Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2016
- Draft
- 2016Rd 1, Pk 10
- College
- Ohio State
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 2016
- Draft
- 2016Rd 1, Pk 10
- College
- Ohio State
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 104
- TOT
- 384
- SOLO
- 313
- AST
- 71
- SACK
- 0.5
- INT
- 6
- PD
- 61
- FF
- 3
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | NYG | 14 | 51 | 41 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 2017 | NYG | 11 | 49 | 41 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 |  NYG/NO | 15 | 75 | 62 | 13 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 | 1 |
| 2019 | NO | 15 | 58 | 53 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | CAR | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | CIN | 16 | 49 | 38 | 11 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| 2022 | CIN | 15 | 49 | 35 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | MIA | 10 | 46 | 37 | 9 | 0.5 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | LAC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0, led the NFL | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | SF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0, led the NFL | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Bold marks the best figure in the NFL that season, among players with at least 4 games.
Career Postseason
- GP
- 11
- TOT
- 56
- SOLO
- 46
- AST
- 10
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 6
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 104
- TOT
- 3.7
- SOLO
- 3.0
- AST
- 0.7
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0.1
- PD
- 0.6
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | NYG | 14 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | NYG | 11 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2018 | NYG/NO | 15 | 5 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | NO | 15 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | CAR | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | CIN | 16 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2022 | CIN | 15 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2023 | MIA | 10 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 | LAC | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0, led the NFL | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2025 | SF | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0, led the NFL | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Bold marks the best figure in the NFL that season, among players with at least 4 games.
Latest performance
Eli Apple
Dec 22 · @ IND · W 48-27
- TOT
- 1
- SOLO
- 1
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Dec 22 | at INDW 48-27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Sep 28 | vs JAXL 26-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Jan 11 | at HOUL 32-12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mon, Nov 25 | vs BALL 30-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Nov 17 | vs CINW 34-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Nov 10 | vs TENW 27-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Eli Apple's career stats?
Eli Apple played 10 seasons for the Giants, the Saints, the Panthers, the Bengals, the Dolphins, the Chargers and the 49ers. He recorded 384 tackles, 0.5 sacks and 6 interceptions. His best season was 2018: 75 tackles and 0.0 sacks.
More on Eli Apple
Playoff games
Eli Apple played 9 games across 4 NFL postseasons — 5 won, 4 lost.
| 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | HOU | L 32-12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2023 |  KC | L 26-7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | BAL | W 24-17 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2022 |  BUF | W 27-10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | KC | L 23-20 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 |  LV | W 26-19 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | TEN | W 19-16 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | KC | W 27-24 OT | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2021 |  LAR | L 23-20 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Eli Apple against each club
- vs Baltimore Ravens (7)
- vs Kansas City Chiefs (5)
- vs Pittsburgh Steelers (4)
- vs Cleveland Browns (3)
- vs New England Patriots (3)
- vs New York Jets (3)
- vs Tennessee Titans (3)
- vs Buffalo Bills (2)
- vs Carolina Panthers (2)
- vs Denver Broncos (2)
- vs Jacksonville Jaguars (2)
- vs Las Vegas Raiders (2)
- vs Los Angeles Chargers (2)
- vs Atlanta Falcons (1)
- vs Chicago Bears (1)
- vs Cincinnati Bengals (1)
- vs Dallas Cowboys (1)
- vs Detroit Lions (1)
- vs Green Bay Packers (1)
- vs Houston Texans (1)
- vs Indianapolis Colts (1)
- vs Los Angeles Rams (1)
- vs Miami Dolphins (1)
- vs Minnesota Vikings (1)
- vs New Orleans Saints (1)
- vs New York Giants (1)
- vs Philadelphia Eagles (1)
- vs San Francisco 49ers (1)
- vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1)
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