Nick Fairley stats

Last played for the New Orleans Saints, 2016

Defensive Tackle · #00

Age 38 · 6' 3"

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Nick Fairley played 6 NFL seasons, 2011 to 2016.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
77
TOT
170
SOLO
113
AST
57
SACK
20.5
INT
0
PD
3
FF
4

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.
2011DET1015961.0000
2012DET13342775.5012
2013DET153522136.0011
2014DET814861.0001
2015LAR152918110.5010
2016NO164329146.5000

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

Career Postseason

GP
1
TOT
2
SOLO
2
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
77
TOT
2.2
SOLO
1.5
AST
0.7
SACK
0.3
INT
0
PD
0.0
FF
0.1

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.
2011DET101.50.90.60.100.00.0
2012DET132.62.10.50.400.10.2
2013DET152.31.50.90.400.10.1
2014DET81.81.00.80.100.00.1
2015LAR151.91.20.70.000.10.0
2016NO162.71.80.90.400.00.0

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

Bio

Age
38 yearsJan 23, 1988
Height
6' 3"
Debut
2011
Birthplace
Mobile, AL
Draft
2011Rd 1, Pk 13
College
Auburn

Latest performance

Nick Fairley

Jan 01 · @ ATL · L 38-32

TOT
3
SOLO
2
AST
1
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
0

2011 NFL combine

DT, 6'4", 291 lb · Auburn

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.84s64th
Vertical jump31"43rd
Broad jump9' 5"56th
3-cone drill7.14s84th
20-yard shuttle4.56s42nd

Percentile: the share of DTs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2011 combine

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Jan 01atATLL 38-323210
Sat, Dec 24vsTBW 31-242100
Sun, Dec 18atARIW 48-412200
Sun, Dec 11atTBL 16-116610
Sun, Dec 04vsDETL 28-131000
Sun, Nov 27vsLARW 49-213300

What were Nick Fairley's career stats?

Nick Fairley played 6 seasons for the Lions, the Rams and the Saints. He recorded 170 tackles and 20.5 sacks. His best season was 2016: 43 tackles and 6.5 sacks.

Nick Fairley college stats

Nick Fairley played 2 seasons at Auburn Tigers (2009 to 2010): 84 tackles, 12.5 sacks and 1 interception.

defensive

Nick Fairley'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.
2009Auburn Tigers281414010000
2010Auburn Tigers563224011.501-10

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

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Playoff games

Nick Fairley played 2 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 0 won, 2 lost.

Nick Fairley'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.
2014DALL 24-2000.00
2011NOL 45-2820.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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