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 |
| 1999 | 23 | TEN | 78 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 2000 | 24 | TEN | LDT | 78 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 11 | ||
| 2001 | 25 | TEN | 78 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | 26 | TEN | LDT | 78 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.0 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||||
| 2003 | 27 | CIN | LDT | 97 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.0 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 2004 | 28 | CIN | LDT | 97 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 | 57 | 37 | 20 | 9 | 8 | |||||||
| 2005 | 29 | CIN | RDT | 97 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2006 | 30 | CIN | RDT | 97 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 43 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 31 | CIN | RDT | 97 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 32 | CIN | RDT | 97 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.0 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ||||||
| Career | 143 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 27.5 | 303 | 206 | 97 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 61 | ||||
| 6 yrs | CIN | 92 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17.0 | 235 | 156 | 79 | 38 | 14 | 39 | ||||
| 4 yrs | TEN | 51 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 68 | 50 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 22 | ||||
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