Lavonte David stats

Last played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2025

Linebacker · #54

Age 36 · 6' 1"

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Lavonte David played 14 NFL seasons, 2012 to 2025.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
215
TOT
1,715
SOLO
1,172
AST
543
SACK
42.5
INT
14
PD
74
FF
33

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.
2012TB16139112272.0150
2013TB16145107387.05102
2014TB14146101451.0044
2015TB1614785623.03132
2016TB168767205.0144
2017TB1310176250.0015
2018TB1411994253.5021
2019TB1612382411.0173
2020TB1611782351.5163
2021TB129763342.0032
2022TB1712480443.0051
2023TB1513486484.5051
2024TB1712276465.5163
2025TB1711461533.5132

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

Career Postseason

GP
10
TOT
79
SOLO
57
AST
22
SACK
3.0
INT
0
PD
4
FF
1

Per game

Career regular season

GP
215
TOT
8.0
SOLO
5.5
AST
2.5
SACK
0.2
INT
0.1
PD
0.3
FF
0.2

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.
2012TB168.77.01.70.10.10.30.0
2013TB169.16.72.40.40.30.60.1
2014TB1410.47.23.20.10.00.30.3
2015TB169.25.33.90.20.20.80.1
2016TB165.44.21.30.30.10.30.3
2017TB137.85.81.90.00.00.10.4
2018TB148.56.71.80.30.00.10.1
2019TB167.75.12.60.10.10.40.2
2020TB167.35.12.20.10.10.40.2
2021TB128.15.32.80.20.00.30.2
2022TB177.34.72.60.20.00.30.1
2023TB158.95.73.20.30.00.30.1
2024TB177.24.52.70.30.10.40.2
2025TB176.73.63.10.20.10.20.1

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

Bio

Age
36 yearsJan 23, 1990
Height
6' 1"
Debut
2012
Birthplace
Miami, FL
Draft
2012Rd 2, Pk 58
College
Nebraska

Latest performance

Lavonte David

Jan 03 · vs CAR · W 16-14

TOT
6
SOLO
5
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2025

98% of his club's defensive snaps a game (1,023 in 17 games); 100% in week 18.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1ATL76100%0
2HOU49100%0
3NYJ6899%0
4PHI57100%0
5SEA61100%0
6SF69100%0
7DET6799%0
8NO5881%0
10NE61100%0
11BUF56100%0
12LAR5191%0
13ARI61100%0
14NO58100%0
15ATL71100%0
16CAR54100%0
17MIA55100%0
18CAR51100%0

NFL snap counts, every player

2012 NFL combine

OLB, 6'1", 233 lb · Nebraska

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.57s83rd
Vertical jump36.5"73rd
Broad jump9' 11"58th
Bench press (225 lb)19 reps20th
3-cone drill7.28s25th
20-yard shuttle4.22s69th

Percentile: the share of OLBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2012 combine

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sat, Jan 03vsCARW 16-146500
Sun, Dec 28atMIAL 20-173200
Sun, Dec 21atCARL 23-2010610
Thu, Dec 11vsATLL 29-286300
Sun, Dec 07vsNOL 24-205300
Sun, Nov 30vsARIW 20-176400

What were Lavonte David's career stats?

Lavonte David played 14 seasons for the Buccaneers. He recorded 1,715 tackles, 42.5 sacks and 14 interceptions. His best season was 2015: 147 tackles and 3.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 5 postseasons, 2012 to 2025

Lavonte David finished top 10 in a stat 4 times; sits top 10 all time in tackles.

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 283rd in sacks (42.5)
  • 5th in tackles (1,715)

Among the 9,825 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.

Lavonte David college stats

Lavonte David played 2 seasons at Nebraska Cornhuskers (2010 to 2011): 276 tackles, 11.5 sacks and 2 interceptions.

rushing

Lavonte David's college rushing by season
SeasonSchoolCARCAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVGAVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2011Nebraska Cornhuskers16606

defensive

Lavonte David's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2010Nebraska Cornhuskers1538568060000
2011Nebraska Cornhuskers123586505.532-20

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

More on Lavonte David

Playoff games

Lavonte David played 10 games across 5 NFL postseasons — 6 won, 4 lost.

Lavonte David'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.
2024WSHL 23-2081.00
2023PHIW 32-950.00
2023DETL 31-23131.00
2022DALL 31-14140.00
2021PHIW 31-1520.00
2021LARL 30-27110.00
2020WSHW 31-2391.00
2020NOW 30-2070.00
2020GBW 31-2640.00
2020KCW 31-960.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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