13.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 24–25 | SD | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | 699 | 86.8% | 70 | 18.1% |
| 2014 | 25–26 | SD | 14 | — | 63 | 35 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 704 | 77.0% | 93 | 24.1% |
| 2015 | 26–27 | SD | 16 | — | 32 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 500 | 50.4% | 192 | 42.7% |
| 2016 | 27–28 | MIA | 14 | — | 26 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1% | 355 | 35.1% | 38 | 8.9% |
| Career | — | 85 | — | 267 | 166 | 101 | 25 | 11 | 6.5 | 42.5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Career Value · VORP
26 career value over replacement — #2860 all-time of 4,695. 5.2/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #79 (Rd 3) · LAC · 2010 · +15.5 vs expected KV-H
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