David Thornton Career Stats and Season Totals

TotalsPer game

Career regular season

GP: 121
TOT: 730
SOLO: 562
AST: 168
SACK: 5.0
INT: 5
PD: 25
FF: 10

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.

Totals by season

2002	IND	15	44	36	8	0.0	0	1	0
2003	IND	16	145	112	33	1.0	2	5	0
2004	IND	16	92	69	23	0.0	1	1	2
2005	IND	16	81	59	22	2.0	0	1	2
2006	TEN	16	109	87	22	0.0	0	5	2
2007	TEN	16	122	93	29	1.0	2	6	1
2008	TEN	15	78	60	18	0.0	0	6	2
2009	TEN	11	59	46	13	1.0	0	0	1

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career Postseason

GP: 8
TOT: 60
SOLO: 47
AST: 13
SACK: 0.0
INT: 0
PD: 2
FF: 0

Career regular season

GP: 121
TOT: 6.0
SOLO: 4.6
AST: 1.4
SACK: 0.0
INT: 0.0
PD: 0.2
FF: 0.1

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season

2002	IND	15	2.9	2.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
2003	IND	16	9.1	7.0	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.0
2004	IND	16	5.8	4.3	1.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
2005	IND	16	5.1	3.7	1.4	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1
2006	TEN	16	6.8	5.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1
2007	TEN	16	7.6	5.8	1.8	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.1
2008	TEN	15	5.2	4.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.1
2009	TEN	11	5.4	4.2	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Age: 48 yearsNov 1, 1978
Height: 6' 2"
Debut: 2002
Birthplace: Goldsboro, NC
Draft: 2002Rd 4, Pk 106
College: North Carolina

Latest performance

David Thornton

Dec 13 · vs LAR · W 47-7

TOT: 2
SOLO: 2
AST: 0
SACK: 0.0
INT: 0
PD: 0

2002 NFL combine

OLB, 6'2", 236 lb · North Carolina

His combine measurements and their percentile
Measure	Result	Percentile
40-yard dash	4.62s	69th
Vertical jump	35.5"	65th
Broad jump	9' 9"	45th
Bench press (225 lb)	26 reps	78th
3-cone drill	6.93s	82nd
20-yard shuttle	4.09s	90th

Percentile: the share of OLBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2002 combine

Games

All games

Most recent games
Date	Opponent	TOT	SOLO	SACK
Sun, Dec 13	vsLARW 47-7	2	2	0
Sun, Dec 06	atINDL 27-17	13	8	0
Sun, Nov 29	vsARIW 20-17	2	2	0
Sun, Nov 15	vsBUFW 41-17	4	3	0
Sun, Nov 01	vsJAXW 30-13	7	6	1
Sun, Oct 18	atNEL 59-0	2	1	0

What were David Thornton's career stats?

David Thornton played 8 seasons for the Colts and the Titans. He recorded 730 tackles, 5 sacks and 5 interceptions. His best season was 2003: 145 tackles and 1.0 sack.

League leaderboards and awards

8 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2002 to 2009

David Thornton finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.

All-time career rank

175th in tackles (730)

Among the 9,780 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Tackles: 2003 (6th)

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

Playoff games

David Thornton played 9 games across 6 NFL postseasons — 3 won, 6 lost.

David Thornton's line in each playoff game

2008	BAL	L 13-10	2
2007	LAC	L 17-6	7
2005	PIT	L 21-18	9
2004	DEN	W 49-24	6
2004	NE	L 20-3	7
2003	DEN	W 41-10	10
2003	KC	W 38-31	11
2003	NE	L 24-14	8
2002	NYJ	L 41-0	0