Sammy Knight stats

Last played for the New York Giants, 2008

Defensive Back · #26

Age 51 · 6' 1"

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Sammy Knight played 12 NFL seasons, 1997 to 2008.

Stats

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
183
TOT
1,032
SOLO
786
AST
246
SACK
9.0
INT
42
PD
92
FF
13

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.
1997NO168467170.05120
1998NO147562130.0690
1999NO1610175260.0160
2000NO1610074262.0561
2001NO169678181.06102
2002NO1610480242.05112
2003MIA169664320.0362
2004MIA169852460.0442
2005KC168970192.02132
2006KC16847592.0141
2007JAX169379140.04111
2008NYG9121020.0000

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

Career Postseason

GP
5
TOT
36
SOLO
24
AST
12
SACK
0.0
INT
2
PD
4
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
183
TOT
5.6
SOLO
4.3
AST
1.3
SACK
0.0
INT
0.2
PD
0.5
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.
1997NO165.34.21.10.00.30.80.0
1998NO145.44.40.90.00.40.60.0
1999NO166.34.71.60.00.10.40.0
2000NO166.34.61.60.10.30.40.1
2001NO166.04.91.10.10.40.60.1
2002NO166.55.01.50.10.30.70.1
2003MIA166.04.020.00.20.40.1
2004MIA166.13.32.90.00.30.30.1
2005KC165.64.41.20.10.10.80.1
2006KC165.34.70.60.10.10.30.1
2007JAX165.84.90.90.00.30.70.1
2008NYG91.31.10.20.00.00.00.0

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

Bio

Age
51 yearsSep 10, 1975
Height
6' 1"
Debut
1997
Birthplace
Fontana, CA
College
USC

Latest performance

Sammy Knight

Nov 16 · vs BAL · W 30-10

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

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 16vsBALW 30-100000
Sun, Nov 09atPHIW 36-311100
Sun, Nov 02vsDALW 35-145500
Sun, Oct 26atPITW 21-141000
Sun, Oct 19vsSFW 29-170000
Sun, Oct 05vsSEAW 44-63200

What were Sammy Knight's career stats?

Sammy Knight played 12 seasons for the Saints, the Dolphins, the Chiefs, the Jaguars and the Giants. He recorded 1,032 tackles, 9 sacks and 42 interceptions. His best season was 2002: 104 tackles and 2.0 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

12 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1997 to 2008

All-time career rank

  • 52nd in tackles (1,032)

Among the 9,791 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

More on Sammy Knight

Playoff games

Sammy Knight played 5 games across 3 NFL postseasons — 2 won, 3 lost.

Sammy Knight'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.
2007PITW 31-29130.00
2007NEL 31-2070.00
2006INDL 23-870.00
2000LARW 31-2850.02
2000MINL 34-1640.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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