E.J. Speed stats

Texans

Linebacker · #45

Age 31 · 6' 4" · 227 lbs

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E.J. Speed recorded 62 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 16 games of 2025 for the Houston Texans. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
16
TOT
62
SOLO
33
AST
29
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

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.
2019IND127430.0000
2020IND159720.0000
2021IND17312380.0011
2022IND176337261.0022
2023IND1610278241.0043
2024IND1514293490.0150
2025HOU166233290.0010

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

Career regular season

GP
108
TOT
416
SOLO
275
AST
141
SACK
2.0
INT
1
PD
13
FF
6

Career Postseason

GP
3
TOT
4
SOLO
3
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
16
TOT
3.9
SOLO
2.1
AST
1.8
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
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.

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.
2019IND120.60.30.30.00.00.00.0
2020IND150.60.50.10.00.00.00.0
2021IND171.81.40.50.00.00.10.1
2022IND173.72.21.50.10.00.10.1
2023IND166.44.91.50.10.00.30.2
2024IND159.56.23.30.00.10.30.0
2025HOU163.92.11.80.00.00.10.0

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
108
TOT
3.9
SOLO
2.5
AST
1.3
SACK
0.0
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
FF
0.1

Bio

Age
31 yearsJun 1, 1995
Height
6' 4"
Weight
227 lbs
Experience
8 yearsDebut 2019
Birthplace
Fort Worth, TX
Draft
2019Rd 5, Pk 164
College
Tarleton State
Salary
$6 million2026

Against other linebackers

2025 regular season, 254 NFL linebackers with 6+ games.

  • Tackles62

    Higher than 72% of the other 253 NFL linebackers.

  • Passes Defended1

    Higher than 41% of the other 253 NFL linebackers.

  • Solo Tackles33

    Higher than 71% of the other 253 NFL linebackers.

Latest performance

E.J. Speed

Jan 18 · @ NE · L 28-16

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

Snap counts, 2025

42% of his club's defensive snaps a game (444 in 18 games); 12% in week of the playoffs.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1LAR35%17
2TB45%22
3JAX913%24
4TEN2856%6
5BAL2865%7
7SEA4867%17
8SF2450%3
9DEN1930%20
10JAX5182%15
11TEN4678%12
12BUF3147%16
13IND1935%14
14KC1930%21
16LV54100%6
17LAC1625%14
18IND3046%14
WCPIT712%20
DIVNE812%27

NFL snap counts, every player

Games

All games

Next

at LACSun, Nov 08

vs LAC since 2022

2
GP
7
TOT
5
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Jan 18atNEL 28-162200
Mon, Jan 12atPITW 30-61000
Sun, Jan 04vsINDW 38-306100
Sat, Dec 27atLACW 20-162200
Sun, Dec 21vsLVW 23-217200
Sun, Dec 07atKCW 20-100000

What are E.J. Speed's career stats?

E.J. Speed has played 7 seasons for the Colts and the Texans. He has recorded 416 tackles, 2 sacks and 1 interception. His best season so far is 2024: 142 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 13 vs HOU on Jan 6, 2024, L 23-19
  • Sacks: 1 @ HOU on Sep 11, 2022, T 20-20 OT
E.J. Speed's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20257—
202413—
2023131.0
202281.0
20219—
20202—
20196—

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2019.

More on E.J. Speed

Playoff games

E.J. Speed played 3 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 1 won, 2 lost.

E.J. Speed'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.
2025PITW 30-610.00
2025NEL 28-1620.00
2020BUFL 27-2410.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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