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 |
| 1958 | 23 | DET | LDT | 71 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | AP RoY-6, UPI RoY-5 | |||||||||
| 1959 | 24 | DET | LDT | 71 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1960*+ | 25 | DET | LDT | 71 | 12 | 12 | 9.0 | 15 | AP1, PB | |||||||||||
| 1961*+ | 26 | DET | LDT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 14 | AP1, PB | |||||||
| 1962* | 27 | DET | LDT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 1 | 14 | AP2, PB | ||
| 1963 | Missed season - Gambling suspension | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | 29 | DET | LDT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13 | AP CPoY-4, AP2 | |||
| 1965*+ | 30 | DET | LDT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 15.0 | 14 | AP1, PB | |||||||||||
| 1966 | 31 | DET | LDT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | AP2 | |||||||
| 1967 | 32 | DET | LDT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 13 | AP2 | |||||||
| 1968 | 33 | DET | LDT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 9.5 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | 34 | DET | LDT | 71 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 11 | AP MVP-6, AP2 | |||
| 1970 | 35 | DET | LDT | 71 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 8 | ||||||||
| Career | 161 | 156 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 122 | |||||||
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