Christian Kirksey

OLB · CLE/GB/HOU · 2014–2022

Born August 31, 1992 · College Iowa · Drafted 2014, round 3, pick 71 (CLE) · 6-2, 235 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
2014	CLE	16	81	2.0	4	5	0	2	1
2015	CLE	15	63	3.5	5	5	0	1	1
2016	CLE	16	148	2.5	7	11	0	3	0
2017	CLE	16	138	3.5	6	6	0	5	2
2018	CLE	7	43	0.0	0	1	2	5	0
2019	CLE	2	11	0.0	0	2	0	0	0
2020	GB	11	77	2.0	2	2	2	4	0
2020 playoffs	GB	2	6	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
2021	HOU	13	93	0.0	2	6	1	8	0
2022	HOU	17	124	3.0	7	7	2	5	0
Career	HOU	113	778	16.5	33	45	7	33	4

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	CLE	16	–	–	1,095	99.8
2017	CLE	16	–	–	1,045	99.9
2018	CLE	7	–	–	466	85.8
2019	CLE	2	–	–	110	90.9
2020	GB	11	–	–	542	76.6
2020 playoffs	GB	2	–	–	43	38.1
2021	HOU	13	–	–	773	92.6
2022	HOU	17	–	–	1,116	97.4

Game logs

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2022-09-11	vs IND	T 20–20 OT	9	0.0	0	0
2	2022-09-18	@ DEN	L 9–16	5	0.5	1	1
3	2022-09-25	@ CHI	L 20–23	7	0.0	0	0
4	2022-10-02	vs LAC	L 24–34	6	0.0	0	0
5	2022-10-09	@ JAX	W 13–6	8	0.0	0	1
7	2022-10-23	@ LV	L 20–38	9	0.0	0	0
8	2022-10-30	vs TEN	L 10–17	6	0.0	0	0
9	2022-11-03	vs PHI	L 17–29	7	0.0	0	0
10	2022-11-13	@ NYG	L 16–24	8	0.5	0	0
11	2022-11-20	vs WAS	L 10–23	7	0.0	0	0
12	2022-11-27	@ MIA	L 15–30	7	1.0	0	1
13	2022-12-04	vs CLE	L 14–27	7	0.0	0	0
14	2022-12-11	@ DAL	L 23–27	10	0.0	0	1
15	2022-12-18	vs KC	L 24–30 OT	11	1.0	0	0
16	2022-12-24	@ TEN	W 19–14	6	0.0	0	0
17	2023-01-01	vs JAX	L 3–31	6	0.0	0	0
18	2023-01-08	@ IND	W 32–31	5	0.0	1	1

2021 game log (13 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2021-09-12	vs JAX	W 37–21	6	1	2
2	2021-09-19	@ CLE	L 21–31	6	0	0
3	2021-09-23	vs CAR	L 9–24	10	0	0
4	2021-10-03	@ BUF	L 0–40	7	0	1
5	2021-10-10	vs NE	L 22–25	10	0	1
6	2021-10-17	@ IND	L 3–31	4	0	0
7	2021-10-24	@ ARI	L 5–31	8	0	1
8	2021-10-31	vs LA	L 22–38	5	0	0
13	2021-12-05	vs IND	L 0–31	7	0	1
14	2021-12-12	vs SEA	L 13–33	10	0	0
16	2021-12-26	vs LAC	W 41–29	3	0	0
17	2022-01-02	@ SF	L 7–23	9	0	1
18	2022-01-09	vs TEN	L 25–28	8	0	1

2020 game log (13 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2020-09-13	@ MIN	W 43–34	12	0.0	0	0
2	2020-09-20	vs DET	W 42–21	12	0.0	0	0
3	2020-09-27	@ NO	W 37–30	3	0.0	0	0
10	2020-11-15	vs JAX	W 24–20	7	0.0	0	0
11	2020-11-22	@ IND	L 31–34 OT	11	0.0	1	1
12	2020-11-29	vs CHI	W 41–25	5	0.0	0	1
13	2020-12-06	vs PHI	W 30–16	7	0.0	0	1
14	2020-12-13	@ DET	W 31–24	4	0.0	0	0
15	2020-12-19	vs CAR	W 24–16	9	0.0	0	0
16	2020-12-27	vs TEN	W 40–14	1	1.0	1	1
17	2021-01-03	@ CHI	W 35–16	6	1.0	0	0
P19	2021-01-16	vs LA	W 32–18	2	0.0	0	0
P20	2021-01-24	vs TB	L 26–31	4	0.0	0	0

2019 game log (2 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2019-09-08	vs TEN	L 13–43	7	0.0	0	0
2	2019-09-16	@ NYJ	W 23–3	4	0.0	0	0

2018 game log (7 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2018-09-09	vs PIT	T 21–21 OT	5	0	1
4	2018-09-30	@ LV	L 42–45 OT	5	0	0
5	2018-10-07	vs BAL	W 12–9 OT	12	0	0
6	2018-10-14	vs LAC	L 14–38	1	1	2
7	2018-10-21	@ TB	L 23–26 OT	10	1	1
8	2018-10-28	@ PIT	L 18–33	7	0	1
9	2018-11-04	vs KC	L 21–37	3	0	0

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2017-09-10	vs PIT	L 18–21	5	0.0	0
2	2017-09-17	@ BAL	L 10–24	9	1.0	0
3	2017-09-24	@ IND	L 28–31	5	0.5	1
4	2017-10-01	vs CIN	L 7–31	8	0.0	0
5	2017-10-08	vs NYJ	L 14–17	5	0.0	0
6	2017-10-15	@ HOU	L 17–33	10	0.0	1
7	2017-10-22	vs TEN	L 9–12 OT	17	0.0	1
8	2017-10-29	vs MIN	L 16–33	8	0.0	1
10	2017-11-12	@ DET	L 24–38	7	1.0	0
11	2017-11-19	vs JAX	L 7–19	14	1.0	0
12	2017-11-26	@ CIN	L 16–30	5	0.0	0
13	2017-12-03	@ LAC	L 10–19	8	0.0	0
14	2017-12-10	vs GB	L 21–27 OT	10	0.0	0
15	2017-12-17	vs BAL	L 10–27	12	0.0	1
16	2017-12-24	@ CHI	L 3–20	8	0.0	0
17	2017-12-31	@ PIT	L 24–28	7	0.0	0

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-11	@ PHI	L 10–29	6	1.0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs BAL	L 20–25	7	0.0	0
3	2016-09-25	@ MIA	L 24–30 OT	9	0.0	0
4	2016-10-02	@ WAS	L 20–31	7	0.0	0
5	2016-10-09	vs NE	L 13–33	16	0.0	0
6	2016-10-16	@ TEN	L 26–28	5	0.0	0
7	2016-10-23	@ CIN	L 17–31	9	0.5	1
8	2016-10-30	vs NYJ	L 28–31	13	0.0	0
9	2016-11-06	vs DAL	L 10–35	9	0.0	0
10	2016-11-10	@ BAL	L 7–28	13	0.0	1
11	2016-11-20	vs PIT	L 9–24	9	0.0	1
12	2016-11-27	vs NYG	L 13–27	11	0.0	0
14	2016-12-11	vs CIN	L 10–23	3	0.0	0
15	2016-12-18	@ BUF	L 13–33	9	0.0	0
16	2016-12-24	vs LAC	W 20–17	10	0.0	0
17	2017-01-01	@ PIT	L 24–27 OT	12	1.0	0

2015 game log (15 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2015-09-13	@ NYJ	L 10–31	3	0.0	0
2	2015-09-20	vs TEN	W 28–14	2	0.0	0
3	2015-09-27	vs LV	L 20–27	7	0.0	0
4	2015-10-04	@ LAC	L 27–30	5	1.0	0
5	2015-10-11	@ BAL	W 33–30 OT	3	0.0	0
6	2015-10-18	vs DEN	L 23–26 OT	9	0.0	0
7	2015-10-25	@ LA	L 6–24	8	0.0	0
8	2015-11-01	vs ARI	L 20–34	2	0.0	0
10	2015-11-15	@ PIT	L 9–30	4	1.0	1
12	2015-11-30	vs BAL	L 27–33	5	0.0	0
13	2015-12-06	vs CIN	L 3–37	5	0.0	0
14	2015-12-13	vs SF	W 24–10	3	1.0	0
15	2015-12-20	@ SEA	L 13–30	4	0.5	0
16	2015-12-27	@ KC	L 13–17	1	0.0	0
17	2016-01-03	vs PIT	L 12–28	2	0.0	0

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2014-09-07	@ PIT	L 27–30	1	1.0	0
2	2014-09-14	vs NO	W 26–24	4	0.0	0
3	2014-09-21	vs BAL	L 21–23	5	0.0	0
5	2014-10-05	@ TEN	W 29–28	7	0.0	0
6	2014-10-12	vs PIT	W 31–10	6	0.0	1
7	2014-10-19	@ JAX	L 6–24	9	1.0	0
8	2014-10-26	vs LV	W 23–13	4	0.0	0
9	2014-11-02	vs TB	W 22–17	2	0.0	0
10	2014-11-06	@ CIN	W 24–3	3	0.0	1
11	2014-11-16	vs HOU	L 7–23	9	0.0	0
12	2014-11-23	@ ATL	W 26–24	5	0.0	0
13	2014-11-30	@ BUF	L 10–26	9	0.0	0
14	2014-12-07	vs IND	L 24–25	3	0.0	0
15	2014-12-14	vs CIN	L 0–30	8	0.0	0
16	2014-12-21	@ CAR	L 13–17	5	0.0	0
17	2014-12-28	@ BAL	L 10–20	1	0.0	0