Roy Lopez stats

Cardinals

Defensive Tackle · #51

Age 29 · 6' 2" · 312 lbs

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Roy Lopez recorded 23 tackles and 1.0 sack in 8 games of 2026 for the Arizona Cardinals. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
8
TOT
23
SOLO
9
AST
14
SACK
1.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0
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.
2021HOU163120111.0000
2022HOU173620161.0010
2023ARI144222200.0000
2024ARI162810181.0031
2025DET173011192.0010
2026ARI8239141.0010

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

Career regular season

GP
88
TOT
190
SOLO
92
AST
98
SACK
6.0
INT
0
PD
6
FF
1

Per game

GP
8
TOT
2.9
SOLO
1.1
AST
1.8
SACK
0.1
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
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.
2021HOU161.91.30.70.100.00.0
2022HOU172.11.20.90.100.10.0
2023ARI143.01.61.40.000.00.0
2024ARI161.80.61.10.100.20.1
2025DET171.80.61.10.100.10.0
2026ARI82.91.11.80.100.10.0

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

Career regular season, Per game

GP
88
TOT
2.2
SOLO
1.0
AST
1.1
SACK
0.1
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
29 yearsAug 7, 1997
Height
6' 2"
Weight
312 lbs
Experience
6 years
Birthplace
Tempe, AZ
Draft
2021Rd 6, Pk 195
College
Arizona
Salary
$6.39 million2026

Against other defensive tackles

2026 regular season, 115 NFL defensive tackles with 6+ games.

  • Sacks1.0

    Higher than 54% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Tackles23

    Higher than 83% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Passes Defended1

    Higher than 60% of the other 114 NFL defensive tackles.

Latest performance

Roy Lopez

Nov 01 · @ DAL · W 33-30 OT

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

Snap counts, 2026

49% of his club's defensive snaps a game (249 in 8 games); 36% in week 8.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1LAC2647%0
2SEA5071%0
3SF3463%0
4NYG2842%1
5DET3655%1
6LAR2238%1
7DEN2643%8
8DAL2736%7

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Roy Lopez has been on the NFL’s game-status report 2 weeks since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202602Groin

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2021 NFL combine

DL, 6'1", 304 lb · Arizona

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash5.19s12th
Vertical jump31"43rd
Broad jump8' 9"20th
Bench press (225 lb)36 reps96th
3-cone drill7.39s59th
20-yard shuttle4.51s51st

Percentile: the share of DLs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2021 combine

Next

at SEASun, Nov 08

vs SEA since 2021

6
GP
13
TOT
3
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01atDALW 33-30 OT2100
Sun, Oct 25vsDENL 30-161000
Sun, Oct 18atLARW 18-160000
Sun, Oct 11vsDETL 45-216310
Sun, Oct 04atNYGL 36-246200
Sun, Sep 27atSFL 36-300000

What are Roy Lopez's career stats?

Roy Lopez has played 6 seasons for the Texans, the Cardinals and the Lions. He has recorded 190 tackles and 6 sacks. His best season so far is 2023: 42 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 6 vs NYG on Nov 23, 2025, W 34-27 OT
  • Sacks: 1 @ MIA on Nov 7, 2021, L 17-9
Roy Lopez's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20264—
202561.0
202451.0
20235—
202251.0
202151.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2021.

Roy Lopez college stats

Roy Lopez played 5 seasons at New Mexico State Aggies and Arizona Wildcats (2016 to 2020): 154 tackles, 9 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Roy Lopez'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.
2016New Mexico State Aggies23221000000
2017New Mexico State Aggies391128320000
2018New Mexico State Aggies632538141000
2019New Mexico State Aggies1147020000
2020Arizona Wildcats18108010000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Roy Lopez's college game log.

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