Junior Seau

LB · LAC/MIA/NE · 1999–2009

Born January 19, 1969 · College USC · Drafted 1990, round 1, pick 5 (LAC) · 6-3, 250 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2000) · 2nd-team All-Pro (1999) · Pro Bowl ×4 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
1999	LAC	14	4	2	8	0	50.0	−0.135		0.8	–	−0.5	−0.02

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
1999	LAC	14	98	3.5	–	–	1	–	1
2000	LAC	15	115	3.5	–	–	2	–	0
2001	LAC	16	95	1.0	–	–	1	–	1
2002	LAC	13	84	1.5	–	–	1	–	1
2003	MIA	15	96	3.0	–	–	0	–	0
2004	MIA	8	57	1.0	–	–	0	–	0
2005	MIA	7	36	1.0	–	–	0	–	0
2006	NE	11	69	1.0	3	–	0	–	0
2007	NE	16	74	3.5	6	–	3	–	0
2007 playoffs	NE	3	18	1.0	2	–	0	–	0
2008	NE	4	22	0.0	0	–	0	–	0
2009	NE	7	14	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
2009 playoffs	NE	1	5	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
Career	NE	126	760	19.0	20	48	8	43	3

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
1999	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2000	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2001	Pro Bowl
2002	Pro Bowl

Game logs

2009 game log (8 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
6	2009-10-18	vs TEN	W 59–0	2
7	2009-10-25	@ TB	W 35–7	2
13	2009-12-06	@ MIA	L 21–22	2
14	2009-12-13	vs CAR	W 20–10	2
15	2009-12-20	@ BUF	W 17–10	3
16	2009-12-27	vs JAX	W 35–7	1
17	2010-01-03	@ HOU	L 27–34	2
P18	2010-01-10	vs BAL	L 14–33	5

2008 game log (4 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
14	2008-12-07	@ SEA	W 24–21	1
15	2008-12-14	@ LV	W 49–26	5
16	2008-12-21	vs ARI	W 47–7	7
17	2008-12-28	@ BUF	W 13–0	9

2007 game log (19 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2007-09-09	@ NYJ	W 38–14	4	0.0	0	0
2	2007-09-16	vs LAC	W 38–14	6	0.0	0	0
3	2007-09-23	vs BUF	W 38–7	5	0.0	0	0
4	2007-10-01	@ CIN	W 34–13	3	0.0	0	0
5	2007-10-07	vs CLE	W 34–17	6	0.0	2	2
6	2007-10-14	@ DAL	W 48–27	0	0.0	1	1
7	2007-10-21	@ MIA	W 49–28	5	1.0	0	0
8	2007-10-28	vs WAS	W 52–7	4	0.0	0	0
9	2007-11-04	@ IND	W 24–20	2	0.0	0	0
11	2007-11-18	@ BUF	W 56–10	4	0.0	0	0
12	2007-11-25	vs PHI	W 31–28	3	0.0	0	0
13	2007-12-03	@ BAL	W 27–24	6	0.0	0	0
14	2007-12-09	vs PIT	W 34–13	6	0.0	0	1
15	2007-12-16	vs NYJ	W 20–10	9	2.0	0	0
16	2007-12-23	vs MIA	W 28–7	5	0.5	0	0
17	2007-12-29	@ NYG	W 38–35	6	0.0	0	0
P19	2008-01-12	vs JAX	W 31–20	10	0.0	0	0
P20	2008-01-20	vs LAC	W 21–12	6	1.0	0	0
P21	2008-02-03	vs NYG	L 14–17	2	0.0	0	0

2006 game log (11 games)

2006 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2006-09-10	vs BUF	W 19–17	8	0.0	0
2	2006-09-17	@ NYJ	W 24–17	5	0.0	0
3	2006-09-24	vs DEN	L 7–17	13	0.0	1
4	2006-10-01	@ CIN	W 38–13	1	0.0	0
5	2006-10-08	vs MIA	W 20–10	3	0.0	0
7	2006-10-22	@ BUF	W 28–6	9	0.0	0
8	2006-10-30	@ MIN	W 31–7	2	0.0	0
9	2006-11-05	vs IND	L 20–27	11	1.0	0
10	2006-11-12	vs NYJ	L 14–17	15	0.0	0
11	2006-11-19	@ GB	W 35–0	1	0.0	0
12	2006-11-26	vs CHI	W 17–13	1	0.0	0

2005 game log (7 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2005-09-11	vs DEN	W 34–10	4	0.0	0
2	2005-09-18	@ NYJ	L 7–17	12	1.0	0
3	2005-09-25	vs CAR	W 27–24	6	0.0	0
5	2005-10-09	@ BUF	L 14–20	6	0.0	0
9	2005-11-06	vs ATL	L 10–17	3	0.0	0
10	2005-11-13	vs NE	L 16–23	1	0.0	0
11	2005-11-20	@ CLE	L 0–22	4	0.0	1

2004 game log (8 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2004-09-11	vs TEN	L 7–17	6	1.0	0
2	2004-09-19	@ CIN	L 13–16	8	0.0	0
3	2004-09-26	vs PIT	L 3–13	10	0.0	0
4	2004-10-03	vs NYJ	L 9–17	10	0.0	0
5	2004-10-10	@ NE	L 10–24	7	0.0	0
6	2004-10-17	@ BUF	L 13–20	9	0.0	0
7	2004-10-24	vs LA	W 31–14	3	0.0	1
8	2004-11-01	@ NYJ	L 14–41	4	0.0	0

2003 game log (15 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2003-09-07	vs HOU	L 20–21	7	0.0	0
2	2003-09-14	@ NYJ	W 21–10	5	0.0	0
3	2003-09-21	vs BUF	W 17–7	4	1.0	0
5	2003-10-05	@ NYG	W 23–10	13	0.0	0
7	2003-10-19	vs NE	L 13–19 OT	7	0.0	0
8	2003-10-27	@ LAC	W 26–10	4	0.0	0
9	2003-11-02	vs IND	L 17–23	7	0.0	0
10	2003-11-09	@ TEN	L 7–31	6	0.0	0
11	2003-11-16	vs BAL	W 9–6 OT	6	1.0	0
12	2003-11-23	vs WAS	W 24–23	7	0.0	0
13	2003-11-27	@ DAL	W 40–21	6	1.0	0
14	2003-12-07	@ NE	L 0–12	7	0.0	1
15	2003-12-15	vs PHI	L 27–34	3	0.0	2
16	2003-12-21	@ BUF	W 20–3	7	0.0	0
17	2003-12-28	vs NYJ	W 23–21	7	0.0	0

2002 game log (13 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2002-09-08	@ CIN	W 34–6	1	0.0	0	1
2	2002-09-15	vs HOU	W 24–3	7	1.0	1	2
3	2002-09-22	@ ARI	W 23–15	9	0.0	0	1
4	2002-09-29	vs NE	W 21–14	9	0.0	0	0
6	2002-10-13	vs KC	W 35–34	2	0.0	0	0
9	2002-11-03	vs NYJ	L 13–44	4	0.0	0	1
10	2002-11-10	@ LA	L 24–28	6	0.0	0	1
11	2002-11-17	vs SF	W 20–17 OT	10	0.0	0	0
12	2002-11-24	@ MIA	L 3–30	9	0.0	0	0
13	2002-12-01	vs DEN	W 30–27 OT	4	0.0	0	0
14	2002-12-08	vs LV	L 7–27	8	0.0	0	1
15	2002-12-15	@ BUF	L 13–20	10	0.5	0	0
16	2002-12-22	@ KC	L 22–24	5	0.0	0	0

2001 game log (16 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2001-09-09	vs WAS	W 30–3	6	0.0	0	1
2	2001-09-23	@ DAL	W 32–21	2	0.0	0	0
3	2001-09-30	vs CIN	W 28–14	6	0.0	1	1
4	2001-10-07	@ CLE	L 16–20	6	0.0	0	0
5	2001-10-14	@ NE	L 26–29 OT	6	0.0	0	0
6	2001-10-21	vs DEN	W 27–10	1	0.0	0	0
7	2001-10-28	vs BUF	W 27–24	7	1.0	0	1
8	2001-11-04	vs KC	L 20–25	6	0.0	0	0
9	2001-11-11	@ DEN	L 16–26	7	0.0	0	0
10	2001-11-18	@ LV	L 24–34	8	0.0	0	2
11	2001-11-25	vs ARI	L 17–20	10	0.0	0	0
12	2001-12-02	@ SEA	L 10–13 OT	8	0.0	0	0
13	2001-12-09	@ PHI	L 14–24	5	0.0	0	1
14	2001-12-15	vs LV	L 6–13	8	0.0	0	0
15	2001-12-23	@ KC	L 17–20	2	0.0	0	0
16	2001-12-30	vs SEA	L 22–25	7	0.0	0	0

2000 game log (15 games)

2000 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2000-09-03	@ LV	L 6–9	7	1.0	0	1
2	2000-09-10	vs NO	L 27–28	15	0.0	0	0
4	2000-09-24	vs SEA	L 12–20	5	0.5	0	1
5	2000-10-01	@ LA	L 31–57	4	0.0	0	0
6	2000-10-08	vs DEN	L 7–21	9	0.0	0	3
7	2000-10-15	@ BUF	L 24–27 OT	12	0.0	0	1
9	2000-10-29	vs LV	L 13–15	6	0.0	1	2
10	2000-11-05	@ SEA	L 15–17	5	1.0	0	0
11	2000-11-12	vs MIA	L 7–17	7	0.0	0	0
12	2000-11-19	@ DEN	L 37–38	5	0.0	0	1
13	2000-11-26	vs KC	W 17–16	5	0.0	1	1
14	2000-12-03	vs SF	L 17–45	6	1.0	0	0
15	2000-12-10	@ BAL	L 3–24	16	0.0	0	1
16	2000-12-17	@ CAR	L 22–30	6	0.0	0	0
17	2000-12-24	vs PIT	L 21–34	7	0.0	0	0

1999 game log (14 games)

1999 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
2	1999-09-19	@ CIN	W 34–7	1	0	0	−0.3	3	1.0	0	0
3	1999-09-26	vs IND	L 19–27	1	0	0	−0.5	5	0.0	0	0
4	1999-10-03	vs KC	W 21–14	0	0	0	0.0	10	0.0	0	1
5	1999-10-10	@ DET	W 20–10	0	0	0	0.0	12	2.0	0	1
6	1999-10-17	vs SEA	W 13–10	0	0	0	0.0	11	0.0	0	0
7	1999-10-24	vs GB	L 3–31	0	0	0	0.0	2	0.0	0	0
8	1999-10-31	@ KC	L 0–34	0	0	0	0.0	2	0.0	0	0
9	1999-11-07	vs DEN	L 17–33	0	0	0	0.0	4	0.0	0	0
10	1999-11-14	@ LV	L 9–28	0	0	0	0.0	12	0.0	0	1
11	1999-11-21	vs CHI	L 20–23 OT	1	1	2	−0.4	5	0.0	0	0
12	1999-11-28	@ MIN	L 27–35	1	1	6	+0.7	9	0.0	0	1
14	1999-12-12	@ SEA	W 19–16	0	0	0	0.0	9	0.0	0	2
15	1999-12-19	@ MIA	L 9–12	0	0	0	0.0	7	0.0	0	2
16	1999-12-26	vs LV	W 23–20	0	0	0	0.0	7	0.5	1	1