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 |
| 1979 | 23 | ATL | 58 | 16 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | 24 | ATL | ROLB | 58 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 16.0 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 1981 | 25 | ATL | ROLB | 58 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 3.0 | 6 | ||||
| 1982 | 26 | ATL | ROLB | 58 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 11 | AP DPoY-4, AP2 | |||||||
| 1983 | 27 | PHI | ROLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1984 | 28 | PHI | ROLB | 59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1985 | 29 | PHI | 59 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1986 | 30 | ATL | ROLB | 54 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0.0 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1987 | 31 | ATL | ROLB | 54 | 8 | 8 | 0.0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | 32 | ATL | ROLB | 54 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1989 | 33 | ATL | 54 | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Career | 137 | 102 | 5 | 98 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 111 | 2 | 27.0 | 1 | 67 | |||||||
| 8 yrs | ATL | 98 | 70 | 5 | 98 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 111 | 2 | 23.0 | 1 | 50 | ||||||
| 3 yrs | PHI | 39 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 17 | |||||||||||
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- * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader
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