most passes defended by a linebacker in first 4 years

Will Witherspoon and Donnie Edwards were tied for defending the most passes by a linebacker in their first 4 seasons, with 38 passes defended.

	NAME	PDEF	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	SCK	SCKY	INT	INT YDS	INT TD	FF	FR	FR TD
1	Will Witherspoon W. Witherspoon	38	62	280	74	354	8.0	60	7	93	1	2	2	0
2	Donnie Edwards D. Edwards	38	64	428	145	573	3.5	24	12	171	2	5	4	1
3	Derrick Brooks D. Brooks	37	64	350	121	471	5.0	21	11	342	4	6	1	1
4	Kailee Wong K. Wong	37	64	217	59	276	17.0	89.5	4	27	1	3	1	0
5	Luke Kuechly L. Kuechly	36	61	371	220	591	7.0	43	11	103	1	3	5	0
6	Lance Briggs L. Briggs	34	64	366	82	448	3.5	17.5	6	131	3	7	3	0
7	Alec Ogletree A. Ogletree	33	52	304	104	408	3.5	17.5	5	157	1	11	1	0
8	Ray Lewis R. Lewis	33	52	379	151	530	6.0	46	11	218	1	5	6	0
9	Jamie Sharper J. Sharper	33	64	377	173	550	17.5	94.5	0	0	0	6	5	2
10	Deion Jones D. Jones	32	53	268	141	409	2.0	4	9	295	4	2	1	0
11	Takeo Spikes T. Spikes	32	63	294	152	446	12.5	100	8	189	3	6	8	1
12	Lavonte David L. David	31	62	405	172	577	13.0	87.5	9	133	1	8	4	0
13	Jon Beason J. Beason	31	64	417	123	540	4.0	27	8	105	0	3	4	0
14	Lofa Tatupu L. Tatupu	31	63	330	101	431	6.5	54	9	206	1	6	2	0
15	Keith Bulluck K. Bulluck	31	63	337	130	467	10.0	73	7	60	0	9	7	3
16	Shaquille Leonard S. Leonard	30	58	339	190	529	15.0	95.5	11	142	1	16	7	0
17	C.J. Mosley	30	62	317	157	474	8.0	47	8	157	1	6	6	1
18	LaVar Arrington L. Arrington	30	50	240	59	299	18.5	101.5	3	120	1	10	7	1
19	Tedy Bruschi T. Bruschi	30	58	261	139	400	12.0	73	10	178	4	10	2	0
20	Joey Porter J. Porter	30	60	195	75	270	30.0	212	5	156	0	10	4	0
21	Tremaine Edmunds T. Edmunds	28	61	293	170	463	5.5	26.5	4	23	0	2	0	0
22	Connor Barwin C. Barwin	28	64	160	53	213	34.0	227.5	1	-2	0	4	2	0
23	Patrick Willis P. Willis	28	63	460	135	595	15.0	82	4	119	2	8	2	0
24	Michael Boley M. Boley	28	64	268	67	335	6.0	28	5	72	0	6	4	0
25	Devin Lloyd D. Lloyd	26	63	230	206	436	3.5	22.5	9	180	1	1	5	0

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