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 |
| 1961 | 22 | WAS | RDT | 72 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1962 | 23 | WAS | RDT | 72 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3.5 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1963* | 24 | WAS | LDT | 72 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.5 | 7 | PB | |||||||
| 1964 | 25 | WAS | RDT | 72 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1965* | 26 | WAS | RDT | 72 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | UPI MVP-6, PB | |||||||
| 1966 | 27 | WAS | 72 | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | 28 | WAS | RDT | 72 | 14 | 12 | 9.0 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1968 | 29 | WAS | RDT | 72 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1969 | 30 | WAS | rdt | 72 | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Career | 110 | 99 | 0 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 40.0 | 51 | ||||||||||||
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