average outside linebacker tackles per season

Linebackers made 8,033 tackles in 2001.

POSITION TKL SEASON GP AST COMB SCK SCKY INT INT YDS INT TD FF FR FR TD
1
Linebacker
8,033
2001
2,959
2,667
10,700
306.5
1,980
92
1,428
11
167
99
7
2
Linebacker
8,307
2002
3,041
2,850
11,157
267.0
1,682.5
97
1,677
14
141
120
6
3
Linebacker
8,648
2003
3,077
2,827
11,475
247.5
1,583.5
91
1,228
11
148
119
8
4
Linebacker
8,413
2004
3,172
3,072
11,485
274.5
1,696
97
1,431
11
136
120
10
5
Linebacker
8,379
2005
3,177
2,989
11,368
312.0
1,924
93
1,291
17
155
108
4
6
Linebacker
8,443
2006
3,260
3,140
11,583
320.0
1,931
95
864
8
152
106
12
7
Linebacker
8,592
2007
3,247
2,785
11,377
331.0
2,223
109
1,581
12
176
114
12
8
Linebacker
8,447
2008
3,247
2,873
11,320
290.5
1,836
68
933
3
163
117
7
9
Linebacker
8,858
2009
3,374
2,848
11,706
388.0
2,476.5
82
1,134
6
188
115
6
10
Linebacker
8,623
2010
3,372
3,044
11,667
398.5
2,633.5
82
1,028
14
179
115
5
11
Linebacker
7,928
2011
3,360
3,243
11,171
411.0
2,717.5
91
1,077
10
170
95
12
12
Linebacker
7,923
2012
3,349
3,458
11,381
392.0
2,447
91
1,394
19
148
98
5
13
Linebacker
7,769
2013
3,375
3,455
11,224
444.0
2,884.5
109
1,691
16
148
91
7
14
Linebacker
7,647
2014
3,463
3,650
11,297
459.5
2,929
65
693
8
147
86
6
15
Linebacker
7,791
2015
3,545
3,476
11,267
455.0
3,026.5
87
1,267
14
170
110
10
16
Linebacker
7,567
2016
3,452
3,499
11,066
434.0
2,797.5
77
1,063
7
156
95
6
17
Linebacker
7,373
2017
3,352
3,346
10,719
395.5
2,510.5
63
887
8
128
91
15
18
Linebacker
6,964
2018
3,314
3,412
10,376
407.0
2,718.5
80
1,243
17
139
95
10
19
Linebacker
6,981
2019
3,377
3,902
10,883
472.0
3,191.5
81
950
7
168
108
13
20
Linebacker
6,572
2020
3,248
3,882
10,454
345.0
2,318.5
62
735
7
129
81
6
21
Linebacker
7,305
2021
3,707
4,800
12,105
445.5
3,074
78
1,016
8
158
100
2
22
Linebacker
7,445
2022
3,709
4,739
12,184
467.5
3,050
66
882
8
144
92
6
23
Linebacker
7,526
2023
3,827
4,831
12,357
564.5
3,792.5
78
1,029
10
156
105
8
24
Linebacker
7,013
2024
3,741
5,305
12,318
505.0
3,196.5
67
721
8
157
96
5
25
Linebacker
1,648
2025
875
1,349
2,997
102.0
704
21
213
0
35
18
2
StatMuse has season-level data for tackles going back to the 2001 season.

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TEAM W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
Dolphins Dolphins
1
3
0
.250
Jets Jets
0
4
0
.000
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
8:20 PM
Sun
10/12
NE NE
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM
Sun
10/26
CLE CLE
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/2
ATL ATL
@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Last Game
NE Patriots

2 - 2 - 0

42

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13

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1 - 3 - 0

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
.625
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
2
2
0
.500

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
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Sat
9/6
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@
NE NE
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
9:30 AM
Sun
10/5
HOU HOU
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
NYG NYG
@
NO NO
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
1:00 PM