Defense & Fumbles Table
					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	Awards
2018*	22	DAL	RLB	55	16	11	2	56	0	28	7						0.0	140	102	38	2	1		11	AP2, PB
2019	23	DAL	RLB	55	9	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	72	43	29	1	1		5
2020	24	DAL	MLB	55	10	10						1	0	1	0	0	1.0	60	32	28	1	1		5
2021	25	DAL	LB	55	17	16	1	7	0	7	2						1.0	77	48	29	4	1		8
Career					52	46	3	63	0	28	12	2	0	1	0	0	2.5	349	225	124	8	4		29

Defense & Fumbles Table
				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
2018*	22	DAL	WLB	2	2											0.0	14	9	5	0	0
2021	25	DAL	LB	1	1											0.0	13	5	8	0	0
Career				3	3											0.0	27	14	13	0	0

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Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2018*	22	DAL	RLB	55	16	11	0	0%	784	77%	181	44%
2019	23	DAL	RLB	55	9	9	0	0%	510	85%	44	19%
2020	24	DAL	MLB	55	10	10	0	0%	460	67%	40	15%
2021	25	DAL	LB	55	17	16	1	0%	663	58%	87	18%
Career							1		2417		352

PFR HOF Monitor: 12.68 (331st among OLB, average HOF OLB is 106.40)

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