Philip Wheeler

OLB · IND/LV/MIA/ATL · 2008–2016

Born December 12, 1984 · College Georgia Tech · Drafted 2008, round 3, pick 93 (IND) · 6-2, 245 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
2008	IND	8	14	0.0	0	–	–	0
2008 playoffs	IND	1	1	0.0	0	–	–	0
2009	IND	13	62	1.0	2	3	1	1
2009 playoffs	IND	2	6	0.0	1	0	0	0
2010	IND	16	61	0.0	0	1	1	0
2010 playoffs	IND	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
2011	IND	13	85	1.0	1	3	0	1
2012	LV	16	110	3.0	12	5	6	2
2013	MIA	16	118	0.5	5	5	7	0
2014	MIA	15	46	0.0	0	3	0	0
2015	ATL	5	29	1.0	1	1	0	1
2016	ATL	12	28	0.0	2	3	0	0
2016 playoffs	ATL	2	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career	ATL	114	553	6.5	23	25	15	5

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	ATL	16	–	–	321	29.6
2016 playoffs	ATL	3	–	–	29	13.4

Game logs

2016 game log (14 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	vs TB	L 24–31	1
2	2016-09-18	@ LV	W 35–28	1
3	2016-09-26	@ NO	W 45–32	0
4	2016-10-02	vs CAR	W 48–33	4
5	2016-10-09	@ DEN	W 23–16	7
6	2016-10-16	@ SEA	L 24–26	1
7	2016-10-23	vs LAC	L 30–33 OT	5
9	2016-11-03	@ TB	W 43–28	1
10	2016-11-13	@ PHI	L 15–24	4
13	2016-12-04	vs KC	L 28–29	1
15	2016-12-18	vs SF	W 41–13	1
16	2016-12-24	@ CAR	W 33–16	2
P19	2017-01-14	vs SEA	W 36–20	1
P21	2017-02-05	vs NE	L 28–34 OT	1

2015 game log (5 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
9	2015-11-08	@ SF	L 16–17	10	0.0
12	2015-11-29	vs MIN	L 10–20	11	0.0
13	2015-12-06	@ TB	L 19–23	4	0.0
15	2015-12-20	@ JAX	W 23–17	1	1.0
16	2015-12-27	vs CAR	W 20–13	3	0.0

2014 game log (15 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
2	2014-09-14	@ BUF	L 10–29	3
3	2014-09-21	vs KC	L 15–34	6
4	2014-09-28	@ LV	W 38–14	5
6	2014-10-12	vs GB	L 24–27	1
7	2014-10-19	@ CHI	W 27–14	1
8	2014-10-26	@ JAX	W 27–13	1
9	2014-11-02	vs LAC	W 37–0	2
10	2014-11-09	@ DET	L 16–20	1
11	2014-11-13	vs BUF	W 22–9	2
12	2014-11-23	@ DEN	L 36–39	1
13	2014-12-01	@ NYJ	W 16–13	5
14	2014-12-07	vs BAL	L 13–28	7
15	2014-12-14	@ NE	L 13–41	9
16	2014-12-21	vs MIN	W 37–35	1
17	2014-12-28	vs NYJ	L 24–37	1

2013 game log (16 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2013-09-08	@ CLE	W 23–10	6	0.0	1
2	2013-09-15	@ IND	W 24–20	12	0.5	2
3	2013-09-22	vs ATL	W 27–23	4	0.0	0
4	2013-09-30	@ NO	L 17–38	3	0.0	0
5	2013-10-06	vs BAL	L 23–26	10	0.0	0
7	2013-10-20	vs BUF	L 21–23	8	0.0	0
8	2013-10-27	@ NE	L 17–27	8	0.0	0
9	2013-10-31	vs CIN	W 22–20 OT	7	0.0	0
10	2013-11-11	@ TB	L 19–22	5	0.0	0
11	2013-11-17	vs LAC	W 20–16	6	0.0	1
12	2013-11-24	vs CAR	L 16–20	9	0.0	3
13	2013-12-01	@ NYJ	W 23–3	7	0.0	0
14	2013-12-08	@ PIT	W 34–28	7	0.0	0
15	2013-12-15	vs NE	W 24–20	3	0.0	0
16	2013-12-22	@ BUF	L 0–19	14	0.0	0
17	2013-12-29	vs NYJ	L 7–20	9	0.0	0

2012 game log (16 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2012-09-10	vs LAC	L 14–22	7	0.0	1
2	2012-09-16	@ MIA	L 13–35	7	0.0	0
3	2012-09-23	vs PIT	W 34–31	11	0.0	2
4	2012-09-30	@ DEN	L 6–37	9	0.0	1
6	2012-10-14	@ ATL	L 20–23	10	0.0	0
7	2012-10-21	vs JAX	W 26–23 OT	4	0.0	0
8	2012-10-28	@ KC	W 26–16	11	1.0	0
9	2012-11-04	vs TB	L 32–42	6	0.0	0
10	2012-11-11	@ BAL	L 20–55	7	0.0	0
11	2012-11-18	vs NO	L 17–38	6	0.0	0
12	2012-11-25	@ CIN	L 10–34	6	1.0	0
13	2012-12-02	vs CLE	L 17–20	3	0.0	1
14	2012-12-06	vs DEN	L 13–26	11	0.0	0
15	2012-12-16	vs KC	W 15–0	7	1.0	0
16	2012-12-23	@ CAR	L 6–17	3	0.0	1
17	2012-12-30	@ LAC	L 21–24	2	0.0	0

2011 game log (13 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2011-09-11	@ HOU	L 7–34	1	0.0
2	2011-09-18	vs CLE	L 19–27	5	0.0
3	2011-09-25	vs PIT	L 20–23	5	0.0
4	2011-10-03	@ TB	L 17–24	10	0.0
5	2011-10-09	vs KC	L 24–28	4	0.0
6	2011-10-16	@ CIN	L 17–27	6	0.0
7	2011-10-23	@ NO	L 7–62	10	0.0
8	2011-10-30	@ TEN	L 10–27	4	0.0
9	2011-11-06	vs ATL	L 7–31	12	1.0
10	2011-11-13	vs JAX	L 3–17	6	0.0
12	2011-11-27	vs CAR	L 19–27	6	0.0
13	2011-12-04	@ NE	L 24–31	7	0.0
14	2011-12-11	@ BAL	L 10–24	9	0.0

2010 game log (17 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2010-09-12	@ HOU	L 24–34	7	0
2	2010-09-19	vs NYG	W 38–14	6	0
3	2010-09-26	@ DEN	W 27–13	6	0
4	2010-10-03	@ JAX	L 28–31	4	0
5	2010-10-10	vs KC	W 19–9	4	0
6	2010-10-17	@ WAS	W 27–24	2	0
8	2010-11-01	vs HOU	W 30–17	2	0
9	2010-11-07	@ PHI	L 24–26	0	1
10	2010-11-14	vs CIN	W 23–17	3	0
11	2010-11-21	@ NE	L 28–31	5	0
12	2010-11-28	vs LAC	L 14–36	10	0
13	2010-12-05	vs DAL	L 35–38 OT	1	0
14	2010-12-09	@ TEN	W 30–28	4	0
15	2010-12-19	vs JAX	W 34–24	2	0
16	2010-12-26	@ LV	W 31–26	3	0
17	2011-01-02	vs TEN	W 23–20	2	0
P18	2011-01-08	vs NYJ	L 16–17	1	0

2009 game log (15 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
3	2009-09-27	@ ARI	W 31–10	1	0.0	0
5	2009-10-11	@ TEN	W 31–9	2	0.0	0
7	2009-10-25	@ LA	W 42–6	1	0.0	0
8	2009-11-01	vs SF	W 18–14	6	1.0	0
9	2009-11-08	vs HOU	W 20–17	4	0.0	0
10	2009-11-15	vs NE	W 35–34	7	0.0	0
11	2009-11-22	@ BAL	W 17–15	4	0.0	0
12	2009-11-29	@ HOU	W 35–27	5	0.0	0
13	2009-12-06	vs TEN	W 27–17	5	0.0	0
14	2009-12-13	vs DEN	W 28–16	3	0.0	0
15	2009-12-17	@ JAX	W 35–31	11	0.0	0
16	2009-12-27	vs NYJ	L 15–29	6	0.0	0
17	2010-01-03	@ BUF	L 7–30	7	0.0	1
P19	2010-01-16	vs BAL	W 20–3	1	0.0	0
P20	2010-01-24	vs NYJ	W 30–17	5	0.0	0

2008 game log (9 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2008-09-07	vs CHI	L 13–29	1
2	2008-09-14	@ MIN	W 18–15	3
3	2008-09-21	vs JAX	L 21–23	1
8	2008-10-27	@ TEN	L 21–31	3
10	2008-11-09	@ PIT	W 24–20	2
14	2008-12-07	vs CIN	W 35–3	2
15	2008-12-14	vs DET	W 31–21	1
17	2008-12-28	vs TEN	W 23–0	1
P18	2009-01-03	@ LAC	L 17–23 OT	1