Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||
| 2023 | 22–23 | PHI | 17 | — | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 188 | 16.3% | 245 | 55.5% | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 118.7 | 32.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0.1 |
| 2024 | 23–24 | PHI | 16 | — | 38 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 11 | 6.5 | 25.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 546 | 55.1% | 55 | 13.8% | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 127.1 | 1.0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 24–25 | PHI | 12 | — | 31 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 3.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 451 | 58.0% | 9 | 3.1% | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 93.7 | -0.2 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 0.1 |
| 2026 | 25–26 | PHI | 5 | — | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 254 | 72.4% | 2 | 1.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 50 | — | 89 | 42 | 47 | 13 | 27 | 12.5 | 52.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | 33 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 7 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
10 career value over replacement — #3696 all-time of 4,695. 3.3/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #30 (Rd 1) · PHI · 2023 · -12.8 vs expected KV-H
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A linebacker with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.
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