Defense & Fumbles
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
| 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 |
| 1969* | 23 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 14 | 14 | 9.5 | 7 | AP DRoY-1, UPI RoY-2, PB | |||||||||||
| 1970* | 24 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 14 | 14 | 8.0 | 9 | PB | |||||||||||
| 1971* | 25 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.5 | 10 | PB | |||||||
| 1972*+ | 26 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 18 | AP DPoY-1, AP1, PB | |||||||
| 1973*+ | 27 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 15 | AP DPoY-3, AP1, PB | |||||||
| 1974*+ | 28 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | AP DPoY-1, AP1, PB | |||
| 1975* | 29 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 10 | 9 | 3.0 | 10 | AP DPoY-5, AP2, PB | |||||||||||
| 1976* | 30 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 14 | 14 | 6.0 | 14 | AP2, PB | |||||||||||
| 1977+ | 31 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 12 | AP1 | |||||||
| 1978* | 32 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 12 | PB | |||||||
| 1979* | 33 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 15 | 15 | 5.0 | 9 | AP DPoY-8, PB | |||||||||||
| 1980 | 34 | PIT | LDT | 75 | 15 | 15 | 3.5 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1981 | 35 | PIT | ldt | 75 | 14 | 7 | 4.5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Career | 181 | 172 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 77.5 | 143 | ||||||||
| Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Sfty |
| 1972*+ | 26 | PIT | LDT | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
| 1973*+ | 27 | PIT | LDT | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
| 1974*+ | 28 | PIT | LDT | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | |
| 1975* | 29 | PIT | LDT | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | |||||||||||
| 1976* | 30 | PIT | LDT | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| 1977+ | 31 | PIT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| 1978* | 32 | PIT | 3 | 3 | 4.0 | ||||||||||||
| 1979* | 33 | PIT | LDT | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 17 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | ||||
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