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% | |||||
| 2013 | 23 | DET | 16 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 319 | 68.2% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 24 | DET | 16 | — | 76 | 54 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 722 | 68.8% | 178 | 42.7% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 25 | DET | 16 | — | 46 | 35 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 585 | 55.9% | 276 | 60.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 26 | DET | 15 | — | 125 | 92 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 933 | 96.5% | 65 | 16.5% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 27 | DET | 16 | — | 101 | 69 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 14.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 951 | 87.1% | 83 | 17.1% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 28 | OAK | 16 | — | 114 | 77 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 1,025 | 99.7% | 88 | 20.8% | 71 | 53 | 0.7 | 119.2 | 6.9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 29 | OAK | 16 | — | 100 | 71 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 941 | 90.1% | 60 | 14.3% | 66 | 52 | 0.8 | 140.4 | 7.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 30 | CAR | 14 | — | 51 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0.0% | 398 | 42.6% | 52 | 13.9% | 29 | 24 | 0.8 | 99.6 | 4.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 0.1 |
| 2021 | 31 | ARI | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | — | 0.0% | 40 | 49.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 128 | — | 613 | 425 | 188 | 38 | 13 | 3.0 | 54.0 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 166 | 129 | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | 3 | 69 | 23 | — | |
Career Value · VORP
22 career value over replacement — #3068 all-time of 4,695. 3.1/season above a replacement-level LB.
Pick #138 (Rd 5) · DET · 2012 · +20.5 vs expected KV-H
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