Earl Holmes stats

Last played for the Detroit Lions, 2005

Linebacker · #50

Age 53 · 6' 2"

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Earl Holmes played 10 NFL seasons, 1996 to 2005.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
140
TOT
951
SOLO
678
AST
273
SACK
11.5
INT
1
PD
31
FF
7

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
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.
1996PIT310911.0000
1997PIT169667294.0060
1998PIT148056241.5120
1999PIT1611487270.0010
2000PIT1612786411.00112
2001PIT1611683332.0032
2002CLE1612795320.0051
2003DET169768292.0000
2004DET1611178330.0020
2005DET117349240.0012

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

Career Postseason

GP
4
TOT
21
SOLO
12
AST
9
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
1

Per game

Career regular season

GP
140
TOT
6.8
SOLO
4.8
AST
2.0
SACK
0.1
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
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.
1996PIT33.33.00.30.30.00.00.0
1997PIT166.04.21.80.30.00.40.0
1998PIT145.74.01.70.10.10.10.0
1999PIT167.15.41.70.00.00.10.0
2000PIT167.95.42.60.10.00.70.1
2001PIT167.35.22.10.10.00.20.1
2002CLE167.95.920.00.00.30.1
2003DET166.14.31.80.10.00.00.0
2004DET166.94.92.10.00.00.10.0
2005DET116.64.52.20.00.00.10.2

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

Bio

Age
53 yearsApr 28, 1973
Height
6' 2"
Debut
1996
Birthplace
Tallahassee, FL
College
Florida A&M

Latest performance

Earl Holmes

Dec 11 · @ GB · L 16-13 OT

TOT
12
SOLO
5
AST
7
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Dec 11atGBL 16-13 OT12500
Sun, Dec 04vsMINL 21-163100
Thu, Nov 24vsATLL 27-70000
Sun, Nov 20atDALL 20-70000
Sun, Nov 13vsARIW 29-212100
Sun, Nov 06atMINL 27-147500

What were Earl Holmes's career stats?

Earl Holmes played 10 seasons for the Steelers, the Browns and the Lions. He recorded 951 tackles, 11.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season was 2000: 127 tackles and 1.0 sack.

League leaderboards and awards

10 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1996 to 2005

All-time career rank

  • 68th in tackles (951)

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

More on Earl Holmes

Playoff games

Earl Holmes played 7 games across 4 NFL postseasons — 3 won, 4 lost.

Earl Holmes's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.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.
2002PITL 36-3320.00
2001BALW 27-1020.00
2001NEL 24-1700.00
1997NEW 7-670.00
1997DENL 24-21100.00
1996INDW 42-1400.00
1996NEL 28-300.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.