Chidi Ahanotu stats
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1993
- Draft
- 1993Rd 6, Pk 5
- College
- California
Bio
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Debut
- 1993
- Draft
- 1993Rd 6, Pk 5
- College
- California
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 174
- TOT
- 429
- SOLO
- 305
- AST
- 124
- SACK
- 46.5
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 22
- FF
- 4
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | TB | 16 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 1994 | TB | 16 | 46 | 31 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | TB | 16 | 48 | 36 | 12 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | TB | 13 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 5.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | TB | 16 | 47 | 37 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | TB | 4 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | TB | 16 | 33 | 24 | 9 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | TB | 16 | 46 | 27 | 19 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2001 | LAR | 16 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | BUF | 16 | 44 | 30 | 14 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | SF | 16 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 4.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 |  MIA/TB | 13 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- TOT
- 15
- SOLO
- 10
- AST
- 5
- SACK
- 1.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 174
- TOT
- 2.5
- SOLO
- 1.8
- AST
- 0.7
- SACK
- 0.3
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | TB | 16 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | TB | 16 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1995 | TB | 16 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 1996 | TB | 13 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1997 | TB | 16 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
| 1998 | TB | 4 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | TB | 16 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2000 | TB | 16 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 2001 | LAR | 16 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2002 | BUF | 16 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | SF | 16 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2004 | MIA/TB | 13 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Chidi Ahanotu's career stats?
Chidi Ahanotu played 12 seasons for the Buccaneers, the Rams, the Bills and the 49ers. He recorded 429 tackles and 46.5 sacks. His best season was 1995: 48 tackles and 3.0 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1993 to 2004
All-time career rank
- 227th in sacks (46.5)
Among the 9,233 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
More on Chidi Ahanotu
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