A Glance At The Axe: Stephen Nicholas
Eventually, the axe falls on most everyone in the NFL. It doesn't matter how long you've contributed, whether you're a great person off the field or how much the fans care about you. If your...
- Born: 1983/05/01
- Age: 29
- Height: 6-3
- Weight: 236
- Seasons: 5
- Place of birth: Jacksonville, FL
- Drafted by: the Atlanta Falcons in 2007 (4th round)
| Sacks | Interceptions | Tackles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | G | Sacks | YdsL | Int | Yds | IntTD | Solo | Ast | Total |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 11 | 5.5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 46 | |
| 2004 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 43 | 97 | |
| 2005 | 12 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 30 | 79 | |
| 2006 | 13 | 7.5 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 25 | 102 | |
| 2007 | Falcons | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 33 |
| 2008 | Falcons | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 2009 | Falcons | 16 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 15 | 80 |
| 2010 | Falcons | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 14 | 78 |
| 2011 | Falcons | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| 2012 | Falcons | 16 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 72 | 25 | 97 |
| Career Total | 87 | 7 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 263 | 80 | 343 | |
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