Ricky Jean Francois

DT · SF/IND/WAS/NE/DET · 2010–2018

Born November 23, 1986 · College LSU · Drafted 2009, round 7, pick 244 (SF) · 6-2, 309 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
2010	SF	9	12	1.0	0	0	1	1
2011	SF	8	15	0.0	0	0	2	0
2011 playoffs	SF	1	0	0.0	1	0	1	0
2012	SF	8	22	2.0	2	4	0	0
2012 playoffs	SF	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
2013	IND	8	19	2.5	5	5	2	0
2013 playoffs	IND	2	5	1.0	1	2	0	0
2014	IND	13	28	3.0	6	7	4	0
2014 playoffs	IND	3	6	0.5	1	0	0	0
2015	WAS	13	25	2.0	3	5	1	0
2015 playoffs	WAS	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
2016	WAS	13	32	1.5	2	3	1	0
2017	NE	7	12	0.0	0	2	0	0
2017 playoffs	NE	2	6	1.0	1	1	0	0
2018	DET	11	30	2.0	2	3	0	0
Career	DET	90	195	14.0	20	29	11	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
2016	WAS	16	–	–	437	40.1
2017	GB/NE	12	–	–	144	18.3
2017 playoffs	NE	3	–	–	56	27.1
2018	DET	16	–	–	396	40.9

Game logs

2018 game log (11 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2018-09-10	vs NYJ	L 17–48	4	0.0
2	2018-09-16	@ SF	L 27–30	1	0.0
3	2018-09-23	vs NE	W 26–10	3	0.0
4	2018-09-30	@ DAL	L 24–26	2	0.0
7	2018-10-21	@ MIA	W 32–21	4	2.0
10	2018-11-11	@ CHI	L 22–34	1	0.0
11	2018-11-18	vs CAR	W 20–19	2	0.0
14	2018-12-09	@ ARI	W 17–3	2	0.0
15	2018-12-16	@ BUF	L 13–14	4	0.0
16	2018-12-23	vs MIN	L 9–27	4	0.0
17	2018-12-30	@ GB	W 31–0	3	0.0

2017 game log (9 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
4	2017-09-28	vs CHI	W 35–14	1	0.0
6	2017-10-15	@ MIN	L 10–23	1	0.0
10	2017-11-12	@ DEN	W 41–16	1	0.0
11	2017-11-19	@ LV	W 33–8	1	0.0
15	2017-12-17	@ PIT	W 27–24	6	0.0
16	2017-12-24	vs BUF	W 37–16	1	0.0
17	2017-12-31	vs NYJ	W 26–6	1	0.0
P19	2018-01-13	vs TEN	W 35–14	1	1.0
P20	2018-01-21	vs JAX	W 24–20	5	0.0

2016 game log (13 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2016-09-18	vs DAL	L 23–27	5	0.5	0
3	2016-09-25	@ NYG	W 29–27	2	0.0	0
4	2016-10-02	vs CLE	W 31–20	1	0.0	0
5	2016-10-09	@ BAL	W 16–10	1	0.0	0
6	2016-10-16	vs PHI	W 27–20	3	1.0	0
8	2016-10-30	@ CIN	T 27–27 OT	1	0.0	0
10	2016-11-13	vs MIN	W 26–20	3	0.0	0
11	2016-11-20	vs GB	W 42–24	2	0.0	0
12	2016-11-24	@ DAL	L 26–31	1	0.0	0
13	2016-12-04	@ ARI	L 23–31	2	0.0	1
14	2016-12-11	@ PHI	W 27–22	2	0.0	0
15	2016-12-19	vs CAR	L 15–26	1	0.0	0
17	2017-01-01	vs NYG	L 10–19	8	0.0	0

2015 game log (14 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2015-09-20	vs LA	W 24–10	1	0.0	0
3	2015-09-24	@ NYG	L 21–32	4	0.0	0
4	2015-10-04	vs PHI	W 23–20	1	0.0	0
5	2015-10-11	@ ATL	L 19–25 OT	2	0.0	0
6	2015-10-18	@ NYJ	L 20–34	2	0.0	0
7	2015-10-25	vs TB	W 31–30	2	0.0	0
9	2015-11-08	@ NE	L 10–27	3	0.0	0
10	2015-11-15	vs NO	W 47–14	2	0.0	0
11	2015-11-22	@ CAR	L 16–44	2	0.0	0
12	2015-11-29	vs NYG	W 20–14	1	0.0	0
13	2015-12-07	vs DAL	L 16–19	1	0.0	1
15	2015-12-20	vs BUF	W 35–25	2	1.0	0
16	2015-12-26	@ PHI	W 38–24	2	1.0	0
P18	2016-01-10	vs GB	L 18–35	1	0.0	0

2014 game log (16 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2014-09-07	@ DEN	L 24–31	1	0.0	0
2	2014-09-15	vs PHI	L 27–30	3	0.0	0
4	2014-09-28	vs TEN	W 41–17	1	0.0	0
5	2014-10-05	vs BAL	W 20–13	3	0.0	0
6	2014-10-09	@ HOU	W 33–28	4	1.0	1
7	2014-10-19	vs CIN	W 27–0	3	1.0	0
8	2014-10-26	@ PIT	L 34–51	3	0.0	0
9	2014-11-03	@ NYG	W 40–24	1	0.0	1
12	2014-11-23	vs JAX	W 23–3	0	0.0	1
13	2014-11-30	vs WAS	W 49–27	1	0.0	0
15	2014-12-14	vs HOU	W 17–10	3	1.0	0
16	2014-12-21	@ DAL	L 7–42	2	0.0	0
17	2014-12-28	@ TEN	W 27–10	3	0.0	1
P18	2015-01-04	vs CIN	W 26–10	1	0.5	0
P19	2015-01-11	@ DEN	W 24–13	1	0.0	0
P20	2015-01-18	@ NE	L 7–45	4	0.0	0

2013 game log (10 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2013-09-08	vs LV	W 21–17	4	0.0	0
2	2013-09-15	vs MIA	L 20–24	1	0.0	1
6	2013-10-14	@ LAC	L 9–19	3	0.0	0
7	2013-10-20	vs DEN	W 39–33	2	0.5	0
9	2013-11-03	@ HOU	W 27–24	1	0.0	0
11	2013-11-14	@ TEN	W 30–27	1	0.0	0
12	2013-11-24	@ ARI	L 11–40	5	2.0	1
13	2013-12-01	vs TEN	W 22–14	2	0.0	0
P18	2014-01-04	vs KC	W 45–44	2	1.0	0
P19	2014-01-11	@ NE	L 22–43	3	0.0	0

2012 game log (9 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
3	2012-09-23	@ MIN	L 13–24	2	0.0
5	2012-10-07	vs BUF	W 45–3	1	0.0
6	2012-10-14	vs NYG	L 3–26	1	0.0
11	2012-11-19	vs CHI	W 32–7	2	0.0
12	2012-11-25	@ NO	W 31–21	2	0.0
15	2012-12-16	@ NE	W 41–34	2	1.0
16	2012-12-23	@ SEA	L 13–42	6	0.0
17	2012-12-30	vs ARI	W 27–13	6	1.0
P21	2013-02-03	vs BAL	L 31–34	2	0.0

2011 game log (9 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
2	2011-09-18	vs DAL	L 24–27 OT	1	0
4	2011-10-02	@ PHI	W 24–23	0	1
5	2011-10-09	vs TB	W 48–3	3	0
8	2011-10-30	vs CLE	W 20–10	1	0
9	2011-11-06	@ WAS	W 19–11	4	0
13	2011-12-04	vs LA	W 26–0	1	0
14	2011-12-11	@ ARI	L 19–21	1	0
17	2012-01-01	@ LA	W 34–27	4	1
P19	2012-01-14	vs NO	W 36–32	0	1

2010 game log (9 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2010-09-12	@ SEA	L 6–31	1	0.0	0
3	2010-09-26	@ KC	L 10–31	2	0.0	0
4	2010-10-03	@ ATL	L 14–16	1	0.0	0
6	2010-10-17	vs LV	W 17–9	3	1.0	0
7	2010-10-24	@ CAR	L 20–23	1	0.0	0
13	2010-12-05	@ GB	L 16–34	1	0.0	0
14	2010-12-12	vs SEA	W 40–21	2	0.0	0
15	2010-12-16	@ LAC	L 7–34	1	0.0	0
17	2011-01-02	vs ARI	W 38–7	0	0.0	1