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 |
| 1999 | 24 | DAL | lb | 59 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 43 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2000 | 25 | DAL | mlb | 59 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 48 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 2001 | 26 | DAL | MLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 113 | 91 | 22 | 9 | 7 | |||||||
| 2002 | 27 | DAL | MLB | 59 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 52 | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
| 2003 | 28 | DAL | MLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 121 | 90 | 31 | 11 | 15 | AP2 | ||
| 2004 | 29 | DAL | MLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1.0 | 107 | 75 | 32 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 2005 | 30 | DAL | lb | 59 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Career | 90 | 65 | 7 | 63 | 0 | 24 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 6.0 | 515 | 402 | 113 | 38 | 41 | |||||||
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