Nick Fairley

DT · DET/LA/NO · 2011–2016

Born January 23, 1988 · College Auburn; Copiah-Lincoln Junior College · Drafted 2011, round 1, pick 13 (DET) · 6-4, 308 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	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2011	DET	9	15	1.0	5	2	0	0
2011 playoffs	DET	1	2	0.0	1	0	0	0
2012	DET	11	35	5.5	13	11	1	2
2013	DET	15	34	6.0	19	9	1	1
2014	DET	8	14	1.0	5	3	0	1
2015	LA	14	29	0.5	7	1	1	0
2016	NO	16	43	6.5	22	9	0	0
Career	NO	73	170	20.5	71	35	3	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	NO	16	–	–	699	68.1

Game logs

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2016-09-11	vs LV	L 34–35	3	0.0
2	2016-09-18	@ NYG	L 13–16	3	0.0
3	2016-09-26	vs ATL	L 32–45	7	1.5
4	2016-10-02	@ LAC	W 35–34	3	1.5
6	2016-10-16	vs CAR	W 41–38	3	0.5
7	2016-10-23	@ KC	L 21–27	0	0.0
8	2016-10-30	vs SEA	W 25–20	2	0.0
9	2016-11-06	@ SF	W 41–23	0	0.0
10	2016-11-13	vs DEN	L 23–25	4	1.0
11	2016-11-17	@ CAR	L 20–23	1	0.0
12	2016-11-27	vs LA	W 49–21	3	0.0
13	2016-12-04	vs DET	L 13–28	1	0.0
14	2016-12-11	@ TB	L 11–16	6	1.0
15	2016-12-18	@ ARI	W 48–41	2	0.0
16	2016-12-24	vs TB	W 31–24	2	0.0
17	2017-01-01	@ ATL	L 32–38	3	1.0

2015 game log (14 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2015-09-13	vs SEA	W 34–31 OT	1	0.0	0
2	2015-09-20	@ WAS	L 10–24	2	0.5	0
4	2015-10-04	@ ARI	W 24–22	1	0.0	0
5	2015-10-11	@ GB	L 10–24	1	0.0	1
7	2015-10-25	vs CLE	W 24–6	4	0.0	0
8	2015-11-01	vs SF	W 27–6	3	0.0	0
9	2015-11-08	@ MIN	L 18–21 OT	0	0.0	0
10	2015-11-15	vs CHI	L 13–37	4	0.0	0
11	2015-11-22	@ BAL	L 13–16	5	0.0	0
12	2015-11-29	@ CIN	L 7–31	2	0.0	0
13	2015-12-06	vs ARI	L 3–27	1	0.0	0
14	2015-12-13	vs DET	W 21–14	3	0.0	0
15	2015-12-17	vs TB	W 31–23	0	0.0	0
16	2015-12-27	@ SEA	W 23–17	2	0.0	0

2014 game log (8 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2014-09-08	vs NYG	W 35–14	1	0.0
2	2014-09-14	@ CAR	L 7–24	3	0.0
3	2014-09-21	vs GB	W 19–7	2	0.0
4	2014-09-28	@ NYJ	W 24–17	3	1.0
5	2014-10-05	vs BUF	L 14–17	2	0.0
6	2014-10-12	@ MIN	W 17–3	1	0.0
7	2014-10-19	vs NO	W 24–23	2	0.0
8	2014-10-26	@ ATL	W 22–21	0	0.0

2013 game log (15 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2013-09-08	vs MIN	W 34–24	5	1.5	0
3	2013-09-22	@ WAS	W 27–20	3	0.0	0
4	2013-09-29	vs CHI	W 40–32	0	0.0	0
5	2013-10-06	@ GB	L 9–22	1	0.0	0
6	2013-10-13	@ CLE	W 31–17	3	0.0	0
7	2013-10-20	vs CIN	L 24–27	0	0.0	1
8	2013-10-27	vs DAL	W 31–30	2	0.0	0
10	2013-11-10	@ CHI	W 21–19	1	1.0	0
11	2013-11-17	@ PIT	L 27–37	3	1.0	0
12	2013-11-24	vs TB	L 21–24	0	0.0	0
13	2013-11-28	vs GB	W 40–10	1	0.0	0
14	2013-12-08	@ PHI	L 20–34	5	0.0	0
15	2013-12-16	vs BAL	L 16–18	3	0.0	0
16	2013-12-22	vs NYG	L 20–23 OT	3	1.0	0
17	2013-12-29	@ MIN	L 13–14	4	1.5	0

2012 game log (11 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2012-09-09	vs LA	W 27–23	2	1.0	0
2	2012-09-16	@ SF	L 19–27	1	0.0	0
4	2012-09-30	vs MIN	L 13–20	1	0.0	0
6	2012-10-14	@ PHI	W 26–23 OT	2	0.5	1
7	2012-10-22	@ CHI	L 7–13	3	0.0	0
9	2012-11-04	@ JAX	W 31–14	3	0.0	0
10	2012-11-11	@ MIN	L 24–34	4	1.0	0
11	2012-11-18	vs GB	L 20–24	7	2.0	0
12	2012-11-22	vs HOU	L 31–34 OT	5	0.0	0
13	2012-12-02	vs IND	L 33–35	3	0.0	0
14	2012-12-09	@ GB	L 20–27	4	1.0	0

2011 game log (10 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
5	2011-10-10	vs CHI	W 24–13	0	0.0
7	2011-10-23	vs ATL	L 16–23	1	0.0
10	2011-11-13	@ CHI	L 13–37	1	0.0
11	2011-11-20	vs CAR	W 49–35	3	0.0
12	2011-11-24	vs GB	L 15–27	1	0.0
13	2011-12-04	@ NO	L 17–31	3	1.0
15	2011-12-18	@ LV	W 28–27	1	0.0
16	2011-12-24	vs LAC	W 38–10	1	0.0
17	2012-01-01	@ GB	L 41–45	4	0.0
P18	2012-01-07	@ NO	L 28–45	2	0.0