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 |
| 1974 | 23 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1975 | 24 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1976 | 25 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 6 | ||||
| 1977 | 26 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1978 | 27 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 104 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7 | ||||
| 1979 | 28 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 7 | ||||
| 1980* | 29 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | AP DPoY-5, PB | |||
| 1981 | 30 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 12 | 12 | 0.0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | 31 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | 32 | NWE | lilb | 57 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | ||||
| 1984* | 33 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | PB | |||||||
| 1985* | 34 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 11 | PB | |||||||
| 1986 | 35 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 1.0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1987 | 36 | NWE | LILB | 57 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Career | 174 | 171 | 17 | 226 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 93 | ||||||||
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