Defense & Fumbles
- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro
| 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 | HOU | 59 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
| 2013 | 23 | HOU | ROLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 7.0 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 2014 | 24 | HOU | ROLB | 59 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 50 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 7 | ||||||
| 2015 | 25 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12.0 | 52 | 32 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 26 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7.5 | 53 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 27 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 2018 | 28 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 39 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 5 | ||||||
| 2019 | 29 | HOU | LOLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 88 | 0 | 86 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.5 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 30 | HOU | OLB | 59 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | |
| Career | 128 | 100 | 2 | 88 | 0 | 86 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 54.0 | 345 | 228 | 117 | 68 | 112 | 55 | |||||
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