A.J. Klein

OLB · CAR/NO/BUF · 2013–2023

Born July 30, 1991 · College Iowa State · Drafted 2013, round 5, pick 148 (CAR) · 6-1, 240 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2013	CAR	9	21	2.0	2	5	0	0	0
2014	CAR	12	39	0.0	0	2	0	0	1
2015	CAR	11	55	1.0	1	7	1	1	1
2015 playoffs	CAR	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2016	CAR	11	31	1.0	1	2	0	1	2
2017	NO	10	54	2.0	3	6	0	4	1
2018	NO	16	70	2.0	4	7	1	3	0
2018 playoffs	NO	1	7	0.0	0	2	0	0	0
2019	NO	14	69	2.5	5	5	1	2	1
2019 playoffs	NO	1	8	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
2020	BUF	15	75	5.0	9	5	0	4	2
2020 playoffs	BUF	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	BUF	9	35	0.0	1	4	1	5	0
2021 playoffs	BUF	1	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	BUF	5	16	0.0	0	2	0	0	0
2023 playoffs	BUF	2	16	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	BUF	112	465	15.5	26	45	4	20	8

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	CAR	13	–	–	343	40.2
2017	NO	12	–	–	658	86.2
2018	NO	16	2	1.4	657	64.9
2018 playoffs	NO	2	1	1.4	63	53.8
2019	NO	15	–	–	746	75.6
2019 playoffs	NO	1	–	–	72	93.5
2020	BUF	16	1	1.4	644	60.9
2020 playoffs	BUF	3	–	–	36	17.1
2021	BUF	11	–	–	277	39.8
2021 playoffs	BUF	1	–	–	22	36.1
2022	BAL/BUF	4	–	–	102	39.7
2022 playoffs	BUF	1	–	–	1	1.4
2023 playoffs	BUF	2	–	–	88	79.3

Game logs

2023 game log (2 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
P19	2024-01-15	vs PIT	W 31–17	11	0.0	0	0
P20	2024-01-21	vs KC	L 24–27	5	0.0	0	0

2022 game log (5 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
6	2022-10-16	@ NYG	L 20–24	1
8	2022-10-27	@ TB	W 27–22	4
12	2022-11-24	@ DET	W 28–25	9
13	2022-12-01	@ NE	W 24–10	1
16	2022-12-24	@ CHI	W 35–13	1

2021 game log (10 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
2	2021-09-19	@ MIA	W 35–0	6	0	0
4	2021-10-03	vs HOU	W 40–0	1	0	1
5	2021-10-10	@ KC	W 38–20	9	0	0
6	2021-10-18	@ TEN	L 31–34	1	0	0
10	2021-11-14	@ NYJ	W 45–17	7	0	1
11	2021-11-21	vs IND	L 15–41	6	0	1
12	2021-11-25	@ NO	W 31–6	1	0	0
15	2021-12-19	vs CAR	W 31–14	1	1	1
16	2021-12-26	@ NE	W 33–21	3	0	1
P19	2022-01-15	vs NE	W 47–17	4	0	0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2020-09-13	vs NYJ	W 27–17	5	0.0	0
2	2020-09-20	@ MIA	W 31–28	5	0.0	0
4	2020-10-04	@ LV	W 30–23	1	0.0	0
5	2020-10-13	@ TEN	L 16–42	1	0.0	0
6	2020-10-19	vs KC	L 17–26	7	0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ NYJ	W 18–10	6	0.5	0
8	2020-11-01	vs NE	W 24–21	3	0.0	0
9	2020-11-08	vs SEA	W 44–34	5	2.0	1
10	2020-11-15	@ ARI	L 30–32	11	1.0	0
12	2020-11-29	vs LAC	W 27–17	14	1.5	1
13	2020-12-07	@ SF	W 34–24	4	0.0	1
14	2020-12-13	vs PIT	W 26–15	5	0.0	0
15	2020-12-19	@ DEN	W 48–19	4	0.0	0
16	2020-12-28	@ NE	W 38–9	3	0.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs MIA	W 56–26	1	0.0	1
P19	2021-01-16	vs BAL	W 17–3	3	0.0	0

2019 game log (15 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2019-09-09	vs HOU	W 30–28	3	0.0	0	0
2	2019-09-15	@ LA	L 9–27	5	0.0	0	0
3	2019-09-22	@ SEA	W 33–27	5	0.0	0	0
4	2019-09-29	vs DAL	W 12–10	7	0.0	0	0
5	2019-10-06	vs TB	W 31–24	6	0.0	0	0
6	2019-10-13	@ JAX	W 13–6	6	0.0	0	0
7	2019-10-20	@ CHI	W 36–25	4	0.0	0	0
8	2019-10-27	vs ARI	W 31–9	5	0.0	0	0
10	2019-11-10	vs ATL	L 9–26	7	0.0	0	0
11	2019-11-17	@ TB	W 34–17	3	0.0	0	0
12	2019-11-24	vs CAR	W 34–31	3	0.0	0	0
15	2019-12-16	vs IND	W 34–7	6	0.5	0	0
16	2019-12-22	@ TEN	W 38–28	3	2.0	0	1
17	2019-12-29	@ CAR	W 42–10	6	0.0	1	1
P18	2020-01-05	vs MIN	L 20–26 OT	8	0.0	0	0

2018 game log (17 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2018-09-09	vs TB	L 40–48	2	0.0	0	0
2	2018-09-16	vs CLE	W 21–18	9	0.0	0	0
3	2018-09-23	@ ATL	W 43–37 OT	3	0.0	0	1
4	2018-09-30	@ NYG	W 33–18	4	0.0	0	0
5	2018-10-08	vs WAS	W 43–19	6	0.0	0	1
7	2018-10-21	@ BAL	W 24–23	7	0.0	0	0
8	2018-10-28	@ MIN	W 30–20	7	0.0	0	0
9	2018-11-04	vs LA	W 45–35	4	0.0	0	0
10	2018-11-11	@ CIN	W 51–14	1	0.0	0	0
11	2018-11-18	vs PHI	W 48–7	2	0.0	0	0
12	2018-11-22	vs ATL	W 31–17	4	0.0	1	1
13	2018-11-29	@ DAL	L 10–13	5	1.0	0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ TB	W 28–14	4	1.0	0	0
15	2018-12-17	@ CAR	W 12–9	4	0.0	0	0
16	2018-12-23	vs PIT	W 31–28	2	0.0	0	0
17	2018-12-30	vs CAR	L 14–33	6	0.0	0	0
P20	2019-01-20	vs LA	L 23–26 OT	7	0.0	0	0

2017 game log (10 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2017-09-11	@ MIN	L 19–29	11	0.0	0
2	2017-09-17	vs NE	L 20–36	2	0.0	1
3	2017-09-24	@ CAR	W 34–13	6	0.0	0
4	2017-10-01	@ MIA	W 20–0	4	1.0	0
6	2017-10-15	vs DET	W 52–38	4	0.0	1
7	2017-10-22	@ GB	W 26–17	6	0.0	1
8	2017-10-29	vs CHI	W 20–12	4	0.0	1
9	2017-11-05	vs TB	W 30–10	4	0.0	0
12	2017-11-26	@ LA	L 20–26	8	0.0	0
13	2017-12-03	vs CAR	W 31–21	5	1.0	0

2016 game log (11 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-08	@ DEN	L 20–21	1	0.0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs SF	W 46–27	1	0.0	0
4	2016-10-02	@ ATL	L 33–48	1	0.0	0
5	2016-10-10	vs TB	L 14–17	1	0.0	0
8	2016-10-30	vs ARI	W 30–20	1	0.0	0
9	2016-11-06	@ LA	W 13–10	3	0.0	0
12	2016-11-27	@ LV	L 32–35	5	0.0	1
13	2016-12-04	@ SEA	L 7–40	5	0.0	0
14	2016-12-11	vs LAC	W 28–16	7	1.0	0
15	2016-12-19	@ WAS	W 26–15	5	0.0	0
16	2016-12-24	vs ATL	L 16–33	1	0.0	0

2015 game log (12 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2015-09-13	@ JAX	W 20–9	6	0.0	0	0
2	2015-09-20	vs HOU	W 24–17	4	0.0	1	1
3	2015-09-27	vs NO	W 27–22	10	0.0	0	0
4	2015-10-04	@ TB	W 37–23	9	0.0	0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs PHI	W 27–16	1	0.0	0	0
8	2015-11-02	vs IND	W 29–26 OT	4	0.0	0	0
10	2015-11-15	@ TEN	W 27–10	4	0.0	0	0
11	2015-11-22	vs WAS	W 44–16	6	0.0	0	0
12	2015-11-26	@ DAL	W 33–14	5	0.0	0	0
13	2015-12-06	@ NO	W 41–38	1	0.0	0	0
14	2015-12-13	vs ATL	W 38–0	5	1.0	0	0
P20	2016-01-24	vs ARI	W 49–15	2	0.0	0	0

2014 game log (12 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2014-09-07	@ TB	W 20–14	2
2	2014-09-14	vs DET	W 24–7	4
3	2014-09-21	vs PIT	L 19–37	5
4	2014-09-28	@ BAL	L 10–38	7
5	2014-10-05	vs CHI	W 31–24	1
7	2014-10-19	@ GB	L 17–38	3
8	2014-10-26	vs SEA	L 9–13	1
9	2014-10-30	vs NO	L 10–28	5
11	2014-11-16	vs ATL	L 17–19	2
13	2014-11-30	@ MIN	L 13–31	2
14	2014-12-07	@ NO	W 41–10	2
15	2014-12-14	vs TB	W 19–17	5

2013 game log (9 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
3	2013-09-22	vs NYG	W 38–0	1	0.0
5	2013-10-06	@ ARI	L 6–22	1	0.0
6	2013-10-13	@ MIN	W 35–10	3	0.0
9	2013-11-03	vs ATL	W 34–10	3	0.0
10	2013-11-10	@ SF	W 10–9	5	1.0
11	2013-11-18	vs NE	W 24–20	3	0.0
12	2013-11-24	@ MIA	W 20–16	1	0.0
13	2013-12-01	vs TB	W 27–6	3	1.0
16	2013-12-22	vs NO	W 17–13	1	0.0