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 |
| 2012 | 22 | DET | LB | 59 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2013 | 23 | DET | LB | 59 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2014 | 24 | DET | MLB | 59 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 86 | 63 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 25 | DET | LLB | 59 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 51 | 40 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 26 | DET | MLB | 59 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 132 | 99 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 2017 | 27 | DET | LLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1.0 | 110 | 78 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 28 | OAK | RLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 126 | 89 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 29 | OAK | LLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 108 | 79 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| 2020 | 30 | CAR | MLB | 52 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 31 | ARI | LB | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Career | 142 | 95 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 3.0 | 685 | 490 | 195 | 38 | 13 | 47 | |||||
| 6 yrs | DET | 93 | 54 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 3.0 | 399 | 295 | 104 | 23 | 10 | 29 | ||||
| 2 yrs | OAK | 32 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 234 | 168 | 66 | 15 | 2 | 14 | ||||
| 1 yr | ARI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 yr | CAR | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
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| Games | Off. | Def. | ST | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Num | Pct | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| 2012 | 22 | DET | LB | 59 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 278 | 64% |
| 2013 | 23 | DET | LB | 59 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 319 | 67% |
| 2014 | 24 | DET | MLB | 59 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0% | 722 | 69% | 178 | 42% |
| 2015 | 25 | DET | LLB | 59 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 585 | 56% | 276 | 60% |
| 2016 | 26 | DET | MLB | 59 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0% | 933 | 97% | 65 | 17% |
| 2017 | 27 | DET | LLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0% | 951 | 87% | 83 | 18% |
| 2018 | 28 | OAK | RLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0% | 1025 | 100% | 88 | 20% |
| 2019 | 29 | OAK | LLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0% | 941 | 90% | 60 | 14% |
| 2020 | 30 | CAR | MLB | 52 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0% | 398 | 42% | 52 | 14% |
| 2021 | 31 | ARI | LB | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 40 | 48% |
| Career | 0 | 5555 | 1439 | |||||||||
| 6 yrs | DET | 93 | 54 | 0 | 3191 | 1199 | ||||||
| 2 yrs | OAK | 32 | 32 | 0 | 1966 | 148 | ||||||
| 1 yr | ARI | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | ||||||
| 1 yr | CAR | 14 | 9 | 0 | 398 | 52 | ||||||
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