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Luke Gifford
Born August 28, 1995 · College Nebraska · Undrafted · 6-3, 242 lb
Pro Bowl (2025)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | DAL | 3 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | DAL | 5 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | DAL | 7 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 playoffs | DAL | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | DAL | 9 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 playoffs | DAL | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | TEN | 5 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | TEN | 11 | 49 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | SF | 14 | 35 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | SF | 6 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | SF | 60 | 140 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Pro Bowl |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | DAL | 2 | 2 | 2.4 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2021 | DAL | 6 | – | – | 32 | 8.0 |
| 2021 playoffs | DAL | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | 5 | 7.7 |
| 2022 | DAL | 9 | 2 | 1.6 | 41 | 7.7 |
| 2022 playoffs | DAL | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | TEN | 5 | 2 | 1.3 | 8 | 3.8 |
| 2024 | TEN | 5 | – | – | 200 | 61.9 |
| 2025 | SF | 15 | – | – | 166 | 17.9 |
Game logs
2026 game log (6 games)
2025 game log (14 games)
2025 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-09-07 | @ SEA | W 17–13 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2025-09-14 | @ NO | W 26–21 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2025-09-21 | vs ARI | W 16–15 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2025-09-28 | vs JAX | L 21–26 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2025-10-02 | @ LA | W 26–23 OT | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2025-10-12 | @ TB | L 19–30 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2025-10-26 | @ HOU | L 15–26 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2025-11-02 | @ NYG | W 34–24 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2025-11-09 | vs LA | L 26–42 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 2025-11-16 | @ ARI | W 41–22 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2025-11-30 | @ CLE | W 26–8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2025-12-14 | vs TEN | W 37–24 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2025-12-22 | @ IND | W 48–27 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2025-12-28 | vs CHI | W 42–38 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 game log (11 games)
2024 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2024-09-15 | vs NYJ | L 17–24 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2024-10-13 | vs IND | L 17–20 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2024-10-20 | @ BUF | L 10–34 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2024-10-27 | @ DET | L 14–52 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2024-11-10 | @ LAC | L 17–27 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2024-11-24 | @ HOU | W 32–27 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2024-12-01 | @ WAS | L 19–42 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2024-12-08 | vs JAX | L 6–10 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2024-12-15 | vs CIN | L 27–37 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | 2024-12-29 | @ JAX | L 13–20 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | 2025-01-05 | vs HOU | L 14–23 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 game log (5 games)
2022 game log (11 games)
2022 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022-09-11 | vs TB | L 3–19 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2022-10-09 | @ LA | W 22–10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2022-10-30 | vs CHI | W 49–29 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2022-11-13 | @ GB | L 28–31 OT | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2022-11-20 | @ MIN | W 40–3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2022-12-04 | vs IND | W 54–19 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2022-12-11 | vs HOU | W 27–23 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2022-12-24 | vs PHI | W 40–34 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | 2023-01-08 | @ WAS | L 6–26 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P19 | 2023-01-16 | @ TB | W 31–14 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P20 | 2023-01-22 | @ SF | L 12–19 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |