David Thornton

OLB · IND/TEN · 2002–2009

Born November 1, 1978 · College North Carolina · Drafted 2002, round 4, pick 106 (IND) · 6-2, 233 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
2002	IND	15	45	0.0	–	–	0	–	0
2003	IND	16	145	1.0	–	–	2	–	0
2003 playoffs	IND	3	29	0.0	–	–	0	–	0
2004	IND	16	94	0.0	–	–	1	–	2
2004 playoffs	IND	2	13	0.0	–	–	0	–	0
2005	IND	16	83	2.0	–	–	0	–	2
2005 playoffs	IND	1	9	0.0	–	–	0	–	0
2006	TEN	15	109	0.0	1	–	0	–	2
2007	TEN	16	122	1.0	1	–	2	–	1
2007 playoffs	TEN	1	7	0.0	0	–	0	–	0
2008	TEN	15	78	0.0	2	–	0	–	2
2008 playoffs	TEN	1	2	0.0	0	–	0	–	0
2009	TEN	11	58	1.0	0	3	0	0	1
Career	TEN	120	734	5.0	4	10	5	25	10

2009 game log (11 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2009-09-10	@ PIT	L 10–13 OT	3	0.0
2	2009-09-20	vs HOU	L 31–34	6	0.0
3	2009-09-27	@ NYJ	L 17–24	5	0.0
4	2009-10-04	@ JAX	L 17–37	7	0.0
5	2009-10-11	vs IND	L 9–31	8	0.0
6	2009-10-18	@ NE	L 0–59	2	0.0
8	2009-11-01	vs JAX	W 30–13	7	1.0
10	2009-11-15	vs BUF	W 41–17	3	0.0
12	2009-11-29	vs ARI	W 20–17	2	0.0
13	2009-12-06	@ IND	L 17–27	13	0.0
14	2009-12-13	vs LA	W 47–7	2	0.0

2008 game log (16 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2008-09-07	vs JAX	W 17–10	3	0
2	2008-09-14	@ CIN	W 24–7	3	0
3	2008-09-21	vs HOU	W 31–12	6	1
4	2008-09-28	vs MIN	W 30–17	6	0
5	2008-10-05	@ BAL	W 13–10	4	1
7	2008-10-19	@ KC	W 34–10	2	0
8	2008-10-27	vs IND	W 31–21	8	0
9	2008-11-02	vs GB	W 19–16 OT	4	1
10	2008-11-09	@ CHI	W 21–14	6	1
11	2008-11-16	@ JAX	W 24–14	6	0
12	2008-11-23	vs NYJ	L 13–34	7	0
13	2008-11-27	@ DET	W 47–10	2	0
14	2008-12-07	vs CLE	W 28–9	8	1
15	2008-12-14	@ HOU	L 12–13	2	1
16	2008-12-21	vs PIT	W 31–14	11	0
P19	2009-01-10	vs BAL	L 10–13	2	1

2007 game log (17 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2007-09-09	@ JAX	W 13–10	2	0.0	0	0
2	2007-09-16	vs IND	L 20–22	10	0.0	0	0
3	2007-09-24	@ NO	W 31–14	13	0.0	0	0
5	2007-10-07	vs ATL	W 20–13	5	0.0	1	3
6	2007-10-14	@ TB	L 10–13	6	0.0	0	0
7	2007-10-21	@ HOU	W 38–36	5	0.0	0	1
8	2007-10-28	vs LV	W 13–9	12	0.0	0	0
9	2007-11-04	vs CAR	W 20–7	6	1.0	0	0
10	2007-11-11	vs JAX	L 13–28	10	0.0	0	0
11	2007-11-19	@ DEN	L 20–34	5	0.0	0	0
12	2007-11-25	@ CIN	L 6–35	8	0.0	0	0
13	2007-12-02	vs HOU	W 28–20	8	0.0	0	0
14	2007-12-09	vs LAC	L 17–23 OT	6	0.0	0	0
15	2007-12-16	@ KC	W 26–17	10	0.0	1	1
16	2007-12-23	vs NYJ	W 10–6	9	0.0	0	0
17	2007-12-30	@ IND	W 16–10	7	0.0	0	1
P18	2008-01-06	@ LAC	L 6–17	7	0.0	0	0

2006 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2006-09-10	vs NYJ	L 16–23	8	1
2	2006-09-17	@ LAC	L 7–40	7	0
3	2006-09-24	@ MIA	L 10–13	9	1
4	2006-10-01	vs DAL	L 14–45	6	0
5	2006-10-08	@ IND	L 13–14	13	0
6	2006-10-15	@ WAS	W 25–22	3	0
8	2006-10-29	vs HOU	W 28–22	8	1
10	2006-11-12	vs BAL	L 26–27	6	0
11	2006-11-19	@ PHI	W 31–13	8	1
12	2006-11-26	vs NYG	W 24–21	3	0
13	2006-12-03	vs IND	W 20–17	14	0
14	2006-12-10	@ HOU	W 26–20 OT	5	0
15	2006-12-17	vs JAX	W 24–17	9	0
16	2006-12-24	@ BUF	W 30–29	5	0
17	2006-12-31	vs NE	L 23–40	5	1

2005 game log (17 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2005-09-11	@ BAL	W 24–7	8	0.0	1
2	2005-09-18	vs JAX	W 10–3	3	0.0	0
3	2005-09-25	vs CLE	W 13–6	6	0.0	0
4	2005-10-02	@ TEN	W 31–10	7	0.0	0
5	2005-10-09	@ SF	W 28–3	4	1.0	0
6	2005-10-17	vs LA	W 45–28	4	0.0	0
7	2005-10-23	@ HOU	W 38–20	5	1.0	0
9	2005-11-07	@ NE	W 40–21	2	0.0	0
10	2005-11-13	vs HOU	W 31–17	6	0.0	0
11	2005-11-20	@ CIN	W 45–37	4	0.0	0
12	2005-11-28	vs PIT	W 26–7	8	0.0	0
13	2005-12-04	vs TEN	W 35–3	2	0.0	0
14	2005-12-11	@ JAX	W 26–18	9	0.0	0
15	2005-12-18	vs LAC	L 17–26	5	0.0	0
16	2005-12-24	@ SEA	L 13–28	3	0.0	0
17	2006-01-01	vs ARI	W 17–13	7	0.0	0
P19	2006-01-15	vs PIT	L 18–21	9	0.0	0

2004 game log (18 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2004-09-09	@ NE	L 24–27	5	0	0
2	2004-09-19	@ TEN	W 31–17	12	0	0
3	2004-09-26	vs GB	W 45–31	10	1	1
4	2004-10-03	@ JAX	W 24–17	6	0	0
5	2004-10-10	vs LV	W 35–14	5	0	0
7	2004-10-24	vs JAX	L 24–27	8	0	0
8	2004-10-31	@ KC	L 35–45	4	0	0
9	2004-11-08	vs MIN	W 31–28	4	0	0
10	2004-11-14	vs HOU	W 49–14	5	0	0
11	2004-11-21	@ CHI	W 41–10	4	0	0
12	2004-11-25	@ DET	W 41–9	5	0	0
13	2004-12-05	vs TEN	W 51–24	7	0	0
14	2004-12-12	@ HOU	W 23–14	2	0	0
15	2004-12-19	vs BAL	W 20–10	6	0	0
16	2004-12-26	vs LAC	W 34–31 OT	9	0	0
17	2005-01-02	@ DEN	L 14–33	2	0	0
P18	2005-01-09	vs DEN	W 49–24	6	0	0
P19	2005-01-16	@ NE	L 3–20	7	0	0

2003 game log (19 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2003-09-07	@ CLE	W 9–6	4	0.0	0	0
2	2003-09-14	vs TEN	W 33–7	13	0.0	0	1
3	2003-09-21	vs JAX	W 23–13	10	1.0	0	0
4	2003-09-28	@ NO	W 55–21	16	0.0	0	0
5	2003-10-06	@ TB	W 38–35 OT	15	0.0	0	0
6	2003-10-12	vs CAR	L 20–23 OT	11	0.0	0	0
8	2003-10-26	vs HOU	W 30–21	4	0.0	0	0
9	2003-11-02	@ MIA	W 23–17	7	0.0	0	0
10	2003-11-09	@ JAX	L 23–28	5	0.0	1	2
11	2003-11-16	vs NYJ	W 38–31	9	0.0	0	0
12	2003-11-23	@ BUF	W 17–14	9	0.0	1	1
13	2003-11-30	vs NE	L 34–38	11	0.0	0	1
14	2003-12-07	@ TEN	W 29–27	10	0.0	0	0
15	2003-12-14	vs ATL	W 38–7	7	0.0	0	0
16	2003-12-21	vs DEN	L 17–31	11	0.0	0	0
17	2003-12-28	@ HOU	W 20–17	3	0.0	0	0
P18	2004-01-04	vs DEN	W 41–10	10	0.0	0	0
P19	2004-01-11	@ KC	W 38–31	11	0.0	0	0
P20	2004-01-18	@ NE	L 14–24	8	0.0	0	1

2002 game log (15 games)

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2002-09-08	@ JAX	W 28–25	1	0
2	2002-09-15	vs MIA	L 13–21	3	0
3	2002-09-22	@ HOU	W 23–3	5	0
5	2002-10-06	vs CIN	W 28–21	3	0
6	2002-10-13	vs BAL	W 22–20	6	0
7	2002-10-21	@ PIT	L 10–28	2	0
8	2002-10-27	@ WAS	L 21–26	5	0
9	2002-11-03	vs TEN	L 15–23	1	0
10	2002-11-10	@ PHI	W 35–13	8	1
11	2002-11-17	vs DAL	W 20–3	4	0
12	2002-11-24	@ DEN	W 23–20 OT	2	0
14	2002-12-08	@ TEN	L 17–27	1	0
15	2002-12-15	@ CLE	W 28–23	1	0
16	2002-12-22	vs NYG	L 27–44	2	0
17	2002-12-29	vs JAX	W 20–13	1	0