Position: OLB
Size: 6-4, 265 pounds
Draft: Houston Texans 2012 (Round: 1 / Pick: 26)
College: Illinois
Birthdate: 07/21/1990
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| Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | Total Tkl | Tkl | Ast | Sacks | Int | IntTD | PD | FF | FR | FumTD | Pen | PenYd |
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| 2018 | HOU | OLB | 16 | 9 | 39 | 22 | 17 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2017 | HOU | OLB | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | HOU | OLB | 15 | 15 | 53 | 36 | 17 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 |
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Advanced Stats
| Year | Team | Pos | Plays | Stops | Dfts | Yd/Play | Rank | Stop Rate | Rank | Adj Pct Tm Total | Rank | Run/Pass Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | HOU | OLB | 38 | 26 | 11 | 3.1 | -- | 68% | -- | 5% | -- | 1.4 |
| 2017 | HOU | OLB | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3.0 | -- | 50% | -- | 4% | -- | 2.3 |
| 2016 | HOU | OLB | 54 | 34 | 21 | 1.7 | 6 | 63% | 17 | 8% | 73 | 2.9 |
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Advanced Stats vs Pass
| Year | Team | Pos | Plays | Stops | Dfts | Yd/Play | Rank | Stop Rate | Rank | Pct Tm | Tkl | Stops | Stop Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | HOU | OLB | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4.4 | -- | 44% | -- | 3% | 11.0 | 2.0 | 18% |
| 2017 | HOU | OLB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | -- | 33% | -- | 1% | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0% |
| 2016 | HOU | OLB | 14 | 10 | 9 | -1.6 | 5 | 71% | 10 | 4% | 5.0 | 1.0 | 20% |
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Advanced Stats vs Run
| Year | Team | Pos | Plays | Stops | Dfts | Yd/Play | Rank | Stop Rate | Rank | Pct Tm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | HOU | OLB | 22 | 19 | 6 | 2.1 | -- | 86% | -- | 86% |
| 2017 | HOU | OLB | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3.0 | -- | 57% | -- | 57% |
| 2016 | HOU | OLB | 40 | 24 | 12 | 2.9 | 19 | 60% | 63 | 60% |
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Charting Stats
| Year | Team | Pos | Hits | Hur | Tgts | Tgt% | Rank | Avg Dist | YAC | Rank | Suc% | Rank | PaYd | Rank | Suc% | PaYd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | HOU | OLB | 9 | 28 | 7 | 1.6% | -- | 7.6 | 4.5 | -- | 14% | -- | 9.6 | -- | 14% | 9.6 |
| 2017 | HOU | OLB | 0 | 4 | 3 | -- | -- | 3.3 | 4.0 | -- | 39% | -- | 5.0 | -- | 33% | 5.7 |
| 2016 | HOU | OLB | 14 | 31 | 6 | -- | -- | 5.7 | 8.6 | -- | 24% | -- | 10.8 | -- | 18% | 11.6 |
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Penalties
| Year | Team | Pos | G | GS | Pen | PenYd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | HOU | OLB | 16 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| 2017 | HOU | OLB | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | HOU | OLB | 15 | 15 | 4 | 25 |
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