Season totals or exact team stints. Career totals count each season once.
| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Defense | Snap Counts | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | Off | Off% | Def | Def% | ST | ST% | |||||
| 2007 | 24 | ATL | 10 | — | 26 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 25 | ATL | 7 | — | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 26 | ATL | 16 | — | 57 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 27 | ATL | 15 | — | 65 | 51 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 28 | ATL | 8 | — | 31 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 29 | ATL | 15 | — | 90 | 66 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 12.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 30 | ATL | 14 | — | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 130 | 16.1% | 176 | 43.6% |
| Career | — | 85 | — | 302 | 218 | 84 | 18 | 16 | 8.0 | 42.0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 130 | 16.1% | 176 | 43.6% | |
Career Value · VORP
21 career value over replacement — #3119 all-time of 4,695. 3/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #109 (Rd 4) · ATL · 2007 · +15.3 vs expected KV-H
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