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 | VAL | Defense | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | ||||||
| 1981 | 23–24 | NYJ | — | — | 2.4 | 98 | 52 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 24–25 | NYJ | — | — | 2.7 | 69 | 43 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 25–26 | NYJ | — | — | 8.2 | 144 | 76 | — | — | — | 2.5 | 2.5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 26–27 | NYJ | — | — | 3.3 | 125 | 68 | — | — | — | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 27–28 | NYJ | — | — | 7.0 | 119 | 61 | — | — | — | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 28–29 | NYJ | — | — | 0.1 | 60 | 30 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 29–30 | NYJ | — | — | 0.0 | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 23.7 | 628 | 334 | — | — | — | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15 | 37 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |
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1980: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.
7 seasons · peak 8.2 in 1983
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.
1.8 career wins over 7 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1983 · +0.6 wins
0.6 of NYJ's 7 wins (9%)
Latest season · 1987 · −0.1 wins
NYJ's 6 wins · no wins above replacement this season
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. Team wins are the club's actual regular-season wins; a traded season, or one whose club record is missing, shows no share.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 23–24 | NYJ | — | — | 98 | 52 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 2.4 |
| 1982 | 24–25 | NYJ | — | — | 69 | 43 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | 2.7 |
| 1983 | 25–26 | NYJ | — | — | 144 | 76 | — | — | — | 2.5 | 2.5 | 7 | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 8.2 |
| 1984 | 26–27 | NYJ | — | — | 125 | 68 | — | — | — | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | 3.3 |
| 1985 | 27–28 | NYJ | — | — | 119 | 61 | — | — | — | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 1986 | 28–29 | NYJ | — | — | 60 | 30 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.1 |
| 1987 | 29–30 | NYJ | — | — | 13 | 4 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| Career | — | 628 | 334 | — | — | — | 14.0 | 14.0 | 15 | 37 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 23.7 |
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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