Denico Autry

DT · LV/IND/TEN/HOU · 2014–2025

Born July 15, 1990 · College Mississippi State; East Mississippi JC · Undrafted · 6-5, 285 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	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2014	LV	9	13	0.0	1	3	0	0
2015	LV	11	22	3.0	7	6	3	0
2016	LV	13	29	2.5	4	6	2	0
2016 playoffs	LV	1	4	0.0	0	2	1	0
2017	LV	15	36	5.0	9	9	7	0
2018	IND	12	36	9.0	11	13	1	2
2018 playoffs	IND	1	4	1.0	3	2	0	0
2019	IND	13	32	3.5	11	4	4	1
2020	IND	12	33	7.5	10	9	0	0
2020 playoffs	IND	1	4	1.5	2	1	0	1
2021	TEN	16	31	9.0	18	10	6	0
2021 playoffs	TEN	1	3	1.5	2	1	1	0
2022	TEN	11	27	8.0	19	8	4	2
2023	TEN	17	50	11.5	17	12	4	2
2024	HOU	9	13	3.0	6	3	3	0
2024 playoffs	HOU	2	1	1.0	2	1	0	0
2025	HOU	8	8	3.5	4	3	1	1
2025 playoffs	HOU	1	1	0.5	2	0	2	0
Career	HOU	146	330	65.5	117	86	35	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	LV	16	–	–	676	65.5
2016 playoffs	LV	1	–	–	48	67.6
2017	LV	16	–	–	585	57.1
2018	IND	12	–	–	551	72.7
2018 playoffs	IND	2	–	–	111	73.0
2019	IND	14	–	–	615	70.1
2020	IND	14	–	–	626	70.3
2020 playoffs	IND	1	–	–	44	74.6
2021	TEN	17	–	–	707	65.0
2021 playoffs	TEN	1	–	–	43	68.3
2022	TEN	12	–	–	524	66.8
2023	TEN	17	–	–	761	66.9
2024	HOU	10	–	–	313	47.4
2024 playoffs	HOU	2	–	–	36	34.3
2025	HOU	12	–	–	204	28.0
2025 playoffs	HOU	2	–	–	34	28.3

Game logs

2025 game log (9 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
7	2025-10-20	@ SEA	L 19–27	2	1.0	0
10	2025-11-09	vs JAX	W 36–29	0	0.0	1
11	2025-11-16	@ TEN	W 16–13	1	0.0	0
13	2025-11-30	@ IND	W 20–16	1	0.0	0
14	2025-12-07	@ KC	W 20–10	1	0.5	0
15	2025-12-14	vs ARI	W 40–20	1	1.0	0
16	2025-12-21	vs LV	W 23–21	1	0.0	0
17	2025-12-27	@ LAC	W 20–16	1	1.0	0
P19	2026-01-12	@ PIT	W 30–6	1	0.5	2

2024 game log (11 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
7	2024-10-20	@ GB	L 22–24	0	0.0	0
8	2024-10-27	vs IND	W 23–20	0	0.0	1
9	2024-10-31	@ NYJ	L 13–21	3	2.0	0
10	2024-11-10	vs DET	L 23–26	2	0.0	1
11	2024-11-18	@ DAL	W 34–10	4	1.0	1
12	2024-11-24	vs TEN	L 27–32	1	0.0	0
13	2024-12-01	@ JAX	W 23–20	1	0.0	0
15	2024-12-15	vs MIA	W 20–12	1	0.0	0
16	2024-12-21	@ KC	L 19–27	1	0.0	0
P19	2025-01-11	vs LAC	W 32–12	1	1.0	0
P20	2025-01-18	@ KC	L 14–23	0	0.0	0

2023 game log (17 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2023-09-10	@ NO	L 15–16	5	1.5	0
2	2023-09-17	vs LAC	W 27–24 OT	3	1.0	0
3	2023-09-24	@ CLE	L 3–27	2	1.0	0
4	2023-10-01	vs CIN	W 27–3	4	0.5	0
5	2023-10-08	@ IND	L 16–23	2	0.0	0
6	2023-10-15	vs BAL	L 16–24	4	0.0	0
8	2023-10-29	vs ATL	W 28–23	4	1.0	2
9	2023-11-02	@ PIT	L 16–20	3	0.0	1
10	2023-11-12	@ TB	L 6–20	3	1.0	0
11	2023-11-19	@ JAX	L 14–34	1	0.0	0
12	2023-11-26	vs CAR	W 17–10	3	2.0	0
13	2023-12-03	vs IND	L 28–31 OT	4	1.0	1
14	2023-12-11	@ MIA	W 28–27	2	0.0	0
15	2023-12-17	vs HOU	L 16–19 OT	4	2.0	0
16	2023-12-24	vs SEA	L 17–20	4	0.5	0
17	2023-12-31	@ HOU	L 3–26	1	0.0	0
18	2024-01-07	vs JAX	W 28–20	1	0.0	0

2022 game log (11 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2022-09-11	vs NYG	L 20–21	4	0.0	0
2	2022-09-19	@ BUF	L 7–41	2	1.0	1
4	2022-10-02	@ IND	W 24–17	2	2.0	0
5	2022-10-09	@ WAS	W 21–17	4	1.0	0
7	2022-10-23	vs IND	W 19–10	3	1.0	1
8	2022-10-30	@ HOU	W 17–10	0	0.0	0
9	2022-11-06	@ KC	L 17–20 OT	3	2.0	0
10	2022-11-13	vs DEN	W 17–10	2	0.0	0
11	2022-11-17	@ GB	W 27–17	0	0.0	0
16	2022-12-24	vs HOU	L 14–19	7	1.0	2
18	2023-01-07	@ JAX	L 16–20	0	0.0	0

2021 game log (17 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2021-09-12	vs ARI	L 13–38	1	0.0	0
2	2021-09-19	@ SEA	W 33–30 OT	3	1.5	0
3	2021-09-26	vs IND	W 25–16	0	0.0	0
4	2021-10-03	@ NYJ	L 24–27 OT	3	0.0	0
5	2021-10-10	@ JAX	W 37–19	1	0.0	0
6	2021-10-18	vs BUF	W 34–31	0	0.0	1
7	2021-10-24	vs KC	W 27–3	3	2.0	0
8	2021-10-31	@ IND	W 34–31 OT	3	0.0	0
9	2021-11-07	@ LA	W 28–16	3	1.5	2
10	2021-11-14	vs NO	W 23–21	1	0.0	1
11	2021-11-21	vs HOU	L 13–22	1	0.0	1
14	2021-12-12	vs JAX	W 20–0	2	1.0	0
15	2021-12-19	@ PIT	L 13–19	1	1.0	0
16	2021-12-23	vs SF	W 20–17	3	1.0	0
17	2022-01-02	vs MIA	W 34–3	3	1.0	0
18	2022-01-09	@ HOU	W 28–25	3	0.0	1
P20	2022-01-22	vs CIN	L 16–19	3	1.5	1

2020 game log (13 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2020-09-13	@ JAX	L 20–27	2	2.0
2	2020-09-20	vs MIN	W 28–11	1	0.0
3	2020-09-27	vs NYJ	W 36–7	5	0.0
5	2020-10-11	@ CLE	L 23–32	7	0.0
6	2020-10-18	vs CIN	W 31–27	1	0.0
8	2020-11-01	@ DET	W 41–21	2	2.0
9	2020-11-08	vs BAL	L 10–24	2	1.0
10	2020-11-12	@ TEN	W 34–17	4	1.0
13	2020-12-06	@ HOU	W 26–20	1	0.0
15	2020-12-20	vs HOU	W 27–20	4	1.5
16	2020-12-27	@ PIT	L 24–28	3	0.0
17	2021-01-03	vs JAX	W 28–14	1	0.0
P18	2021-01-09	@ BUF	L 24–27	4	1.5

2019 game log (13 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2019-09-08	@ LAC	L 24–30 OT	4	0.5	0
2	2019-09-15	@ TEN	W 19–17	4	2.0	0
3	2019-09-22	vs ATL	W 27–24	2	0.0	0
4	2019-09-29	vs LV	L 24–31	1	0.0	1
5	2019-10-06	@ KC	W 19–13	2	0.0	0
7	2019-10-20	vs HOU	W 30–23	1	0.0	1
8	2019-10-27	vs DEN	W 15–13	3	0.0	0
10	2019-11-10	vs MIA	L 12–16	1	0.0	2
11	2019-11-17	vs JAX	W 33–13	0	0.0	0
12	2019-11-21	@ HOU	L 17–20	3	0.0	0
13	2019-12-01	vs TEN	L 17–31	6	1.0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ TB	L 35–38	4	0.0	0
15	2019-12-16	@ NO	L 7–34	1	0.0	0

2018 game log (13 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2018-09-09	vs CIN	L 23–34	1	0.0	0
4	2018-09-30	vs HOU	L 34–37 OT	9	2.0	0
5	2018-10-04	@ NE	L 24–38	3	0.0	0
8	2018-10-28	@ LV	W 42–28	2	0.0	0
10	2018-11-11	vs JAX	W 29–26	2	0.0	0
11	2018-11-18	vs TEN	W 38–10	2	1.0	0
12	2018-11-25	vs MIA	W 27–24	3	0.0	0
13	2018-12-02	@ JAX	L 0–6	6	3.0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ HOU	W 24–21	4	2.0	0
15	2018-12-16	vs DAL	W 23–0	1	1.0	0
16	2018-12-23	vs NYG	W 28–27	2	0.0	0
17	2018-12-30	@ TEN	W 33–17	1	0.0	1
P19	2019-01-12	@ KC	L 13–31	4	1.0	0

2017 game log (15 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2017-09-10	@ TEN	W 26–16	1	0.0	0
2	2017-09-17	vs NYJ	W 45–20	3	0.5	1
3	2017-09-24	@ WAS	L 10–27	4	0.0	0
4	2017-10-01	@ DEN	L 10–16	2	0.0	0
5	2017-10-08	vs BAL	L 17–30	4	0.0	1
6	2017-10-15	vs LAC	L 16–17	3	0.0	1
7	2017-10-19	vs KC	W 31–30	3	0.5	0
9	2017-11-05	@ MIA	W 27–24	1	0.0	1
11	2017-11-19	vs NE	L 8–33	1	0.0	0
12	2017-11-26	vs DEN	W 21–14	3	2.0	0
13	2017-12-03	vs NYG	W 24–17	3	1.0	1
14	2017-12-10	@ KC	L 15–26	2	0.0	2
15	2017-12-17	vs DAL	L 17–20	2	0.0	0
16	2017-12-25	@ PHI	L 10–19	1	1.0	0
17	2017-12-31	@ LAC	L 10–30	3	0.0	0

2016 game log (14 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-11	@ NO	W 35–34	3	0.0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs ATL	L 28–35	1	0.0	0
3	2016-09-25	@ TEN	W 17–10	1	0.5	0
6	2016-10-16	vs KC	L 10–26	4	0.0	0
7	2016-10-23	@ JAX	W 33–16	0	0.0	1
8	2016-10-30	@ TB	W 30–24 OT	2	0.0	0
9	2016-11-06	vs DEN	W 30–20	3	0.0	1
11	2016-11-21	vs HOU	W 27–20	2	0.0	0
12	2016-11-27	vs CAR	W 35–32	1	0.0	0
13	2016-12-04	vs BUF	W 38–24	3	1.0	0
14	2016-12-08	@ KC	L 13–21	2	0.0	0
15	2016-12-18	@ LAC	W 19–16	3	1.0	0
17	2017-01-01	@ DEN	L 6–24	4	0.0	0
P18	2017-01-07	@ HOU	L 14–27	4	0.0	1

2015 game log (11 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2015-09-20	vs BAL	W 37–33	2	0.0	0
3	2015-09-27	@ CLE	W 27–20	1	0.0	1
4	2015-10-04	@ CHI	L 20–22	1	0.0	0
8	2015-11-01	vs NYJ	W 34–20	5	1.0	0
10	2015-11-15	vs MIN	L 14–30	2	0.0	0
11	2015-11-22	@ DET	L 13–18	1	1.0	0
12	2015-11-29	@ TEN	W 24–21	1	0.0	1
14	2015-12-13	@ DEN	W 15–12	3	0.0	1
15	2015-12-20	vs GB	L 20–30	3	0.0	0
16	2015-12-24	vs LAC	W 23–20 OT	2	1.0	0
17	2016-01-03	@ KC	L 17–23	1	0.0	0

2014 game log (9 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
8	2014-10-26	@ CLE	L 13–23	2
9	2014-11-02	@ SEA	L 24–30	1
10	2014-11-09	vs DEN	L 17–41	1
11	2014-11-16	@ LAC	L 6–13	2
12	2014-11-20	vs KC	W 24–20	1
13	2014-11-30	@ LA	L 0–52	1
14	2014-12-07	vs SF	W 24–13	1
16	2014-12-21	vs BUF	W 26–24	1
17	2014-12-28	@ DEN	L 14–47	3