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 |
| 1953 | 21 | DET | LLB | 56 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1954*+ | 22 | DET | LLB | 56 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 | AP1, PB | |||||||||
| 1955*+ | 23 | DET | LLB | 56 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 0 | AP1, PB | |||||||||
| 1956*+ | 24 | DET | MG | 56 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | AP1, PB | |||||||||
| 1957*+ | 25 | DET | MLB | 56 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | AP MVP-4, AP1, PB | |||||
| 1958*+ | 26 | DET | MLB | 56 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | AP1, PB | |||||
| 1959*+ | 27 | DET | MLB | 56 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 0 | AP1, PB | |||||
| 1960* | 28 | DET | MLB | 56 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 | 12 | AP2, PB | |||
| 1961*+ | 29 | DET | MLB | 56 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 26 | 4.0 | 14 | AP1, PB | |||||||
| 1962*+ | 30 | DET | MLB | 56 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 15 | AP MVP-5, AP1, PB | |||
| 1963* | 31 | DET | MLB | 56 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7 | PB | |||||||
| 1964 | 32 | DET | MLB | 56 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1965 | 33 | DET | MLB | 56 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 4.5 | 9 | ||||||||
| Career | 155 | 151 | 24 | 294 | 2 | 30 | 3 | 17 | 82 | 1 | 15.0 | 61 | ||||||||
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