Junior Seau stats

Last played for the New England Patriots, 2009

Linebacker · #55

Age 57 · 6' 3"

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Junior Seau played 20 NFL seasons, 1990 to 2009.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
268
TOT
1,526
SOLO
1,184
AST
342
SACK
56.5
INT
18
PD
84
FF
11

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.
1990LAC160001.0000
1991LAC160007.0000
1992LAC150004.5200
1993LAC16129110190.02111
1994LAC16154123315.5031
1995LAC16128111172.0281
1996LAC15139111287.0272
1997LAC159784137.0261
1998LAC1611491233.5071
1999LAC149874243.5190
2000LAC16122102203.52101
2001LAC169483111.0162
2002LAC138359241.5171
2003MIA159666303.0030
2004MIA85731261.0010
2005MIA73618181.0010
2006NE116939301.0010
2007NE167458163.5340
2008NE4221570.0000
2009NE714950.0000

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

Career Postseason

GP
8
TOT
65
SOLO
46
AST
19
SACK
2.0
INT
1
PD
4
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
268
TOT
5.7
SOLO
4.4
AST
1.3
SACK
0.2
INT
0.1
PD
0.3
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.

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.
1990LAC160.00.000.10.00.00.0
1991LAC160.00.000.40.00.00.0
1992LAC150.00.000.30.10.00.0
1993LAC168.16.91.20.00.10.70.1
1994LAC169.67.71.90.30.00.20.1
1995LAC168.06.91.10.10.10.50.1
1996LAC159.37.41.90.50.10.50.1
1997LAC156.55.60.90.50.10.40.1
1998LAC167.15.71.40.20.00.40.1
1999LAC147.05.31.70.30.10.60.0
2000LAC167.66.41.30.20.10.60.1
2001LAC165.95.20.70.10.10.40.1
2002LAC136.44.51.80.10.10.50.1
2003MIA156.44.420.20.00.20.0
2004MIA87.13.93.30.10.00.10.0
2005MIA75.12.62.60.10.00.10.0
2006NE116.33.52.70.10.00.10.0
2007NE164.63.610.20.20.30.0
2008NE45.53.81.80.00.00.00.0
2009NE72.01.30.70.00.00.00.0

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

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
14
PPR
2.8
HALF
1.8
STD
0.8
PPG
0.2

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Fantasy by season
SeasonTeamGPGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPRPPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALFHALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STDSTD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPGPPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
1999LAC142.81.80.80.2

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Bio

Age
57 yearsJan 19, 1969
Height
6' 3"
Debut
1990
Birthplace
San Diego, CA
Draft
1990Rd 1, Pk 5
College
USC

Latest performance

Junior Seau

Jan 10 · vs BAL · L 33-14

TOT
5
SOLO
2
AST
3
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Jan 10vsBALL 33-145200
Sun, Jan 03atHOUL 34-272200
Sun, Dec 27vsJAXW 35-71100
Sun, Dec 20atBUFW 17-103100
Sun, Dec 13vsCARW 20-102000
Sun, Dec 06atMIAL 22-212200

What were Junior Seau's career stats?

Junior Seau played 20 seasons for the Chargers, the Dolphins and the Patriots. He recorded 1,526 tackles, 56.5 sacks and 18 interceptions. His best season was 1994: 154 tackles and 5.5 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

20 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1990 to 2009

Junior Seau finished top 10 in a stat 4 times; sits top 10 all time in tackles.

All-time career rank

  • 198th in sacks (56.5)
  • 8th in tackles (1,526)

Among the 9,826 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

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

More on Junior Seau

Playoff games

Junior Seau played 8 games across 4 NFL postseasons — 4 won, 4 lost.

Junior Seau'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.
2009BALL 33-1450.00
2007JAXW 31-20100.00
2007LACW 21-1261.00
2007NYGL 17-1420.00
1995INDL 35-20110.01
1994MIAW 22-2140.00
1994PITW 17-13160.00
1994SFL 49-26111.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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