Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | Tgt | Cmp | Cmp% | RateAll | ADOT | Prss | Hrry | QBKD | Bltz | MissTkl | Miss% | |||||
| 2022 | 23–24 | DET | 7 | — | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 8.0 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 140 | 33.3% | 71 | 37.0% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 24–25 | DET | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 32 | 23.5% | 15 | 27.5% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 118.7 | 23.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 25–26 | CLE / DET | 11 | — | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 141 | — | 79 | — | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 26–27 | DAL | 17 | — | 35 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 5.5 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 307 | 27.6% | 180 | 37.6% | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0.1 |
| 2026 | 27–28 | DAL | 2 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 10 | 7.0% | 26 | 53.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 39 | — | 54 | 32 | 22 | 14 | 27 | 14.5 | 55.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 38 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 3 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
6 career value over replacement — #3904 all-time of 4,695. 2/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #217 (Rd 6) · DET · 2022 · +15.2 vs expected KV-H
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