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 | ||||||
| 1975 | 24 | NE | — | — | 1.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1976 | 25 | NE | — | — | 0.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 27 | NE | — | — | 3.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 28 | NE | — | — | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 29 | NE | — | — | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 30 | NE | — | — | 0.0 | 68 | 61 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1982 | 31 | NE | — | — | 0.0 | 52 | 41 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | 32 | NE | — | — | 1.2 | 30 | 22 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1984 | 33 | NE | — | — | 3.7 | 97 | 86 | — | — | — | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 1985 | 34 | NE | — | — | 1.0 | 83 | 68 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 35 | NE | — | — | 2.4 | 36 | 29 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 36 | NE | — | — | 0.0 | 46 | 40 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Career | — | — | — | 16.5 | 412 | 347 | — | — | — | 8.0 | 8.0 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 0 | — | — | |
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1974: no recorded NFL regular-season production. StatVault's source covers these seasons in full, so this is an absence of production, not of data.
12 seasons · peak 3.8 in 1978
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.
1.3 career wins over 12 seasons · 1 win = 13.08 VAL
Best season · 1978 · +0.3 wins
0.3 of NE's 11 wins (3%)
Latest season · 1987 · −0.1 wins
NE's 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 24 | NE | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.3 |
| 1976 | 25 | NE | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 0.9 |
| 1978 | 27 | NE | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 3.8 |
| 1979 | 28 | NE | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| 1980 | 29 | NE | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.2 |
| 1981 | 30 | NE | — | — | 68 | 61 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 1982 | 31 | NE | — | — | 52 | 41 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 |
| 1983 | 32 | NE | — | — | 30 | 22 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 33 | NE | — | — | 97 | 86 | — | — | — | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 3.7 |
| 1985 | 34 | NE | — | — | 83 | 68 | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1986 | 35 | NE | — | — | 36 | 29 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2.4 |
| 1987 | 36 | NE | — | — | 46 | 40 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | 0 |
| Career | — | 412 | 347 | — | — | — | 8.0 | 8.0 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 16.5 |
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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