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 | |||||
| 1999 | 24 | GB | 5 | — | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | MIN | 5 | — | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 26 | MIN | 9 | — | 35 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 27 | MIN | 5 | — | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 28 | IND | 6 | — | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 29 | IND | 14 | — | 43 | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Career | — | 44 | — | 110 | 75 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Career Value · VORP
5 career value over replacement — #3983 all-time of 4,695. 0.8/season above a replacement-level LB.
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