Rob Ninkovich stats

Last played for the New England Patriots, 2016

Linebacker · #50

Age 42 · 6' 2"

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Rob Ninkovich played 10 NFL seasons, 2006 to 2016.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
130
TOT
460
SOLO
274
AST
186
SACK
46.0
INT
5
PD
24
FF
10

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.
2006NO34220.0010
2007MIA42110.0000
2009NE15231491.0020
2010NE166245174.0240
2011NE167443316.5241
2012NE165832268.0015
2013NE169142498.0012
2014NE166245178.0120
2015NE165233196.5071
2016NE123217154.0021

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

Career Postseason

GP
16
TOT
64
SOLO
34
AST
30
SACK
6.0
INT
1
PD
7
FF
1

Per game

Career regular season

GP
130
TOT
3.5
SOLO
2.1
AST
1.4
SACK
0.4
INT
0.0
PD
0.2
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.
2006NO31.30.70.70.00.00.30.0
2007MIA40.50.30.30.00.00.00.0
2009NE151.50.90.60.10.00.10.0
2010NE163.92.81.10.30.10.30.0
2011NE164.62.71.90.40.10.30.1
2012NE163.62.01.60.50.00.10.3
2013NE165.72.63.10.50.00.10.1
2014NE163.92.81.10.50.10.10.0
2015NE163.32.11.20.40.00.40.1
2016NE122.71.41.30.30.00.20.1

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

Bio

Age
42 yearsFeb 1, 1984
Height
6' 2"
Debut
2006
Birthplace
New Lenox, IL
Draft
2006Rd 5, Pk 135
College
Purdue

Latest performance

Rob Ninkovich

Feb 05 · @ ATL · W 34-28 OT

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

2006 NFL combine

DE, 6'3", 260 lb · Purdue

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.91s52nd
Vertical jump34.5"78th
Broad jump9' 8"69th
Bench press (225 lb)23 reps30th
3-cone drill6.96s95th
20-yard shuttle4.18s96th

Percentile: the share of DEs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2006 combine

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Feb 05atATLW 34-28 OT2000
Sun, Jan 22vsPITW 36-172100
Sat, Jan 14vsHOUW 34-162110
Sun, Jan 01atMIAW 35-143200
Sat, Dec 24vsNYJW 41-33100
Sun, Dec 18atDENW 16-31100

What were Rob Ninkovich's career stats?

Rob Ninkovich played 10 seasons for the Saints, the Dolphins and the Patriots. He recorded 460 tackles, 46 sacks and 5 interceptions. His best season was 2013: 91 tackles and 8.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

10 seasons, 7 postseasons, 2006 to 2016

Championships ×2

All-time career rank

  • 258th in sacks (46.0)

Among the 9,837 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Rob Ninkovich college stats

Rob Ninkovich played 2 seasons at Purdue Boilermakers (2004 to 2005): 71 tackles, 16 sacks and 2 interceptions.

receiving

Rob Ninkovich's college receiving by season
REC: Passes caught.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2004Purdue Boilermakers12212
2005Purdue Boilermakers11111

defensive

Rob Ninkovich'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.
2004Purdue Boilermakers23176080000
2005Purdue Boilermakers4835130812370

scoring

Rob Ninkovich's college scoring by season
REC: Passes caught.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
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College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

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Playoff games

Rob Ninkovich played 17 games across 8 NFL postseasons — 11 won, 6 lost.

Rob Ninkovich'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.
2016HOUW 34-1621.00
2016PITW 36-1720.00
2016ATLW 34-28 OT20.00
2015KCW 27-2060.00
2015DENL 20-1820.00
2014BALW 35-3160.00
2014INDW 45-730.00
2014SEAW 28-2461.00
2013INDW 43-2210.00
2013DENL 26-1620.00
2012HOUW 41-2840.01
2012BALL 28-1382.00
2011DENW 45-1051.50
2011BALW 23-2070.00
2011NYGL 21-1740.50
2010NYJL 28-2140.00
2009BALL 33-1400.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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