Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1984
- College
- Ohio State
Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1984
- College
- Ohio State
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 144
- TOT
- 254
- SOLO
- 217
- AST
- 37
- SACK
- 2.0
- INT
- 16
- PD
- 13
- FF
- 2
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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 |  CHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHI | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHI | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHI | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | CHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | CHI | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHI | 16 | 92 | 81 | 11 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHI | 16 | 78 | 63 | 15 | 0.0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 1995 | LAC | 16 | 84 | 73 | 11 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- TOT
- 21
- SOLO
- 18
- AST
- 3
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 144
- TOT
- 1.8
- SOLO
- 1.5
- AST
- 0.3
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0.1
- 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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHI | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHI | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHI | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | CHI | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | CHI | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHI | 16 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHI | 16 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| 1995 | LAC | 16 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Shaun Gayle's career stats?
Shaun Gayle played 11 seasons for the Bears and the Chargers. He recorded 254 tackles, 2 sacks and 16 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 92 tackles and 1.0 sack.
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