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| 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 |
| 2012 | 22 | HOU | DE | 59 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 2013 | 23 | HOU | ROLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 7 | ||||||
| 2014 | 24 | HOU | ROLB | 59 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 50 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 7 | ||||||
| 2015 | 25 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12.0 | 52 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 7 | ||
| 2016 | 26 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7.5 | 53 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 14 | AP2 | |
| 2017 | 27 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 2018 | 28 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 39 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 5 | ||||||
| 2019 | 29 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 88 | 0 | 86 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.5 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 7 | ||
| 2020 | 30 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 2021 | 31 | 2TM | DE | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| GNB | DE | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| HOU | DE | 59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Career | 138 | 102 | 2 | 88 | 0 | 86 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 58.0 | 362 | 237 | 125 | 73 | 117 | 58 | ||||||
| 10 yrs | HOU | 134 | 102 | 2 | 88 | 0 | 86 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 57.0 | 345 | 228 | 123 | 72 | 115 | 58 | |||||
| 1 yr | GNB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty |
| 2012 | 22 | HOU | OLB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2015 | 25 | HOU | SAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 2016 | 26 | HOU | SAM | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 28 | HOU | OLB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | 29 | HOU | OLB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 2021 | 31 | GNB | LB | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 13 | ||||
| 5 yrs | HOU | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 13 | |||
| 1 yr | GNB | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Games | Off. | Def. | ST | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Num | Pct | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| 2012 | 22 | HOU | DE | 59 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 496 | 47% | 209 | 42% |
| 2013 | 23 | HOU | ROLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0% | 932 | 91% | 88 | 18% |
| 2014 | 24 | HOU | ROLB | 59 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0% | 803 | 76% | 138 | 32% |
| 2015 | 25 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 740 | 71% | 149 | 31% |
| 2016 | 26 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0% | 869 | 91% | 98 | 24% |
| 2017 | 27 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 203 | 66% | 15 | 10% |
| 2018 | 28 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 785 | 73% | 64 | 14% |
| 2019 | 29 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0% | 951 | 88% | 1 | 0% |
| 2020 | 30 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0% | 614 | 69% | 0 | 0% |
| 2021 | 31 | 2TM | DE | 10 | 2 | 0 | 312 | 2 | ||||
| GNB | DE | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 107 | 42% | 2 | 3% | ||
| HOU | DE | 59 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 205 | 52% | 0 | 0% | ||
| Career | 0 | 6705 | 764 | |||||||||
| 10 yrs | HOU | 134 | 102 | 0 | 6598 | 762 | ||||||
| 1 yr | GNB | 4 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 2 | ||||||
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