Willie Gay Jr.

LB · KC/NO/MIA · 2020–2026

Born February 15, 1998 · College Mississippi State · Drafted 2020, round 2, pick 63 (KC) · 6-1, 246 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
2020	KC	15	39	1.0	1	3	0	3	1
2021	KC	12	48	0.5	1	1	2	4	0
2021 playoffs	KC	3	11	0.0	1	1	0	2	1
2022	KC	13	88	2.5	4	9	1	8	0
2022 playoffs	KC	2	9	0.5	1	2	0	0	0
2023	KC	16	58	1.0	3	4	1	4	1
2023 playoffs	KC	3	9	0.0	0	1	0	1	0
2024	NO	12	28	2.0	1	2	0	3	1
2025	MIA	9	20	2.0	2	3	0	2	0
2026	MIA	6	19	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	MIA	83	300	9.0	12	22	4	24	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
2020	KC	15	1	1.5	264	26.4
2021	KC	12	–	–	429	56.9
2021 playoffs	KC	3	–	–	116	58.6
2022	KC	13	–	–	600	69.4
2022 playoffs	KC	3	–	–	129	64.8
2023	KC	16	–	–	608	61.7
2023 playoffs	KC	3	–	–	72	33.8
2024	NO	13	–	–	266	30.5
2025	MIA	15	–	–	126	13.7

Game logs

2026 game log (6 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2026-09-13	@ LV	L 13–27	1
2	2026-09-20	@ SF	L 13–35	3
3	2026-09-27	vs KC	L 10–24	3
4	2026-10-04	@ MIN	L 10–15	1
5	2026-10-11	vs CIN	L 24–31	8
8	2026-11-01	vs NE	L 19–24	3

2025 game log (9 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
2	2025-09-14	vs NE	L 27–33	3	0.0	0
8	2025-10-26	@ ATL	W 34–10	5	0.0	0
9	2025-10-30	vs BAL	L 6–28	1	0.0	0
10	2025-11-09	vs BUF	W 30–13	1	1.0	0
13	2025-11-30	vs NO	W 21–17	0	0.0	1
14	2025-12-07	@ NYJ	W 34–10	3	1.0	1
15	2025-12-15	@ PIT	L 15–28	1	0.0	0
17	2025-12-28	vs TB	W 20–17	4	0.0	0
18	2026-01-04	@ NE	L 10–38	2	0.0	0

2024 game log (12 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2024-09-08	vs CAR	W 47–10	2	0.0	0
2	2024-09-15	@ DAL	W 44–19	2	0.0	0
3	2024-09-22	vs PHI	L 12–15	4	0.0	0
4	2024-09-29	@ ATL	L 24–26	2	0.0	0
6	2024-10-13	vs TB	L 27–51	4	1.0	3
7	2024-10-17	vs DEN	L 10–33	2	0.0	0
8	2024-10-27	@ LAC	L 8–26	2	0.0	0
9	2024-11-03	@ CAR	L 22–23	2	0.0	0
10	2024-11-10	vs ATL	W 20–17	4	0.0	0
15	2024-12-15	vs WAS	L 19–20	1	1.0	0
16	2024-12-23	@ GB	L 0–34	2	0.0	0
17	2024-12-29	vs LV	L 10–25	1	0.0	0

2023 game log (19 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2023-09-07	vs DET	L 20–21	3	0.0	0	0
2	2023-09-17	@ JAX	W 17–9	2	0.0	0	0
3	2023-09-24	vs CHI	W 41–10	2	0.0	0	0
4	2023-10-01	@ NYJ	W 23–20	4	0.0	0	1
5	2023-10-08	@ MIN	W 27–20	6	0.0	0	0
6	2023-10-12	vs DEN	W 19–8	6	0.0	0	1
7	2023-10-22	vs LAC	W 31–17	5	1.0	0	1
8	2023-10-29	@ DEN	L 9–24	3	0.0	0	0
9	2023-11-05	vs MIA	W 21–14	4	0.0	0	0
11	2023-11-20	vs PHI	L 17–21	3	0.0	0	0
12	2023-11-26	@ LV	W 31–17	2	0.0	0	0
13	2023-12-03	@ GB	L 19–27	5	0.0	0	0
14	2023-12-10	vs BUF	L 17–20	4	0.0	0	0
15	2023-12-17	@ NE	W 27–17	2	0.0	1	1
16	2023-12-25	vs LV	L 14–20	2	0.0	0	0
17	2023-12-31	vs CIN	W 25–17	5	0.0	0	0
P19	2024-01-13	vs MIA	W 26–7	2	0.0	0	1
P20	2024-01-21	@ BUF	W 27–24	3	0.0	0	0
P22	2024-02-11	vs SF	W 25–22 OT	4	0.0	0	0

2022 game log (15 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
1	2022-09-11	@ ARI	W 44–21	5	0.0	0	0
2	2022-09-15	vs LAC	W 27–24	11	0.0	0	2
7	2022-10-23	@ SF	W 44–23	8	0.5	0	0
9	2022-11-06	vs TEN	W 20–17 OT	5	0.0	0	0
10	2022-11-13	vs JAX	W 27–17	8	1.0	0	1
11	2022-11-20	@ LAC	W 30–27	11	1.0	0	0
12	2022-11-27	vs LA	W 26–10	5	0.0	0	0
13	2022-12-04	@ CIN	L 24–27	5	0.0	0	1
14	2022-12-11	@ DEN	W 34–28	5	0.0	1	1
15	2022-12-18	@ HOU	W 30–24 OT	4	0.0	0	0
16	2022-12-24	vs SEA	W 24–10	9	0.0	0	2
17	2023-01-01	vs DEN	W 27–24	7	0.0	0	0
18	2023-01-07	@ LV	W 31–13	5	0.0	0	1
P21	2023-01-29	vs CIN	W 23–20	1	0.5	0	0
P22	2023-02-12	@ PHI	W 38–35	8	0.0	0	0

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
5	2021-10-10	vs BUF	L 20–38	2	0.0	0	0
6	2021-10-17	@ WAS	W 31–13	1	0.0	0	0
7	2021-10-24	@ TEN	L 3–27	2	0.0	1	1
8	2021-11-01	vs NYG	W 20–17	9	0.0	1	1
9	2021-11-07	vs GB	W 13–7	2	0.0	0	0
10	2021-11-14	@ LV	W 41–14	4	0.0	0	0
11	2021-11-21	vs DAL	W 19–9	5	0.0	0	0
13	2021-12-05	vs DEN	W 22–9	8	0.5	0	1
14	2021-12-12	vs LV	W 48–9	5	0.0	0	0
16	2021-12-26	vs PIT	W 36–10	5	0.0	0	0
17	2022-01-02	@ CIN	L 31–34	2	0.0	0	0
18	2022-01-08	@ DEN	W 28–24	3	0.0	0	1
P19	2022-01-16	vs PIT	W 42–21	2	0.0	0	0
P20	2022-01-23	vs BUF	W 42–36 OT	4	0.0	0	0
P21	2022-01-30	vs CIN	L 24–27 OT	5	0.0	0	2

2020 game log (15 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2020-09-10	vs HOU	W 34–20	1	0.0	0
2	2020-09-20	@ LAC	W 23–20 OT	1	0.0	0
4	2020-10-05	vs NE	W 26–10	2	0.0	0
5	2020-10-11	vs LV	L 32–40	6	1.0	0
6	2020-10-19	@ BUF	W 26–17	1	0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ DEN	W 43–16	4	0.0	2
8	2020-11-01	vs NYJ	W 35–9	1	0.0	0
9	2020-11-08	vs CAR	W 33–31	1	0.0	0
11	2020-11-22	@ LV	W 35–31	5	0.0	0
12	2020-11-29	@ TB	W 27–24	1	0.0	0
13	2020-12-06	vs DEN	W 22–16	2	0.0	0
14	2020-12-13	@ MIA	W 33–27	3	0.0	0
15	2020-12-20	@ NO	W 32–29	1	0.0	1
16	2020-12-27	vs ATL	W 17–14	9	0.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs LAC	L 21–38	1	0.0	0