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 |
| 1960+ | 23 | DTX | RDE | 87 | 14 | 14 | 10.0 | 15 | AP1 | |||||||||||
| 1961* | 24 | DTX | RDE | 87 | 14 | 13 | 3.5 | 8 | PB | |||||||||||
| 1962* | 25 | DTX | RDE | 87 | 14 | 14 | 5.5 | 13 | AP2, PB | |||||||||||
| 1963* | 26 | KAN | RDE | 87 | 14 | 14 | 6.5 | 13 | AP2, PB | |||||||||||
| 1964 | 27 | KAN | RDE | 87 | 14 | 13 | 0.5 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | 28 | KAN | RDE | 87 | 14 | 14 | 8.0 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1966 | 29 | MIA | 86 | 14 | 1 | 2.5 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | 30 | MIA | RDE | 86 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1968 | 31 | MIA | RDE | 86 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Career | 126 | 103 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 6 yrs | DTX-KAN | 84 | 82 | 34.0 | 62 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 yrs | MIA | 42 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 11 | |||||||||||
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