Rufus Porter stats

Last played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 1997

Linebacker · #59

Age 61 · 6' 1"

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Rufus Porter played 9 NFL seasons, 1989 to 1997.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
119
TOT
229
SOLO
185
AST
44
SACK
41.0
INT
3
PD
17
FF
1
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.
1989SEA1600010.5000
1990SEA120005.0000
1991SEA1500010.0100
1992SEA160009.5000
1993SEA7211831.0120
1994SEA167561141.5160
1995NO135846123.0071
1996NO13433490.0000
1997TB11322660.5020

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

Career Postseason

GP
2
TOT
4
SOLO
3
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
119
TOT
1.9
SOLO
1.6
AST
0.4
SACK
0.3
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
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.
1989SEA160.00.000.70.00.00.0
1990SEA120.00.000.40.00.00.0
1991SEA150.00.000.70.10.00.0
1992SEA160.00.000.60.00.00.0
1993SEA73.02.60.40.10.10.30.0
1994SEA164.73.80.90.10.10.40.0
1995NO134.53.50.90.20.00.50.1
1996NO133.32.60.70.00.00.00.0
1997TB112.92.40.50.00.00.20.0

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

Bio

Age
61 yearsMay 18, 1965
Height
6' 1"
Birthplace
Amite, LA
College
Swarthmore

Latest performance

Rufus Porter

Jan 04 · @ GB · L 21-7

TOT
4
SOLO
3
AST
1
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Jan 04atGBL 21-74300
Sun, Dec 28vsDETW 20-100000
Sun, Dec 21vsCHIW 31-150000
Sun, Dec 14atNYJL 31-00000
Sun, Dec 07vsGBL 17-60000
Sun, Nov 30atNYGW 20-81100

What were Rufus Porter's career stats?

Rufus Porter played 9 seasons for the Seahawks, the Saints and the Buccaneers. He recorded 229 tackles, 41 sacks and 3 interceptions. His best season was 1994: 75 tackles and 1.5 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

9 seasons, 1 postseason, 1989 to 1997

All-time career rank

  • 295th in sacks (41.0)

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

More on Rufus Porter

Playoff games

Rufus Porter played 2 games across 1 NFL postseason — 1 won, 1 lost.

Rufus Porter'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.
1997DETW 20-1000.00
1997GBL 21-740.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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