Joe Vellano

DT · NE/ATL · 2013–2017

Born October 30, 1988 · College Maryland · Undrafted · 6-2, 300 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
2013	NE	16	54	2.0	5	3
2013 playoffs	NE	1	5	1.0	1	1
2014	NE	3	6	1.0	1	1
2014 playoffs	NE	1	1	0.0	0	0
2016 playoffs	ATL	2	2	0.0	0	0
2017	ATL	4	4	0.0	0	0
Career	ATL	23	64	3.0	6	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 playoffs	ATL	2	–	–	40	24.5
2017	ATL	4	–	–	65	24.5

Game logs

2017 game log (4 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
3	2017-09-24	@ DET	W 30–26	1
4	2017-10-01	vs BUF	L 17–23	1
6	2017-10-15	vs MIA	L 17–20	1
7	2017-10-22	@ NE	L 7–23	1

2016 game log (2 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
P20	2017-01-22	vs GB	W 44–21	1	0.0	0	0
P21	2017-02-05	vs NE	L 28–34 OT	1	0.0	0	0

2014 game log (4 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2014-09-07	@ MIA	L 20–33	1	0.0
3	2014-09-21	vs LV	W 16–9	4	0.0
4	2014-09-29	@ KC	L 14–41	1	1.0
P20	2015-01-18	vs IND	W 45–7	1	0.0

2013 game log (17 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2013-09-08	@ BUF	W 23–21	2	0.0
2	2013-09-12	vs NYJ	W 13–10	4	0.0
3	2013-09-22	vs TB	W 23–3	1	0.0
4	2013-09-29	@ ATL	W 30–23	3	1.0
5	2013-10-06	@ CIN	L 6–13	3	0.0
6	2013-10-13	vs NO	W 30–27	8	0.0
7	2013-10-20	@ NYJ	L 27–30 OT	7	0.0
8	2013-10-27	vs MIA	W 27–17	4	0.0
9	2013-11-03	vs PIT	W 55–31	1	0.0
11	2013-11-18	@ CAR	L 20–24	4	0.0
12	2013-11-24	vs DEN	W 34–31 OT	6	0.0
13	2013-12-01	@ HOU	W 34–31	2	0.0
14	2013-12-08	vs CLE	W 27–26	2	0.0
15	2013-12-15	@ MIA	L 20–24	1	1.0
16	2013-12-22	@ BAL	W 41–7	2	0.0
17	2013-12-29	vs BUF	W 34–20	4	0.0
P19	2014-01-11	vs IND	W 43–22	5	1.0