Jerry Ball stats
Defensive Tackle · #96
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 3, Pk 7
- College
- Luther
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 3, Pk 7
- College
- Luther
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 191
- TOT
- 238
- SOLO
- 182
- AST
- 56
- SACK
- 32.5
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 11
- FF
- 5
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 |  DET | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DET | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | DET | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DET | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | CLE | 16 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1994 | LV | 16 | 50 | 43 | 7 | 3.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | LV | 15 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | LV | 16 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 3.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | MIN | 12 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | MIN | 16 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 1999 |  CLE/MIN | 16 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 6
- TOT
- 8
- SOLO
- 3
- AST
- 5
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 2
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 191
- TOT
- 1.2
- SOLO
- 1.0
- AST
- 0.3
- SACK
- 0.2
- INT
- 0.0
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | DET | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | DET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | DET | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DET | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | DET | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DET | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | CLE | 16 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 1994 | LV | 16 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 1995 | LV | 15 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | LV | 16 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1997 | MIN | 12 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | MIN | 16 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 1999 | CLE/MIN | 16 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Jerry Ball's career stats?
Jerry Ball played 13 seasons for the Lions, the Browns, the Raiders and the Vikings. He recorded 238 tackles, 32.5 sacks and 1 interceptions. His best season was 1994: 50 tackles and 3.0 sacks.
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