Defense & Fumbles
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| 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 |
| 2010 | 23 | HOU | DT | 92 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 28 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2011 | 24 | HOU | DT | 92 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 25 | HOU | DT | 92 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 2013 | 26 | HOU | NT | 92 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 48 | 30 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 2014 | 27 | MIA | DT | 90 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 28 | MIA | RDT | 90 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 29 | MIA | RDT | 90 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2017 | 30 | SFO | LDT | 90 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 31 | SFO | LDT | 90 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2019 | 32 | SFO | DT | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Career | 130 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 267 | 163 | 104 | 24 | 17 | 33 | |||||
| 4 yrs | HOU | 63 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 134 | 81 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| 3 yrs | MIA | 37 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 72 | 46 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||
| 3 yrs | SFO | 30 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 61 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 12 | ||||
| Games | Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Sk | Comb | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sfty |
| 2011 | 24 | HOU | NT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 25 | HOU | NT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 2016 | 29 | MIA | DT | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2019 | 32 | SFO | DT | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Career | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 yrs | HOU | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 1 yr | MIA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 yr | SFO | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Games | Off. | Def. | ST | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Num | Pct | Num | Pct | Num | Pct |
| 2012 | 25 | HOU | DT | 92 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0% | 398 | 37% | 65 | 13% |
| 2013 | 26 | HOU | NT | 92 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0% | 535 | 53% | 78 | 16% |
| 2014 | 27 | MIA | DT | 90 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 536 | 51% | 138 | 31% |
| 2015 | 28 | MIA | RDT | 90 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1% | 501 | 57% | 68 | 20% |
| 2016 | 29 | MIA | RDT | 90 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0% | 306 | 45% | 62 | 24% |
| 2017 | 30 | SFO | LDT | 90 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 0% | 622 | 55% | 74 | 16% |
| 2018 | 31 | SFO | LDT | 90 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0% | 363 | 39% | 68 | 17% |
| Career | 13 | 3261 | 553 | |||||||||
| 3 yrs | MIA | 37 | 21 | 9 | 1343 | 268 | ||||||
| 2 yrs | HOU | 32 | 17 | 0 | 933 | 143 | ||||||
| 2 yrs | SFO | 30 | 28 | 4 | 985 | 142 | ||||||
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