Shaquille Leonard

OLB · IND · 2018–2023

Born July 27, 1995 · College South Carolina State · Drafted 2018, round 2, pick 36 (IND) · 6-2, 234 lb

Defensive Rookie of the Year (2018) · 1st-team All-Pro ×3 (2018, 2020, 2021) · 2nd-team All-Pro (2019) · Pro Bowl ×3 (2019, 2020, 2021)

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
2018	IND	15	163	7.0	8	12	2	8	4
2018 playoffs	IND	2	27	0.0	0	1	0	1	1
2019	IND	13	121	5.0	6	7	5	7	2
2020	IND	14	132	3.0	3	7	0	7	3
2020 playoffs	IND	1	12	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2021	IND	16	122	0.0	3	4	4	8	8
2022	IND	3	11	0.0	0	0	1	1	0
2023	IND	14	88	1.0	1	4	0	0	0
Career	IND	75	637	16.0	21	34	12	31	17

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2018	Defensive Rookie of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro
2019	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2020	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2021	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl

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
2018	IND	15	–	–	945	97.6
2018 playoffs	IND	2	–	–	152	100.0
2019	IND	13	–	–	810	97.5
2020	IND	14	–	–	814	93.2
2020 playoffs	IND	1	–	–	59	100.0
2021	IND	16	–	–	984	97.5
2022	IND	3	–	–	74	42.5
2023	IND/PHI	14	–	–	602	61.2

Game logs

2023 game log (14 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2023-09-10	vs JAX	L 21–31	8	0.0
2	2023-09-17	@ HOU	W 31–20	4	0.0
3	2023-09-24	@ BAL	W 22–19 OT	6	0.0
4	2023-10-01	vs LA	L 23–29 OT	3	0.0
6	2023-10-15	@ JAX	L 20–37	7	0.0
7	2023-10-22	vs CLE	L 38–39	7	0.0
8	2023-10-29	vs NO	L 27–38	11	0.0
9	2023-11-05	@ CAR	W 27–13	10	0.0
10	2023-11-12	@ NE	W 10–6	9	0.0
14	2023-12-10	@ DAL	L 13–33	2	0.0
15	2023-12-18	@ SEA	L 17–20	4	0.0
16	2023-12-25	vs NYG	W 33–25	7	1.0
17	2023-12-31	vs ARI	L 31–35	5	0.0
18	2024-01-07	@ NYG	L 10–27	5	0.0

2022 game log (3 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
4	2022-10-02	vs TEN	L 17–24	2	0	0
8	2022-10-30	vs WAS	L 16–17	4	1	1
9	2022-11-06	@ NE	L 3–26	5	0	0

2021 game log (16 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2021-09-12	vs SEA	L 16–28	5	0	0
2	2021-09-19	vs LA	L 24–27	6	0	1
3	2021-09-26	@ TEN	L 16–25	6	1	1
4	2021-10-03	@ MIA	W 27–17	8	0	1
5	2021-10-11	@ BAL	L 25–31 OT	13	0	0
6	2021-10-17	vs HOU	W 31–3	7	1	1
7	2021-10-24	@ SF	W 30–18	7	0	0
8	2021-10-31	vs TEN	L 31–34 OT	8	0	1
9	2021-11-04	vs NYJ	W 45–30	7	0	0
10	2021-11-14	vs JAX	W 23–17	6	0	0
11	2021-11-21	@ BUF	W 41–15	5	0	0
12	2021-11-28	vs TB	L 31–38	15	0	1
13	2021-12-05	@ HOU	W 31–0	4	0	0
15	2021-12-18	vs NE	W 27–17	10	1	1
17	2022-01-02	vs LV	L 20–23	8	1	1
18	2022-01-09	@ JAX	L 11–26	7	0	0

2020 game log (15 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2020-09-13	@ JAX	L 20–27	10	0.0	0
2	2020-09-20	vs MIN	W 28–11	6	0.0	1
3	2020-09-27	vs NYJ	W 36–7	10	0.0	1
4	2020-10-04	@ CHI	W 19–11	1	0.0	0
8	2020-11-01	@ DET	W 41–21	9	1.0	0
9	2020-11-08	vs BAL	L 10–24	15	0.0	0
10	2020-11-12	@ TEN	W 34–17	9	0.0	0
11	2020-11-22	vs GB	W 34–31 OT	6	0.0	1
12	2020-11-29	vs TEN	L 26–45	14	1.0	1
13	2020-12-06	@ HOU	W 26–20	6	0.0	1
14	2020-12-13	@ LV	W 44–27	11	0.0	0
15	2020-12-20	vs HOU	W 27–20	15	0.0	0
16	2020-12-27	@ PIT	L 24–28	10	0.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs JAX	W 28–14	10	1.0	2
P18	2021-01-09	@ BUF	L 24–27	12	0.0	0

2019 game log (13 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2019-09-08	@ LAC	L 24–30 OT	8	0.0	0	1
2	2019-09-15	@ TEN	W 19–17	10	1.0	0	0
7	2019-10-20	vs HOU	W 30–23	10	0.0	1	1
8	2019-10-27	vs DEN	W 15–13	10	1.0	0	0
9	2019-11-03	@ PIT	L 24–26	9	0.0	0	0
10	2019-11-10	vs MIA	L 12–16	13	1.0	1	2
11	2019-11-17	vs JAX	W 33–13	5	0.0	0	0
12	2019-11-21	@ HOU	L 17–20	6	0.0	0	0
13	2019-12-01	vs TEN	L 17–31	12	2.0	0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ TB	L 35–38	9	0.0	2	2
15	2019-12-16	@ NO	L 7–34	12	0.0	0	0
16	2019-12-22	vs CAR	W 38–6	11	0.0	0	0
17	2019-12-29	@ JAX	L 20–38	6	0.0	1	1

2018 game log (17 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2018-09-09	vs CIN	L 23–34	9	0.0	0	0
2	2018-09-16	@ WAS	W 21–9	19	1.0	0	1
3	2018-09-23	@ PHI	L 16–20	13	2.0	0	1
4	2018-09-30	vs HOU	L 34–37 OT	13	1.0	0	0
6	2018-10-14	@ NYJ	L 34–42	8	0.0	0	0
7	2018-10-21	vs BUF	W 37–5	17	0.0	0	0
8	2018-10-28	@ LV	W 42–28	9	0.0	0	0
10	2018-11-11	vs JAX	W 29–26	9	0.0	0	0
11	2018-11-18	vs TEN	W 38–10	7	1.0	1	1
12	2018-11-25	vs MIA	W 27–24	10	1.0	0	0
13	2018-12-02	@ JAX	L 0–6	9	0.0	0	0
14	2018-12-09	@ HOU	W 24–21	12	1.0	0	1
15	2018-12-16	vs DAL	W 23–0	11	0.0	0	2
16	2018-12-23	vs NYG	W 28–27	9	0.0	0	0
17	2018-12-30	@ TEN	W 33–17	8	0.0	1	2
P18	2019-01-05	@ HOU	W 21–7	13	0.0	0	1
P19	2019-01-12	@ KC	L 13–31	14	0.0	0	0