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N. D. Kalu
DE · WAS/PHI/HOU · 1999–2008
Born August 3, 1975 · College Rice · Undrafted · 6-3, 266 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 | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
| 1999 | WAS | 9 | 14 | 3.5 | – | – | 0 | – | 1 |
| 1999 playoffs | WAS | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 2000 | WAS | 6 | 7 | 1.0 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 2001 | PHI | 7 | 13 | 3.0 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 2001 playoffs | PHI | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 2002 | PHI | 16 | 31 | 8.0 | – | – | 0 | – | 2 |
| 2002 playoffs | PHI | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | – | – | 0 | – | 1 |
| 2003 | PHI | 16 | 47 | 6.5 | – | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| 2003 playoffs | PHI | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 2005 | PHI | 13 | 29 | 2.0 | – | – | 0 | – | 1 |
| 2006 | HOU | 15 | 21 | 2.0 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 2007 | HOU | 9 | 13 | 3.0 | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 2008 | HOU | 2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| Career | HOU | 93 | 179 | 29.0 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
Game logs
2008 game log (2 games)
2008 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
| 1 | 2008-09-07 | @ PIT | L 17–38 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2008-09-21 | @ TEN | L 12–31 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 game log (9 games)
2007 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
| 1 | 2007-09-09 | vs KC | W 20–3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2007-09-23 | vs IND | L 24–30 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2007-10-07 | vs MIA | W 22–19 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2007-10-21 | vs TEN | L 36–38 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2007-11-04 | @ LV | W 24–17 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2007-11-18 | vs NO | W 23–10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2007-11-25 | @ CLE | L 17–27 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2007-12-09 | vs TB | W 28–14 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2007-12-13 | vs DEN | W 31–13 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
2006 game log (15 games)
2006 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
| 2 | 2006-09-17 | @ IND | L 24–43 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2006-09-24 | vs WAS | L 15–31 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2006-10-01 | vs MIA | W 17–15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2006-10-15 | @ DAL | L 6–34 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2006-10-22 | vs JAX | W 27–7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2006-10-29 | @ TEN | L 22–28 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2006-11-05 | @ NYG | L 10–14 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2006-11-12 | @ JAX | W 13–10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2006-11-19 | vs BUF | L 21–24 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2006-11-26 | @ NYJ | L 11–26 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2006-12-03 | @ LV | W 23–14 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2006-12-10 | vs TEN | L 20–26 OT | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2006-12-17 | @ NE | L 7–40 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2006-12-24 | vs IND | W 27–24 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2006-12-31 | vs CLE | W 14–6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 game log (13 games)
2005 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
| 1 | 2005-09-12 | @ ATL | L 10–14 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2005-09-18 | vs SF | W 42–3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 2005-09-25 | vs LV | W 23–20 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2005-10-02 | @ KC | W 37–31 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2005-10-09 | @ DAL | L 10–33 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2005-10-23 | vs LAC | W 20–17 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2005-10-30 | @ DEN | L 21–49 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2005-11-06 | @ WAS | L 10–17 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2005-12-05 | vs SEA | L 0–42 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 2005-12-11 | vs NYG | L 23–26 OT | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2005-12-18 | @ LA | W 17–16 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2005-12-24 | @ ARI | L 21–27 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2006-01-01 | vs WAS | L 20–31 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 game log (18 games)
2003 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
| 1 | 2003-09-08 | vs TB | L 0–17 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2003-09-14 | vs NE | L 10–31 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2003-09-28 | @ BUF | W 23–13 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2003-10-05 | vs WAS | W 27–25 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2003-10-12 | @ DAL | L 21–23 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2003-10-19 | @ NYG | W 14–10 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2003-10-26 | vs NYJ | W 24–17 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2003-11-02 | @ ATL | W 23–16 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2003-11-10 | @ GB | W 17–14 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2003-11-16 | vs NYG | W 28–10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2003-11-23 | vs NO | W 33–20 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 2003-11-30 | @ CAR | W 25–16 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2003-12-07 | vs DAL | W 36–10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2003-12-15 | @ MIA | W 34–27 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2003-12-21 | vs SF | L 28–31 OT | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2003-12-27 | @ WAS | W 31–7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P19 | 2004-01-11 | vs GB | W 20–17 OT | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P20 | 2004-01-18 | vs CAR | L 3–14 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 game log (18 games)
2002 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
| 1 | 2002-09-08 | @ TEN | L 24–27 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2002-09-16 | @ WAS | W 37–7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 2002-09-22 | vs DAL | W 44–13 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2002-09-29 | vs HOU | W 35–17 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2002-10-06 | @ JAX | L 25–28 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2002-10-20 | vs TB | W 20–10 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2002-10-28 | vs NYG | W 17–3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 2002-11-03 | @ CHI | W 19–13 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2002-11-10 | vs IND | L 13–35 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2002-11-17 | vs ARI | W 38–14 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2002-11-25 | @ SF | W 38–17 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2002-12-01 | vs LA | W 10–3 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2002-12-08 | @ SEA | W 27–20 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2002-12-15 | vs WAS | W 34–21 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2002-12-21 | @ DAL | W 27–3 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2002-12-28 | @ NYG | L 7–10 OT | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P19 | 2003-01-11 | vs ATL | W 20–6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P20 | 2003-01-19 | vs TB | L 10–27 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
2001 game log (8 games)
2001 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
| 4 | 2001-10-07 | vs ARI | L 20–21 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2001-11-04 | @ ARI | W 21–7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2001-11-11 | vs MIN | W 48–17 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2001-11-25 | vs WAS | L 3–13 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2001-12-22 | @ SF | L 3–13 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2001-12-30 | vs NYG | W 24–21 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2002-01-06 | @ TB | W 17–13 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P18 | 2002-01-12 | vs TB | W 31–9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2000 game log (6 games)
2000 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
| 2 | 2000-09-10 | @ DET | L 10–15 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2000-09-24 | @ NYG | W 16–6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 2000-10-22 | @ JAX | W 35–16 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2000-11-05 | @ ARI | L 15–16 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2000-12-10 | @ DAL | L 13–32 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2000-12-16 | @ PIT | L 3–24 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1999 game log (10 games)
1999 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
| 1 | 1999-09-12 | vs DAL | L 35–41 OT | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1999-09-26 | @ NYJ | W 27–20 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 1999-10-03 | vs CAR | W 38–36 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 1999-10-17 | @ ARI | W 24–10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 1999-11-21 | vs NYG | W 23–13 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 1999-11-28 | vs PHI | W 20–17 OT | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 1999-12-05 | @ DET | L 17–33 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 1999-12-26 | @ SF | W 26–20 OT | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2000-01-02 | vs MIA | W 21–10 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P18 | 2000-01-08 | vs DET | W 27–13 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |