Whitney Mercilus stats
Linebacker · #50
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2012Rd 1, Pk 26
- College
- Illinois
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 2012
- Draft
- 2012Rd 1, Pk 26
- College
- Illinois
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 138
- TOT
- 362
- SOLO
- 237
- AST
- 125
- SACK
- 58.0
- INT
- 2
- PD
- 7
- 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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | HOU | 16 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | HOU | 16 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | HOU | 15 | 50 | 31 | 19 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | HOU | 16 | 52 | 32 | 20 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | HOU | 15 | 53 | 36 | 17 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | HOU | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | HOU | 16 | 39 | 22 | 17 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | HOU | 16 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 7.5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2020 | HOU | 13 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 |  HOU/GB | 10 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 8
- TOT
- 26
- SOLO
- 15
- AST
- 11
- SACK
- 7.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 1
- FF
- 1
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 138
- TOT
- 2.6
- SOLO
- 1.7
- AST
- 0.9
- SACK
- 0.4
- INT
- 0.0
- PD
- 0.1
- 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.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | HOU | 16 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2013 | HOU | 16 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | HOU | 15 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2015 | HOU | 16 | 3.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | HOU | 15 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | HOU | 5 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | HOU | 16 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | HOU | 16 | 3 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 2020 | HOU | 13 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |
| 2021 | HOU/GB | 10 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Latest performance
Whitney Mercilus
Jan 22 · vs SF · L 13-10
- TOT
- 0
- SOLO
- 0
- AST
- 0
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | TOT | SOLO | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat, Jan 22 | vs SFL 13-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Nov 14 | vs SEAW 17-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sun, Nov 07 | at KCL 13-7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu, Oct 28 | at ARIW 24-21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Oct 17 | at INDL 31-3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun, Oct 10 | vs NEL 25-22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Whitney Mercilus's career stats?
Whitney Mercilus played 10 seasons for the Texans. He recorded 362 tackles, 58 sacks and 2 interceptions. His best season was 2016: 53 tackles and 7.5 sacks.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 4 postseasons, 2012 to 2021
Whitney Mercilus finished top 10 in a stat 1 time.
All-time career rank
- 164th in sacks (58.0)
Among the 9,233 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Whitney Mercilus
Playoff games
Whitney Mercilus played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.
| Season | Opp | Result | TOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SF | L 13-10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
Totals, from NFL game logs since the 2021 postseason — earlier games are not counted.
Whitney Mercilus against each club
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