Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2009
- College
- Troy
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 2009
- College
- Troy
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 165
- TOT
- 277
- SOLO
- 172
- AST
- 105
- SACK
- 13.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 3
- FF
- 5
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | PIT | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | PIT | 14 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | PIT | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | PIT | 14 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | PIT | 12 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | PIT | 16 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | NYJ | 11 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | NYJ | 16 | 46 | 30 | 16 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | NYJ | 16 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | NYJ | 16 | 36 | 21 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 |  NYJ/TB | 15 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | TB | 12 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 9
- TOT
- 14
- SOLO
- 9
- AST
- 5
- SACK
- 1.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 1
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 165
- TOT
- 1.7
- SOLO
- 1.0
- AST
- 0.6
- SACK
- 0.1
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.0
- 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | PIT | 7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | PIT | 14 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | PIT | 16 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2013 | PIT | 14 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2014 | PIT | 12 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | PIT | 16 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2016 | NYJ | 11 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | NYJ | 16 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | NYJ | 16 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2019 | NYJ | 16 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | NYJ/TB | 15 | 2.1 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | TB | 12 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Latest performance
Steve McLendon
Jan 23 · vs LAR · L 30-27
- TOT
- 0
- SOLO
- 0
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Jan 23 | vs LARL 30-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 16 | vs PHIW 31-15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 09 | vs CARW 41-17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Jan 02 | at NYJW 28-24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 26 | atCARW 32-6 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Sun, Dec 19 | vs NOL 9-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Steve McLendon's career stats?
Steve McLendon played 12 seasons for the Steelers, the Jets and the Buccaneers. He recorded 277 tackles, 13 sacks and 1 interceptions. His best season was 2017: 46 tackles and 1.5 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
12 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2010 to 2021
Championships
- 2020 Super Bowl with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
More on Steve McLendon
Playoff games
Steve McLendon played 2 games across 1 NFL postseason — 1 won, 1 lost.
| 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. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | PHI | W 31-15 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | LAR | L 30-27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Steve McLendon against each club
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