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 | ||||||
| 1985 | 22–23 | NYJ | — | — | 1.1 | 22 | 15 | — | — | — | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 23–24 | NYJ | — | — | 4.6 | 78 | 51 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 24–25 | NYJ | — | — | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1988 | 25–26 | ARI | — | — | 1.4 | 29 | 26 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 26–27 | SD | — | — | 2.4 | 34 | 24 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 1990 | 27–28 | SD | — | — | 0.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 9.9 | 171 | 123 | — | — | — | 5.0 | 5.0 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | — | — | |
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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.
0.8 career wins over 6 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1986 · +0.3 wins
0.3 of NYJ's 10 wins (3%)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 22–23 | NYJ | — | — | 22 | 15 | — | — | — | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 1.1 |
| 1986 | 23–24 | NYJ | — | — | 78 | 51 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 4.6 |
| 1987 | 24–25 | NYJ | — | — | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 1988 | 25–26 | ARI | — | — | 29 | 26 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 1.4 |
| 1989 | 26–27 | SD | — | — | 34 | 24 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | 2.4 |
| 1990 | 27–28 | SD | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4 |
| Career | — | 171 | 123 | — | — | — | 5.0 | 5.0 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 9.9 |
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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