Defense & Fumbles
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty | AV | Awards |
| 2016 | 22 | SFO | LDE | 99 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 73 | 43 | 30 | 7 | 18 | 7 | ||
| 2017 | 23 | SFO | RDT | 99 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 61 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 7 | ||
| 2018* | 24 | SFO | RDT | 99 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 67 | 44 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 10 | PB | |
| 2019 | 25 | SFO | DT/RDT | 99 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 7.5 | 62 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 14 | 16 | AP2 | |
| 2020+ | 26 | IND | LDT | 99 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 58 | 37 | 21 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 15 | AP1 |
| 2021* | 27 | IND | DT | 99 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.0 | 68 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 9 | PB | ||||||
| Career | 95 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 45.0 | 389 | 243 | 146 | 58 | 118 | 1 | 64 | |||||
| 4 yrs | SFO | 63 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 28.5 | 263 | 166 | 97 | 38 | 74 | 40 | |||||
| 2 yrs | IND | 32 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 126 | 77 | 49 | 20 | 44 | 1 | 24 | ||||
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Scoring Summary
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
Snap Counts
- Since 2012
| Games | Off. | Def. | ST | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Num | Pct | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| 2016 | 22 | SFO | LDE | 99 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0% | 1006 | 93% | 103 | 23% |
| 2017 | 23 | SFO | RDT | 99 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0% | 863 | 77% | 87 | 19% |
| 2018* | 24 | SFO | RDT | 99 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0% | 852 | 79% | 164 | 35% |
| 2019 | 25 | SFO | DT/RDT | 99 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0% | 810 | 79% | 157 | 36% |
| 2020+ | 26 | IND | LDT | 99 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0% | 751 | 78% | 129 | 32% |
| 2021* | 27 | IND | DT | 99 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0% | 844 | 77% | 151 | 34% |
| Career | 2 | 5126 | 791 | |||||||||
| 4 yrs | SFO | 63 | 63 | 2 | 3531 | 511 | ||||||
| 2 yrs | IND | 32 | 30 | 0 | 1595 | 280 | ||||||
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PFR HOF Monitor: 31.88 (81st among DT, average HOF DT is 109.90)
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