William Gay

FS · PIT/ARI · 2007–2017

Born January 1, 1985 · College Louisville · Drafted 2007, round 5, pick 170 (PIT) · 5-10, 187 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
2007	PIT	11	19	0.0	0	–	0	–	0
2008	PIT	14	41	0.0	0	–	1	–	0
2008 playoffs	PIT	2	3	0.0	0	–	0	–	0
2009	PIT	15	79	1.5	3	4	0	10	1
2010	PIT	16	47	2.0	5	4	0	11	1
2010 playoffs	PIT	3	6	0.0	0	0	0	2	0
2011	PIT	16	61	0.0	0	4	2	13	0
2011 playoffs	PIT	1	4	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2012	ARI	15	57	1.0	1	4	2	6	3
2013	PIT	16	63	1.0	1	4	1	9	2
2014	PIT	16	69	0.0	0	1	3	12	0
2014 playoffs	PIT	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2015	PIT	16	58	1.0	2	7	2	7	0
2015 playoffs	PIT	2	13	0.0	0	1	0	1	0
2016	PIT	14	58	1.0	0	2	1	7	1
2016 playoffs	PIT	3	7	0.0	0	0	0	1	0
2017	PIT	11	19	0.0	0	0	1	3	2
Career	PIT	160	571	7.5	12	31	13	87	10

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	PIT	16	–	–	844	81.3
2016 playoffs	PIT	3	–	–	120	63.8
2017	PIT	16	–	–	259	26.8
2017 playoffs	PIT	1	–	–	7	11.7

Game logs

2017 game log (11 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2017-09-10	@ CLE	W 21–18	5	0	1
2	2017-09-17	vs MIN	W 26–9	3	0	0
3	2017-09-24	@ CHI	L 17–23 OT	1	0	1
4	2017-10-01	@ BAL	W 26–9	1	0	0
5	2017-10-08	vs JAX	L 9–30	1	0	0
7	2017-10-22	vs CIN	W 29–14	0	1	1
10	2017-11-12	@ IND	W 20–17	1	0	0
12	2017-11-26	vs GB	W 31–28	2	0	0
13	2017-12-04	@ CIN	W 23–20	1	0	0
15	2017-12-17	vs NE	L 24–27	1	0	0
17	2017-12-31	vs CLE	W 28–24	3	0	0

2016 game log (17 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2016-09-12	@ WAS	W 38–16	6	0.0	0	0
2	2016-09-18	vs CIN	W 24–16	4	0.0	0	2
3	2016-09-25	@ PHI	L 3–34	5	0.0	0	0
4	2016-10-02	vs KC	W 43–14	5	0.0	0	0
5	2016-10-09	vs NYJ	W 31–13	2	0.0	0	0
6	2016-10-16	@ MIA	L 15–30	4	0.0	0	1
7	2016-10-23	vs NE	L 16–27	5	0.0	0	0
10	2016-11-13	vs DAL	L 30–35	2	0.0	0	1
12	2016-11-24	@ IND	W 28–7	3	1.0	1	2
13	2016-12-04	vs NYG	W 24–14	3	0.0	0	0
14	2016-12-11	@ BUF	W 27–20	5	0.0	0	0
15	2016-12-18	@ CIN	W 24–20	2	0.0	0	0
16	2016-12-25	vs BAL	W 31–27	7	0.0	0	0
17	2017-01-01	vs CLE	W 27–24 OT	5	0.0	0	1
P18	2017-01-08	vs MIA	W 30–12	2	0.0	0	1
P19	2017-01-15	@ KC	W 18–16	1	0.0	0	0
P20	2017-01-22	@ NE	L 17–36	4	0.0	0	0

2015 game log (18 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2015-09-10	@ NE	L 21–28	4	0.0	0	0
2	2015-09-20	vs SF	W 43–18	3	0.0	0	1
3	2015-09-27	@ LA	W 12–6	5	0.0	0	0
4	2015-10-01	vs BAL	L 20–23 OT	2	0.0	0	0
5	2015-10-12	@ LAC	W 24–20	2	0.0	0	0
6	2015-10-18	vs ARI	W 25–13	5	0.0	0	1
7	2015-10-25	@ KC	L 13–23	2	0.0	0	0
8	2015-11-01	vs CIN	L 10–16	3	0.0	0	0
9	2015-11-08	vs LV	W 38–35	2	0.0	0	0
10	2015-11-15	vs CLE	W 30–9	7	0.0	0	1
12	2015-11-29	@ SEA	L 30–39	3	1.0	0	0
13	2015-12-06	vs IND	W 45–10	6	0.0	0	1
14	2015-12-13	@ CIN	W 33–20	2	0.0	1	1
15	2015-12-20	vs DEN	W 34–27	4	0.0	0	1
16	2015-12-27	@ BAL	L 17–20	5	0.0	0	0
17	2016-01-03	@ CLE	W 28–12	3	0.0	1	1
P18	2016-01-09	@ CIN	W 18–16	5	0.0	0	0
P19	2016-01-17	@ DEN	L 16–23	8	0.0	0	1

2014 game log (17 games)

2014 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2014-09-07	vs CLE	W 30–27	3	0	2
2	2014-09-11	@ BAL	L 6–26	1	0	0
3	2014-09-21	@ CAR	W 37–19	3	0	0
4	2014-09-28	vs TB	L 24–27	4	0	2
5	2014-10-05	@ JAX	W 17–9	2	0	2
6	2014-10-12	@ CLE	L 10–31	2	0	0
7	2014-10-20	vs HOU	W 30–23	5	0	0
8	2014-10-26	vs IND	W 51–34	8	1	1
9	2014-11-02	vs BAL	W 43–23	5	0	0
10	2014-11-09	@ NYJ	L 13–20	7	0	1
11	2014-11-17	@ TEN	W 27–24	3	1	1
13	2014-11-30	vs NO	L 32–35	5	0	0
14	2014-12-07	@ CIN	W 42–21	4	0	1
15	2014-12-14	@ ATL	W 27–20	8	1	2
16	2014-12-21	vs KC	W 20–12	6	0	0
17	2014-12-28	vs CIN	W 27–17	3	0	0
P18	2015-01-03	vs BAL	L 17–30	2	0	1

2013 game log (16 games)

2013 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2013-09-08	vs TEN	L 9–16	3	0.0	0	2
2	2013-09-16	@ CIN	L 10–20	5	0.0	0	0
3	2013-09-22	vs CHI	L 23–40	6	0.0	0	0
4	2013-09-29	@ MIN	L 27–34	2	0.0	0	0
6	2013-10-13	@ NYJ	W 19–6	3	0.0	0	0
7	2013-10-20	vs BAL	W 19–16	3	0.0	0	2
8	2013-10-27	@ LV	L 18–21	4	0.0	0	0
9	2013-11-03	@ NE	L 31–55	4	0.0	0	0
10	2013-11-10	vs BUF	W 23–10	11	0.0	0	1
11	2013-11-17	vs DET	W 37–27	3	0.0	0	2
12	2013-11-24	@ CLE	W 27–11	3	1.0	1	1
13	2013-11-28	@ BAL	L 20–22	2	0.0	0	0
14	2013-12-08	vs MIA	L 28–34	7	0.0	0	0
15	2013-12-15	vs CIN	W 30–20	1	0.0	0	1
16	2013-12-22	@ GB	W 38–31	3	0.0	0	0
17	2013-12-29	vs CLE	W 20–7	3	0.0	0	0

2012 game log (15 games)

2012 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2012-09-09	vs SEA	W 20–16	7	0.0	0	1
2	2012-09-16	@ NE	W 20–18	5	0.0	0	0
3	2012-09-23	vs PHI	W 27–6	6	0.0	0	0
4	2012-09-30	vs MIA	W 24–21 OT	3	0.0	0	0
6	2012-10-14	vs BUF	L 16–19 OT	4	0.0	0	1
7	2012-10-21	@ MIN	L 14–21	3	0.0	0	0
8	2012-10-29	vs SF	L 3–24	5	0.0	0	0
9	2012-11-04	@ GB	L 17–31	0	0.0	1	1
11	2012-11-18	@ ATL	L 19–23	5	0.0	1	1
12	2012-11-25	vs LA	L 17–31	2	0.0	0	0
13	2012-12-02	@ NYJ	L 6–7	5	1.0	0	1
14	2012-12-09	@ SEA	L 0–58	1	0.0	0	0
15	2012-12-16	vs DET	W 38–10	5	0.0	0	1
16	2012-12-23	vs CHI	L 13–28	2	0.0	0	0
17	2012-12-30	@ SF	L 13–27	4	0.0	0	0

2011 game log (17 games)

2011 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2011-09-11	@ BAL	L 7–35	1	0	0
2	2011-09-18	vs SEA	W 24–0	3	0	1
3	2011-09-25	@ IND	W 23–20	5	0	0
4	2011-10-02	@ HOU	L 10–17	4	0	0
5	2011-10-09	vs TEN	W 38–17	5	0	0
6	2011-10-16	vs JAX	W 17–13	4	0	0
7	2011-10-23	@ ARI	W 32–20	3	0	1
8	2011-10-30	vs NE	W 25–17	4	0	0
9	2011-11-06	vs BAL	L 20–23	6	0	1
10	2011-11-13	@ CIN	W 24–17	3	1	4
12	2011-11-27	@ KC	W 13–9	2	0	0
13	2011-12-04	vs CIN	W 35–7	1	0	0
14	2011-12-08	vs CLE	W 14–3	7	1	3
15	2011-12-19	@ SF	L 3–20	3	0	0
16	2011-12-24	vs LA	W 27–0	6	0	1
17	2012-01-01	@ CLE	W 13–9	4	0	2
P18	2012-01-08	@ DEN	L 23–29 OT	4	0	1

2010 game log (19 games)

2010 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2010-09-12	vs ATL	W 15–9 OT	1	0.0	1
2	2010-09-19	@ TEN	W 19–11	1	0.0	0
3	2010-09-26	@ TB	W 38–13	5	1.0	0
4	2010-10-03	vs BAL	L 14–17	2	0.0	2
6	2010-10-17	vs CLE	W 28–10	3	0.0	0
7	2010-10-24	@ MIA	W 23–22	3	0.0	0
8	2010-10-31	@ NO	L 10–20	6	0.0	1
9	2010-11-08	@ CIN	W 27–21	5	0.0	1
10	2010-11-14	vs NE	L 26–39	3	0.0	0
11	2010-11-21	vs LV	W 35–3	3	0.0	1
12	2010-11-28	@ BUF	W 19–16 OT	4	0.0	4
13	2010-12-05	@ BAL	W 13–10	2	0.0	0
14	2010-12-12	vs CIN	W 23–7	5	1.0	1
15	2010-12-19	vs NYJ	L 17–22	1	0.0	0
16	2010-12-23	vs CAR	W 27–3	1	0.0	0
17	2011-01-02	@ CLE	W 41–9	2	0.0	0
P19	2011-01-15	vs BAL	W 31–24	1	0.0	1
P20	2011-01-23	vs NYJ	W 24–19	3	0.0	0
P21	2011-02-06	@ GB	L 25–31	2	0.0	1

2009 game log (15 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2009-09-10	vs TEN	W 13–10 OT	4	0.0	1
2	2009-09-20	@ CHI	L 14–17	8	0.0	0
3	2009-09-27	@ CIN	L 20–23	4	0.0	0
4	2009-10-04	vs LAC	W 38–28	3	0.0	1
5	2009-10-11	@ DET	W 28–20	8	1.5	0
7	2009-10-25	vs MIN	W 27–17	9	0.0	1
9	2009-11-09	@ DEN	W 28–10	4	0.0	2
10	2009-11-15	vs CIN	L 12–18	9	0.0	2
11	2009-11-22	@ KC	L 24–27 OT	3	0.0	0
12	2009-11-29	@ BAL	L 17–20 OT	8	0.0	0
13	2009-12-06	vs LV	L 24–27	5	0.0	1
14	2009-12-10	@ CLE	L 6–13	3	0.0	0
15	2009-12-20	vs GB	W 37–36	6	0.0	1
16	2009-12-27	vs BAL	W 23–20	3	0.0	0
17	2010-01-03	@ MIA	W 30–24	2	0.0	1

2008 game log (16 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2008-09-07	vs HOU	W 38–17	2	0	0
3	2008-09-21	@ PHI	L 6–15	2	0	0
5	2008-10-05	@ JAX	W 26–21	1	0	0
7	2008-10-19	@ CIN	W 38–10	2	0	0
8	2008-10-26	vs NYG	L 14–21	3	0	1
9	2008-11-03	@ WAS	W 23–6	5	0	2
10	2008-11-09	vs IND	L 20–24	2	0	0
11	2008-11-16	vs LAC	W 11–10	3	0	0
12	2008-11-20	vs CIN	W 27–10	7	0	1
13	2008-11-30	@ NE	W 33–10	5	0	0
14	2008-12-07	vs DAL	W 20–13	4	0	2
15	2008-12-14	@ BAL	W 13–9	1	1	1
16	2008-12-21	@ TEN	L 14–31	3	0	0
17	2008-12-28	vs CLE	W 31–0	1	0	0
P20	2009-01-18	vs BAL	W 23–14	1	0	0
P21	2009-02-01	@ ARI	W 27–23	2	0	0

2007 game log (11 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
1	2007-09-09	@ CLE	W 34–7	1	1
3	2007-09-23	vs SF	W 37–16	2	0
4	2007-09-30	@ ARI	L 14–21	2	0
5	2007-10-07	vs SEA	W 21–0	1	0
7	2007-10-21	@ DEN	L 28–31	4	0
9	2007-11-05	vs BAL	W 38–7	1	1
11	2007-11-18	@ NYJ	L 16–19 OT	1	0
13	2007-12-02	vs CIN	W 24–10	1	0
14	2007-12-09	@ NE	L 13–34	1	0
15	2007-12-16	vs JAX	L 22–29	2	0
17	2007-12-30	@ BAL	L 21–27	3	0