Nik Needham

DB · MIA · 2019–2024

Born November 4, 1996 · College Texas-El Paso · Undrafted · 6-1, 196 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
2019	MIA	12	54	1.0	3	1	2	11	1
2020	MIA	12	58	1.0	1	1	2	7	0
2021	MIA	15	59	1.0	2	1	2	5	0
2022	MIA	6	21	0.0	0	0	0	2	0
2023	MIA	4	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2024	MIA	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	MIA	50	200	3.0	6	3	6	25	1

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
2019	MIA	12	–	–	730	89.6
2020	MIA	14	–	–	611	68.7
2021	MIA	16	–	–	594	57.1
2022	MIA	6	–	–	286	77.5
2023	MIA	10	–	–	68	11.2
2023 playoffs	MIA	1	–	–	1	1.3
2024	MIA	1	–	–	1	1.7

Game logs

2024 game log (1 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
5	2024-10-06	@ NE	W 15–10	1	0.0	0	0

2023 game log (4 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
9	2023-11-05	@ KC	L 14–21	1
12	2023-11-24	@ NYJ	W 34–13	3
13	2023-12-03	@ WAS	W 45–15	1
15	2023-12-17	vs NYJ	W 30–0	2

2022 game log (6 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2022-09-11	vs NE	W 20–7	4	0
2	2022-09-18	@ BAL	W 42–38	2	0
3	2022-09-25	vs BUF	W 21–19	5	1
4	2022-09-29	@ CIN	L 15–27	2	1
5	2022-10-09	@ NYJ	L 17–40	5	0
6	2022-10-16	vs MIN	L 16–24	3	0

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2021-09-12	@ NE	W 17–16	6	0.0	0	0
3	2021-09-26	@ LV	L 28–31 OT	5	0.0	0	1
4	2021-10-03	vs IND	L 17–27	6	0.0	0	1
5	2021-10-10	@ TB	L 17–45	4	0.0	0	0
6	2021-10-17	@ JAX	L 20–23	2	0.0	0	0
7	2021-10-24	vs ATL	L 28–30	2	0.0	0	0
8	2021-10-31	@ BUF	L 11–26	8	0.0	0	0
9	2021-11-07	vs HOU	W 17–9	4	1.0	0	1
11	2021-11-21	@ NYJ	W 24–17	2	0.0	0	0
12	2021-11-28	vs CAR	W 33–10	4	0.0	1	1
13	2021-12-05	vs NYG	W 20–9	5	0.0	0	0
15	2021-12-19	vs NYJ	W 31–24	5	0.0	0	0
16	2021-12-27	@ NO	W 20–3	2	0.0	1	1
17	2022-01-02	@ TEN	L 3–34	2	0.0	0	0
18	2022-01-09	vs NE	W 33–24	2	0.0	0	0

2020 game log (12 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
2	2020-09-20	vs BUF	L 28–31	12	0.0	0	0
5	2020-10-11	@ SF	W 43–17	3	0.0	0	1
6	2020-10-18	vs NYJ	W 24–0	7	0.0	0	0
8	2020-11-01	vs LA	W 28–17	10	0.0	0	0
9	2020-11-08	@ ARI	W 34–31	2	0.0	0	0
10	2020-11-15	vs LAC	W 29–21	4	1.0	0	1
11	2020-11-22	@ DEN	L 13–20	4	0.0	0	2
12	2020-11-29	@ NYJ	W 20–3	5	0.0	1	1
13	2020-12-06	vs CIN	W 19–7	1	0.0	1	2
14	2020-12-13	vs KC	L 27–33	5	0.0	0	0
15	2020-12-20	vs NE	W 22–12	4	0.0	0	0
16	2020-12-26	@ LV	W 26–25	1	0.0	0	0

2019 game log (12 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
6	2019-10-13	vs WAS	L 16–17	1	0.0	0	1
7	2019-10-20	@ BUF	L 21–31	2	0.0	0	0
8	2019-10-28	@ PIT	L 14–27	3	0.0	0	0
9	2019-11-03	vs NYJ	W 26–18	9	1.0	0	0
10	2019-11-10	@ IND	W 16–12	6	0.0	1	3
11	2019-11-17	vs BUF	L 20–37	6	0.0	0	2
12	2019-11-24	@ CLE	L 24–41	4	0.0	0	0
13	2019-12-01	vs PHI	W 37–31	4	0.0	0	1
14	2019-12-08	@ NYJ	L 21–22	6	0.0	0	2
15	2019-12-15	@ NYG	L 20–36	4	0.0	1	1
16	2019-12-22	vs CIN	W 38–35 OT	4	0.0	0	1
17	2019-12-29	@ NE	W 27–24	5	0.0	0	0