Luke Kuechly

ILB · CAR · 2012–2019

Born April 20, 1991 · College Boston College · Drafted 2012, round 1, pick 9 (CAR) · 6-3, 238 lb

Defensive Player of the Year (2013) · Defensive Rookie of the Year (2012) · 1st-team All-Pro ×5 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018) · 2nd-team All-Pro ×2 (2016, 2019) · Pro Bowl ×7 (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

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
2012	CAR	16	164	1.0	1	12	2	7	0
2013	CAR	16	156	2.0	2	10	4	7	0
2013 playoffs	CAR	1	10	1.0	1	2	0	1	0
2014	CAR	16	153	3.0	4	9	1	12	1
2014 playoffs	CAR	2	18	0.0	0	1	1	2	0
2015	CAR	13	118	1.0	5	7	4	10	2
2015 playoffs	CAR	3	29	1.0	1	1	2	4	0
2016	CAR	10	102	2.0	4	6	1	6	1
2017	CAR	15	125	1.5	5	7	3	6	1
2017 playoffs	CAR	1	4	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
2018	CAR	15	130	2.0	5	20	1	6	2
2019	CAR	16	144	0.0	5	4	2	12	0
Career	CAR	117	1,092	12.5	31	75	18	66	7

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
2012	Defensive Rookie of the Year
2013	Defensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2014	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2015	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2016	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2017	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2018	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2019	2nd-team All-Pro, 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
2016	CAR	10	–	–	643	98.0
2017	CAR	15	–	–	904	95.8
2017 playoffs	CAR	1	–	–	57	100.0
2018	CAR	16	–	–	911	92.8
2019	CAR	16	–	–	1,041	97.0

Game logs

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2019-09-08	vs LA	L 27–30	8	0	1
2	2019-09-12	vs TB	L 14–20	18	0	1
3	2019-09-22	@ ARI	W 38–20	10	0	0
4	2019-09-29	@ HOU	W 16–10	8	0	0
5	2019-10-06	vs JAX	W 34–27	12	0	1
6	2019-10-13	@ TB	W 37–26	6	1	2
8	2019-10-27	@ SF	L 13–51	10	1	1
9	2019-11-03	vs TEN	W 30–20	6	0	1
10	2019-11-10	@ GB	L 16–24	4	0	0
11	2019-11-17	vs ATL	L 3–29	8	0	0
12	2019-11-24	@ NO	L 31–34	6	0	2
13	2019-12-01	vs WAS	L 21–29	7	0	1
14	2019-12-08	@ ATL	L 20–40	11	0	1
15	2019-12-15	vs SEA	L 24–30	17	0	0
16	2019-12-22	@ IND	L 6–38	7	0	0
17	2019-12-29	vs NO	L 10–42	6	0	1

2018 game log (15 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2018-09-09	vs DAL	W 16–8	13	0.0	0	0
2	2018-09-16	@ ATL	L 24–31	8	0.0	0	0
3	2018-09-23	vs CIN	W 31–21	5	0.0	1	1
5	2018-10-07	vs NYG	W 33–31	3	1.0	0	0
6	2018-10-14	@ WAS	L 17–23	10	0.0	0	0
7	2018-10-21	@ PHI	W 21–17	13	1.0	0	0
8	2018-10-28	vs BAL	W 36–21	5	0.0	0	1
9	2018-11-04	vs TB	W 42–28	7	0.0	0	0
10	2018-11-08	@ PIT	L 21–52	8	0.0	0	0
11	2018-11-18	@ DET	L 19–20	11	0.0	0	0
12	2018-11-25	vs SEA	L 27–30	12	0.0	0	0
13	2018-12-02	@ TB	L 17–24	5	0.0	0	2
14	2018-12-09	@ CLE	L 20–26	11	0.0	0	0
15	2018-12-17	vs NO	L 9–12	13	0.0	0	1
16	2018-12-23	vs ATL	L 10–24	6	0.0	0	1

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2017-09-10	@ SF	W 23–3	7	0.0	1	1
2	2017-09-17	vs BUF	W 9–3	5	0.0	0	0
3	2017-09-24	vs NO	L 13–34	8	0.0	0	1
4	2017-10-01	@ NE	W 33–30	14	0.0	0	0
5	2017-10-08	@ DET	W 27–24	8	0.0	0	0
6	2017-10-12	vs PHI	L 23–28	4	0.0	0	0
8	2017-10-29	@ TB	W 17–3	8	0.0	1	1
9	2017-11-05	vs ATL	W 20–17	11	0.0	0	0
10	2017-11-13	vs MIA	W 45–21	6	0.0	1	1
12	2017-11-26	@ NYJ	W 35–27	9	0.0	0	1
13	2017-12-03	@ NO	L 21–31	9	0.0	0	0
14	2017-12-10	vs MIN	W 31–24	14	1.0	0	0
15	2017-12-17	vs GB	W 31–24	4	0.0	0	0
16	2017-12-24	vs TB	W 22–19	8	0.0	0	0
17	2017-12-31	@ ATL	L 10–22	10	0.5	0	1
P18	2018-01-07	@ NO	L 26–31	4	0.0	0	0

2016 game log (10 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2016-09-08	@ DEN	L 20–21	10	0.0	0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs SF	W 46–27	11	0.0	1	1
3	2016-09-25	vs MIN	L 10–22	13	0.0	0	1
4	2016-10-02	@ ATL	L 33–48	12	1.0	0	1
5	2016-10-10	vs TB	L 14–17	11	0.0	0	0
6	2016-10-16	@ NO	L 38–41	11	0.0	0	0
8	2016-10-30	vs ARI	W 30–20	6	1.0	0	1
9	2016-11-06	@ LA	W 13–10	6	0.0	0	0
10	2016-11-13	vs KC	L 17–20	8	0.0	0	1
11	2016-11-17	vs NO	W 23–20	14	0.0	0	1

2015 game log (16 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2015-09-13	@ JAX	W 20–9	7	1.0	0	0
6	2015-10-18	@ SEA	W 27–23	14	0.0	0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs PHI	W 27–16	11	0.0	0	1
8	2015-11-02	vs IND	W 29–26 OT	14	0.0	1	3
9	2015-11-08	vs GB	W 37–29	9	0.0	0	1
10	2015-11-15	@ TEN	W 27–10	8	0.0	0	0
11	2015-11-22	vs WAS	W 44–16	5	0.0	0	0
12	2015-11-26	@ DAL	W 33–14	7	0.0	2	2
13	2015-12-06	@ NO	W 41–38	6	0.0	0	0
14	2015-12-13	vs ATL	W 38–0	5	0.0	1	1
15	2015-12-20	@ NYG	W 38–35	15	0.0	0	1
16	2015-12-27	@ ATL	L 13–20	8	0.0	0	0
17	2016-01-03	vs TB	W 38–10	9	0.0	0	1
P19	2016-01-17	vs SEA	W 31–24	11	0.0	1	2
P20	2016-01-24	vs ARI	W 49–15	8	0.0	1	1
P21	2016-02-07	@ DEN	L 10–24	10	1.0	0	1

2014 game log (18 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2014-09-07	@ TB	W 20–14	9	1.0	0	1
2	2014-09-14	vs DET	W 24–7	11	0.0	0	2
3	2014-09-21	vs PIT	L 19–37	14	0.0	0	0
4	2014-09-28	@ BAL	L 10–38	12	0.0	0	1
5	2014-10-05	vs CHI	W 31–24	15	0.0	0	0
6	2014-10-12	@ CIN	T 37–37 OT	13	0.0	0	0
7	2014-10-19	@ GB	L 17–38	8	0.0	0	0
8	2014-10-26	vs SEA	L 9–13	7	0.0	0	1
9	2014-10-30	vs NO	L 10–28	8	0.0	0	0
10	2014-11-10	@ PHI	L 21–45	8	0.0	0	0
11	2014-11-16	vs ATL	L 17–19	11	0.0	0	2
13	2014-11-30	@ MIN	L 13–31	9	2.0	0	0
14	2014-12-07	@ NO	W 41–10	7	0.0	0	2
15	2014-12-14	vs TB	W 19–17	6	0.0	1	1
16	2014-12-21	vs CLE	W 17–13	7	0.0	0	0
17	2014-12-28	@ ATL	W 34–3	8	0.0	0	2
P18	2015-01-03	vs ARI	W 27–16	10	0.0	1	2
P19	2015-01-10	@ SEA	L 17–31	8	0.0	0	0

2013 game log (17 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2013-09-08	vs SEA	L 7–12	9	0.0	0	0
2	2013-09-15	@ BUF	L 23–24	14	0.0	1	1
3	2013-09-22	vs NYG	W 38–0	6	0.0	0	0
5	2013-10-06	@ ARI	L 6–22	9	0.0	1	1
6	2013-10-13	@ MIN	W 35–10	7	0.0	0	0
7	2013-10-20	vs LA	W 30–15	3	0.0	0	1
8	2013-10-24	@ TB	W 31–13	8	0.0	0	0
9	2013-11-03	vs ATL	W 34–10	8	0.0	1	1
10	2013-11-10	@ SF	W 10–9	11	1.0	0	1
11	2013-11-18	vs NE	W 24–20	12	0.0	0	0
12	2013-11-24	@ MIA	W 20–16	6	0.0	0	1
13	2013-12-01	vs TB	W 27–6	9	0.0	0	0
14	2013-12-08	@ NO	L 13–31	11	0.0	0	0
15	2013-12-15	vs NYJ	W 30–20	9	1.0	0	0
16	2013-12-22	vs NO	W 17–13	24	0.0	1	1
17	2013-12-29	@ ATL	W 21–20	10	0.0	0	0
P19	2014-01-12	vs SF	L 10–23	10	1.0	0	1

2012 game log (16 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2012-09-09	@ TB	L 10–16	4	0.0	0	0
2	2012-09-16	vs NO	W 35–27	5	0.0	0	0
3	2012-09-20	vs NYG	L 7–36	12	0.0	0	1
4	2012-09-30	@ ATL	L 28–30	4	0.0	0	1
5	2012-10-07	vs SEA	L 12–16	11	0.0	1	1
7	2012-10-21	vs DAL	L 14–19	15	0.0	0	0
8	2012-10-28	@ CHI	L 22–23	11	0.0	0	0
9	2012-11-04	@ WAS	W 21–13	15	0.0	0	0
10	2012-11-11	vs DEN	L 14–36	10	0.0	0	1
11	2012-11-18	vs TB	L 21–27 OT	10	0.0	0	0
12	2012-11-26	@ PHI	W 30–22	8	0.0	0	0
13	2012-12-02	@ KC	L 21–27	9	1.0	0	0
14	2012-12-09	vs ATL	W 30–20	16	0.0	0	0
15	2012-12-16	@ LAC	W 31–7	8	0.0	0	0
16	2012-12-23	vs LV	W 17–6	13	0.0	1	2
17	2012-12-30	@ NO	W 44–38	13	0.0	0	1