Steve McLendon

NT · PIT/NYJ/TB · 2010–2021

Born January 3, 1986 · College Troy · Undrafted · 6-3, 310 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
2010	PIT	2	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	PIT	7	13	1.0	2	1	0	0	0
2011 playoffs	PIT	1	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	PIT	7	7	2.0	3	2	0	0	1
2013	PIT	12	33	0.0	0	1	0	0	1
2014	PIT	8	21	1.0	1	4	0	0	0
2014 playoffs	PIT	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2015	PIT	10	14	1.0	2	4	0	1	0
2015 playoffs	PIT	2	4	0.0	0	1	0	0	0
2016	NYJ	10	27	3.5	6	7	0	0	1
2017	NYJ	15	46	1.5	3	7	0	0	0
2018	NYJ	15	34	0.0	1	4	0	1	0
2019	NYJ	16	36	2.5	7	10	0	0	0
2020	TB	13	31	0.0	0	2	0	0	0
2020 playoffs	TB	3	5	0.0	3	0	0	0	0
2021	TB	10	11	0.5	5	1	1	1	1
2021 playoffs	TB	2	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
Career	TB	125	275	13.0	30	43	1	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	NYJ	11	–	–	367	52.4
2017	NYJ	16	–	–	480	43.5
2018	NYJ	16	–	–	450	41.0
2019	NYJ	16	–	–	446	41.6
2020	NYJ/TB	15	–	–	420	42.4
2020 playoffs	TB	3	–	–	67	32.5
2021	TB	12	–	–	249	32.3
2021 playoffs	TB	2	–	–	42	30.9

Game logs

2021 game log (12 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2021-09-09	vs DAL	W 31–29	1	0.0	0	0
2	2021-09-19	vs ATL	W 48–25	1	0.0	0	0
3	2021-09-26	@ LA	L 24–34	1	0.0	0	0
5	2021-10-10	vs MIA	W 45–17	0	0.0	0	0
11	2021-11-22	vs NYG	W 30–10	0	0.0	1	1
12	2021-11-28	@ IND	W 38–31	0	0.0	0	0
15	2021-12-19	vs NO	L 0–9	2	0.0	0	0
16	2021-12-26	@ CAR	W 32–6	1	0.5	0	0
17	2022-01-02	@ NYJ	W 28–24	1	0.0	0	0
18	2022-01-09	vs CAR	W 41–17	4	0.0	0	0
P19	2022-01-16	vs PHI	W 31–15	1	1.0	0	0
P20	2022-01-23	vs LA	L 27–30	0	0.0	0	1

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	@ BUF	L 17–27	1
2	2020-09-20	vs SF	L 13–31	4
3	2020-09-27	@ IND	L 7–36	3
4	2020-10-01	vs DEN	L 28–37	2
6	2020-10-18	@ MIA	L 0–24	4
7	2020-10-25	@ LV	W 45–20	5
8	2020-11-02	@ NYG	W 25–23	1
9	2020-11-08	vs NO	L 3–38	3
10	2020-11-15	@ CAR	W 46–23	3
11	2020-11-23	vs LA	L 24–27	1
12	2020-11-29	vs KC	L 24–27	2
14	2020-12-13	vs MIN	W 26–14	1
16	2020-12-26	@ DET	W 47–7	1
P19	2021-01-17	@ NO	W 30–20	1
P20	2021-01-24	@ GB	W 31–26	3
P21	2021-02-07	vs KC	W 31–9	1

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2019-09-08	vs BUF	L 16–17	1	0.0
2	2019-09-16	vs CLE	L 3–23	5	0.0
3	2019-09-22	@ NE	L 14–30	2	0.0
5	2019-10-06	@ PHI	L 6–31	3	1.0
6	2019-10-13	vs DAL	W 24–22	1	0.0
7	2019-10-21	vs NE	L 0–33	2	0.0
8	2019-10-27	@ JAX	L 15–29	0	0.0
9	2019-11-03	@ MIA	L 18–26	2	0.0
10	2019-11-10	vs NYG	W 34–27	3	0.5
11	2019-11-17	@ WAS	W 34–17	1	0.0
12	2019-11-24	vs LV	W 34–3	1	0.0
13	2019-12-01	@ CIN	L 6–22	3	1.0
14	2019-12-08	vs MIA	W 22–21	3	0.0
15	2019-12-12	@ BAL	L 21–42	4	0.0
16	2019-12-22	vs PIT	W 16–10	3	0.0
17	2019-12-29	@ BUF	W 13–6	2	0.0

2018 game log (15 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2018-09-10	@ DET	W 48–17	3	0
2	2018-09-16	vs MIA	L 12–20	3	0
3	2018-09-20	@ CLE	L 17–21	2	1
4	2018-09-30	@ JAX	L 12–31	2	0
5	2018-10-07	vs DEN	W 34–16	2	0
6	2018-10-14	vs IND	W 42–34	2	0
7	2018-10-21	vs MIN	L 17–37	3	0
8	2018-10-28	@ CHI	L 10–24	1	0
9	2018-11-04	@ MIA	L 6–13	2	0
10	2018-11-11	vs BUF	L 10–41	2	0
12	2018-11-25	vs NE	L 13–27	3	0
14	2018-12-09	@ BUF	W 27–23	3	0
15	2018-12-15	vs HOU	L 22–29	4	0
16	2018-12-23	vs GB	L 38–44 OT	1	0
17	2018-12-30	@ NE	L 3–38	1	0

2017 game log (15 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2017-09-10	@ BUF	L 12–21	4	0.0
2	2017-09-17	@ LV	L 20–45	1	0.0
3	2017-09-24	vs MIA	W 20–6	1	0.0
4	2017-10-01	vs JAX	W 23–20 OT	2	0.0
5	2017-10-08	@ CLE	W 17–14	4	0.0
6	2017-10-15	vs NE	L 17–24	3	0.0
7	2017-10-22	@ MIA	L 28–31	2	0.0
8	2017-10-29	vs ATL	L 20–25	5	0.0
9	2017-11-02	vs BUF	W 34–21	3	0.5
10	2017-11-12	@ TB	L 10–15	5	0.0
12	2017-11-26	vs CAR	L 27–35	1	1.0
14	2017-12-10	@ DEN	L 0–23	5	0.0
15	2017-12-17	@ NO	L 19–31	3	0.0
16	2017-12-24	vs LAC	L 7–14	4	0.0
17	2017-12-31	@ NE	L 6–26	3	0.0

2016 game log (10 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2016-09-11	vs CIN	L 22–23	5	2.0
3	2016-09-25	@ KC	L 3–24	3	0.0
4	2016-10-02	vs SEA	L 17–27	3	0.0
5	2016-10-09	@ PIT	L 13–31	3	0.0
6	2016-10-17	@ ARI	L 3–28	3	0.0
7	2016-10-23	vs BAL	W 24–16	2	0.0
8	2016-10-30	@ CLE	W 31–28	0	0.0
9	2016-11-06	@ MIA	L 23–27	3	0.0
10	2016-11-13	vs LA	L 6–9	4	1.5
12	2016-11-27	vs NE	L 17–22	1	0.0

2015 game log (12 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2015-09-10	@ NE	L 21–28	2	0.0	0
2	2015-09-20	vs SF	W 43–18	1	0.0	0
3	2015-09-27	@ LA	W 12–6	2	0.0	0
7	2015-10-25	@ KC	L 13–23	1	0.0	0
8	2015-11-01	vs CIN	L 10–16	2	1.0	0
10	2015-11-15	vs CLE	W 30–9	1	0.0	0
12	2015-11-29	@ SEA	L 30–39	2	0.0	1
15	2015-12-20	vs DEN	W 34–27	1	0.0	0
16	2015-12-27	@ BAL	L 17–20	1	0.0	0
17	2016-01-03	@ CLE	W 28–12	1	0.0	0
P18	2016-01-09	@ CIN	W 18–16	1	0.0	0
P19	2016-01-17	@ DEN	L 16–23	3	0.0	0

2014 game log (9 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2014-09-07	vs CLE	W 30–27	3	0.0
2	2014-09-11	@ BAL	L 6–26	6	0.0
3	2014-09-21	@ CAR	W 37–19	2	1.0
4	2014-09-28	vs TB	L 24–27	3	0.0
9	2014-11-02	vs BAL	W 43–23	2	0.0
10	2014-11-09	@ NYJ	L 13–20	1	0.0
14	2014-12-07	@ CIN	W 42–21	1	0.0
17	2014-12-28	vs CIN	W 27–17	3	0.0
P18	2015-01-03	vs BAL	L 17–30	1	0.0

2013 game log (12 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	vs TEN	L 9–16	6
2	2013-09-16	@ CIN	L 10–20	2
3	2013-09-22	vs CHI	L 23–40	5
4	2013-09-29	@ MIN	L 27–34	4
7	2013-10-20	vs BAL	W 19–16	3
8	2013-10-27	@ LV	L 18–21	4
9	2013-11-03	@ NE	L 31–55	1
10	2013-11-10	vs BUF	W 23–10	1
11	2013-11-17	vs DET	W 37–27	2
14	2013-12-08	vs MIA	L 28–34	1
16	2013-12-22	@ GB	W 38–31	1
17	2013-12-29	vs CLE	W 20–7	3

2012 game log (7 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
2	2012-09-16	vs NYJ	W 27–10	2	0.0
5	2012-10-07	vs PHI	W 16–14	1	1.0
9	2012-11-04	@ NYG	W 24–20	0	0.0
12	2012-11-25	@ CLE	L 14–20	1	0.0
13	2012-12-02	@ BAL	W 23–20	1	0.0
16	2012-12-23	vs CIN	L 10–13	1	0.5
17	2012-12-30	vs CLE	W 24–10	1	0.5

2011 game log (8 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
2	2011-09-18	vs SEA	W 24–0	1	0.5
6	2011-10-16	vs JAX	W 17–13	1	0.0
7	2011-10-23	@ ARI	W 32–20	5	0.0
9	2011-11-06	vs BAL	L 20–23	1	0.0
10	2011-11-13	@ CIN	W 24–17	1	0.0
12	2011-11-27	@ KC	W 13–9	2	0.0
14	2011-12-08	vs CLE	W 14–3	2	0.5
P18	2012-01-08	@ DEN	L 23–29 OT	3	0.0

2010 game log (2 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
2	2010-09-19	@ TEN	W 19–11	1	0.0	0	0
11	2010-11-21	vs LV	W 35–3	1	0.0	0	0