Tahir Whitehead

OLB · DET/LV/CAR/ARI · 2012–2021

Born April 2, 1990 · College Temple · Drafted 2012, round 5, pick 138 (DET) · 6-1, 228 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
2012	DET	7	11	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
2013	DET	8	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	1
2014	DET	16	86	0.0	2	4	2	5	0
2014 playoffs	DET	1	6	1.0	1	1	0	0	0
2015	DET	14	51	2.0	4	7	1	6	0
2016	DET	15	132	0.0	0	3	0	5	0
2016 playoffs	DET	1	14	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2017	DET	16	110	1.0	4	9	1	2	0
2018	LV	16	126	0.0	1	9	1	5	1
2019	LV	16	108	0.0	1	6	0	1	0
2020	CAR	13	51	0.0	1	0	1	1	0
2021	ARI	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	ARI	122	685	3.0	13	38	6	25	3

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	DET	15	–	–	914	96.5
2016 playoffs	DET	1	–	–	63	90.0
2017	DET	16	–	–	935	87.1
2018	LV	16	–	–	999	99.7
2019	LV	16	–	–	927	90.4
2020	CAR	14	–	–	387	42.2
2021	ARI	1	1	1.3	–	–

Game logs

2021 game log (1 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
18	2022-01-09	vs SEA	L 30–38	1	0.0	0	0

2020 game log (13 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2020-09-13	vs LV	L 30–34	6	0	0
2	2020-09-20	@ TB	L 17–31	6	0	0
3	2020-09-27	@ LAC	W 21–16	7	0	0
4	2020-10-04	vs ARI	W 31–21	4	0	0
5	2020-10-11	@ ATL	W 23–16	4	0	0
6	2020-10-18	vs CHI	L 16–23	5	0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ NO	L 24–27	5	0	0
8	2020-10-29	vs ATL	L 17–25	6	0	0
9	2020-11-08	@ KC	L 31–33	1	0	0
10	2020-11-15	vs TB	L 23–46	5	0	0
12	2020-11-29	@ MIN	L 27–28	1	0	0
14	2020-12-13	vs DEN	L 27–32	1	0	0
16	2020-12-27	@ WAS	W 20–13	0	1	1

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2019-09-09	vs DEN	W 24–16	6	0
2	2019-09-15	vs KC	L 10–28	7	0
3	2019-09-22	@ MIN	L 14–34	3	0
4	2019-09-29	@ IND	W 31–24	9	0
5	2019-10-06	vs CHI	W 24–21	6	0
7	2019-10-20	@ GB	L 24–42	8	0
8	2019-10-27	@ HOU	L 24–27	11	0
9	2019-11-03	vs DET	W 31–24	7	0
10	2019-11-07	vs LAC	W 26–24	14	0
11	2019-11-17	vs CIN	W 17–10	4	1
12	2019-11-24	@ NYJ	L 3–34	5	0
13	2019-12-01	@ KC	L 9–40	1	0
14	2019-12-08	vs TEN	L 21–42	11	0
15	2019-12-15	vs JAX	L 16–20	6	0
16	2019-12-22	@ LAC	W 24–17	5	0
17	2019-12-29	@ DEN	L 15–16	5	0

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2018-09-10	vs LA	L 13–33	7	0	1
2	2018-09-16	@ DEN	L 19–20	6	0	0
3	2018-09-23	@ MIA	L 20–28	3	0	0
4	2018-09-30	vs CLE	W 45–42 OT	12	0	0
5	2018-10-07	@ LAC	L 10–26	9	0	0
6	2018-10-14	vs SEA	L 3–27	6	0	0
8	2018-10-28	vs IND	L 28–42	7	0	0
9	2018-11-01	@ SF	L 3–34	7	0	0
10	2018-11-11	vs LAC	L 6–20	7	0	0
11	2018-11-18	@ ARI	W 23–21	8	0	0
12	2018-11-25	@ BAL	L 17–34	15	0	1
13	2018-12-02	vs KC	L 33–40	7	0	0
14	2018-12-09	vs PIT	W 24–21	10	1	2
15	2018-12-16	@ CIN	L 16–30	4	0	0
16	2018-12-24	vs DEN	W 27–14	9	0	0
17	2018-12-30	@ KC	L 3–35	9	0	1

2017 game log (16 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2017-09-10	vs ARI	W 35–23	5	0.0	0	0
2	2017-09-18	@ NYG	W 24–10	8	0.0	1	1
3	2017-09-24	vs ATL	L 26–30	7	0.0	0	0
4	2017-10-01	@ MIN	W 14–7	5	0.0	0	0
5	2017-10-08	vs CAR	L 24–27	5	0.0	0	0
6	2017-10-15	@ NO	L 38–52	6	0.0	0	0
8	2017-10-29	vs PIT	L 15–20	3	0.0	0	0
9	2017-11-06	@ GB	W 30–17	5	1.0	0	0
10	2017-11-12	vs CLE	W 38–24	8	0.0	0	1
11	2017-11-19	@ CHI	W 27–24	9	0.0	0	0
12	2017-11-23	vs MIN	L 23–30	13	0.0	0	0
13	2017-12-03	@ BAL	L 20–44	4	0.0	0	0
14	2017-12-10	@ TB	W 24–21	8	0.0	0	0
15	2017-12-16	vs CHI	W 20–10	9	0.0	0	0
16	2017-12-24	@ CIN	L 17–26	8	0.0	0	0
17	2017-12-31	vs GB	W 35–11	7	0.0	0	0

2016 game log (16 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2016-09-11	@ IND	W 39–35	10	2
2	2016-09-18	vs TEN	L 15–16	10	0
3	2016-09-25	@ GB	L 27–34	3	0
4	2016-10-02	@ CHI	L 14–17	11	0
5	2016-10-09	vs PHI	W 24–23	12	2
6	2016-10-16	vs LA	W 31–28	9	0
7	2016-10-23	vs WAS	W 20–17	12	1
8	2016-10-30	@ HOU	L 13–20	7	0
9	2016-11-06	@ MIN	W 22–16 OT	12	0
11	2016-11-20	vs JAX	W 26–19	3	0
12	2016-11-24	vs MIN	W 16–13	12	0
14	2016-12-11	vs CHI	W 20–17	6	0
15	2016-12-18	@ NYG	L 6–17	12	0
16	2016-12-26	@ DAL	L 21–42	6	0
17	2017-01-01	vs GB	L 24–31	7	0
P18	2017-01-07	@ SEA	L 6–26	14	0

2015 game log (14 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2015-09-13	@ LAC	L 28–33	1	0.0	0	0
2	2015-09-20	@ MIN	L 16–26	4	0.0	0	0
3	2015-09-27	vs DEN	L 12–24	2	0.0	0	0
6	2015-10-18	vs CHI	W 37–34 OT	2	0.0	0	1
7	2015-10-25	vs MIN	L 19–28	2	0.0	0	0
8	2015-11-01	@ KC	L 10–45	3	0.0	0	0
10	2015-11-15	@ GB	W 18–16	8	1.0	0	1
11	2015-11-22	vs LV	W 18–13	2	0.0	0	0
12	2015-11-26	vs PHI	W 45–14	6	0.0	0	2
13	2015-12-03	vs GB	L 23–27	3	0.0	0	0
14	2015-12-13	@ LA	L 14–21	1	0.0	0	0
15	2015-12-21	@ NO	W 35–27	7	0.0	0	1
16	2015-12-27	vs SF	W 32–17	4	0.0	0	0
17	2016-01-03	@ CHI	W 24–20	6	1.0	1	1

2014 game log (17 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2014-09-08	vs NYG	W 35–14	1	0.0	0	0
2	2014-09-14	@ CAR	L 7–24	4	0.0	0	0
3	2014-09-21	vs GB	W 19–7	4	0.0	0	0
4	2014-09-28	@ NYJ	W 24–17	12	0.0	0	0
5	2014-10-05	vs BUF	L 14–17	7	0.0	0	0
6	2014-10-12	@ MIN	W 17–3	7	0.0	2	2
7	2014-10-19	vs NO	W 24–23	5	0.0	0	1
8	2014-10-26	@ ATL	W 22–21	5	0.0	0	0
10	2014-11-09	vs MIA	W 20–16	3	0.0	0	0
11	2014-11-16	@ ARI	L 6–14	3	0.0	0	1
12	2014-11-23	@ NE	L 9–34	7	0.0	0	0
13	2014-11-27	vs CHI	W 34–17	8	0.0	0	0
14	2014-12-07	vs TB	W 34–17	3	0.0	0	0
15	2014-12-14	vs MIN	W 16–14	10	0.0	0	0
16	2014-12-21	@ CHI	W 20–14	3	0.0	0	0
17	2014-12-28	@ GB	L 20–30	4	0.0	0	1
P18	2015-01-04	@ DAL	L 20–24	6	1.0	0	0

2013 game log (8 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2013-09-08	vs MIN	W 34–24	1
4	2013-09-29	vs CHI	W 40–32	2
5	2013-10-06	@ GB	L 9–22	1
8	2013-10-27	vs DAL	W 31–30	1
12	2013-11-24	vs TB	L 21–24	1
13	2013-11-28	vs GB	W 40–10	1
14	2013-12-08	@ PHI	L 20–34	1
17	2013-12-29	@ MIN	L 13–14	1

2012 game log (7 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
2	2012-09-16	@ SF	L 19–27	1
3	2012-09-23	@ TEN	L 41–44 OT	1
8	2012-10-28	vs SEA	W 28–24	2
10	2012-11-11	@ MIN	L 24–34	2
12	2012-11-22	vs HOU	L 31–34 OT	2
14	2012-12-09	@ GB	L 20–27	2
17	2012-12-30	vs CHI	L 24–26	1