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 |
| 1977 | 22 | ATL | RG | 68 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1978 | 23 | ATL | RG | 68 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | ||||||||
| 1979 | 24 | ATL | RG | 68 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 25 | ATL | RG | 68 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1981* | 26 | ATL | RG | 68 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | PB | |||||||
| 1982*+ | 27 | ATL | RG | 68 | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 13 | AP1, PB | |||||||||||
| 1983* | 28 | ATL | LG | 68 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | PB | |||||||
| 1984 | 29 | ATL | LG | 68 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1985 | 30 | WAS | 69 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | 31 | WAS | RG | 69 | 14 | 13 | 0.0 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | 32 | WAS | RG | 69 | 12 | 12 | 0.0 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | 33 | WAS | rg | 69 | 14 | 8 | 0.0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Career | 157 | 148 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 8 yrs | ATL | 114 | 114 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 63 | |||||||||||
| 4 yrs | WAS | 43 | 34 | 0.0 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
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