Defense & Fumbles
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| Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Sfty | AV | Awards |
| 1962 | 22 | BOS | MLB | 85 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 7 | UPI AFL RoY-2 | |||||||
| 1963* | 23 | BOS | MLB | 85 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 26 | 6.5 | 13 | AP2, PB | |||||||
| 1964*+ | 24 | BOS | MLB | 85 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 26 | 4.5 | 14 | AP1, PB | |||||||
| 1965*+ | 25 | BOS | MLB | 85 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 26 | 2.0 | 15 | AP1, PB | |||||||
| 1966*+ | 26 | BOS | MLB | 85 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 41 | 0.0 | 14 | AP1, PB | |||||||
| 1967*+ | 27 | BOS | MLB | 85 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 12 | AP1, PB | ||
| 1968 | 28 | BOS | MLB | 85 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 3.0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1969*+ | 29 | MIA | MLB | 85 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 10 | AP1, PB | |||
| 1970 | 30 | MIA | MLB | 85 | 14 | 14 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | 31 | MIA | MLB | 85 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 9 | ||||
| 1972* | 32 | MIA | MLB | 85 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 1.0 | 13 | AP DPoY-2, AP2, PB | |||||||
| 1973* | 33 | MIA | MLB | 85 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | PB | |||||||
| 1974 | 34 | MIA | MLB | 85 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1975 | Missed season - Injured (thumb) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | 36 | MIA | 85 | 11 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Career | 183 | 174 | 32 | 312 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 24.0 | 1 | 139 | |||||||
| 7 yrs | BOS | 91 | 89 | 24 | 223 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 1 | 79 | ||||||
| 7 yrs | MIA | 92 | 85 | 8 | 89 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 6.0 | 60 | |||||||
| Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Sfty |
| 1963* | 23 | BOS | MLB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
| 1970 | 30 | MIA | MLB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
| 1971 | 31 | MIA | MLB | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1972* | 32 | MIA | MLB | 3 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 1973* | 33 | MIA | MLB | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
| 1974 | 34 | MIA | MLB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 13 | 13 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 5 yrs | MIA | 11 | 11 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| 1 yr | BOS | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||
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