A.J. KLEINKlein, Aaron JamesHeight: 6-1 Weight: 242 Born: July 30, 1991 Appleton, WI High School: Kimberly (WI) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Iowa State | Lettered |
| 2010 | Iowa State | Lettered |
| 2011 | Iowa State | Lettered |
| 2012 | Iowa State | Lettered |
| Draft: 5th round (148th overall) 2013 Carolina Panthers |
| NFL Game Logs |
| NFL Playoff Statistics |
| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2013 CAR NFL | 56 | WLB-SLB | 16 | 2 |
| 2014 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2014 CAR NFL | 56 | SLB | 14 | 8 |
| 2015 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2015 CAR NFL | 56 | SLB-MLB-WLB | 15 | 6 |
| 2016 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2016 CAR NFL | 56 | MLB-SLB | 15 | 7 |
| 2017 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2017 NO NFL | 53 | SLB | 12 | 12 |
| 2018 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2018 NO NFL | 53 | SLB | 16 | 15 |
| 2019 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2019 NO NFL | 53 | SLB | 15 | 15 |
| 2020 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2020 BUF NFL | 54 | WLB-SLB | 16 | 11 |
| 2021 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2021 BUF NFL | 54 | MLB-SLB-WLB | 15 | 4 |
| 2022 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2022 BAL NFL | 59 | MLB-SLB | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 Chicago Bears (NFL)2022 CHIB NFL | 47 | MLB | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2022 BUF NFL | 52 | SLB | 6 | 1 |
| 2022 Year (NFL)2022 Year NFL | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2023 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2023 BUF NFL | 52 | MLB | 2 | 0 |
| 11 Years (NFL)11 Years NFL | 146 | 82 |
| SNAP COUNTS | TOTAL | OFF | OFF% | DEF | DEF% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2013 CAR NFL | 389 | 0 | 0.0 | 129 | 12.7 | 260 | 61.6 |
| 2014 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2014 CAR NFL | 553 | 0 | 0.0 | 283 | 27.5 | 270 | 59.9 |
| 2015 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2015 CAR NFL | 601 | 0 | 0.0 | 318 | 28.9 | 283 | 59.5 |
| 2016 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2016 CAR NFL | 582 | 0 | 0.0 | 351 | 32.8 | 231 | 48.1 |
| 2017 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2017 NO NFL | 727 | 0 | 0.0 | 664 | 62.6 | 63 | 13.7 |
| 2018 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2018 NO NFL | 841 | 0 | 0.0 | 669 | 65.0 | 172 | 40.2 |
| 2019 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2019 NO NFL | 849 | 0 | 0.0 | 766 | 70.7 | 83 | 17.9 |
| 2020 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2020 BUF NFL | 799 | 0 | 0.0 | 652 | 60.9 | 147 | 33.1 |
| 2021 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2021 BUF NFL | 438 | 0 | 0.0 | 277 | 25.7 | 161 | 37.1 |
| 2022 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2022 BAL NFL | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1.7 | 8 | 1.9 |
| 2022 Chicago Bears (NFL)2022 CHIB NFL | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 2.1 |
| 2022 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2022 BUF NFL | 169 | 0 | 0.0 | 86 | 8.2 | 83 | 20.2 |
| 2022 Year (NFL)2022 Year NFL | 204 | 0 | 104 | 100 | |||
| 2023 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2023 BUF NFL | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 4.4 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 6002 | 0 | 4213 | 1789 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | X1% | X2 | X2A | DX | FG | FGA | FG% | S | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2019 NO NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 | ||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2015 CAR NFL | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2018 NO NFL | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2019 NO NFL | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 |
| 2021 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2021 BUF NFL | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 14t | 1 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2013 CAR NFL | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 2015 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2015 CAR NFL | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| 2016 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2016 CAR NFL | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2017 NO NFL | 2.0 | 21.0 |
| 2018 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2018 NO NFL | 2.0 | 13.0 |
| 2019 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2019 NO NFL | 2.5 | 12.0 |
| 2020 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2020 BUF NFL | 5.0 | 38.0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 15.5 | 113.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2017 NO NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2018 NO NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| 2019 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2019 NO NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2020 BUF NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2021 BUF NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | DEF | ST | MT | QH | TFL | FF | PD | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2013 CAR NFL | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2014 CAR NFL | 39 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2015 CAR NFL | 55 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2016 CAR NFL | 31 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2017 NO NFL | 54 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2018 NO NFL | 70 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2019 NO NFL | 69 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2020 BUF NFL | 75 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2021 BUF NFL | 35 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2022 BAL NFL | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2022 BUF NFL | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Year (NFL)2022 Year NFL | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 465 | 439 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 45 | 8 | 20 | 0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2013 CAR NFL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2015 CAR NFL | 4 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 Carolina Panthers (NFL)2016 CAR NFL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 New Orleans Saints2017 NO NFL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2019 NO NFL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2020 BUF NFL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 Buffalo Bills (NFL)2021 BUF NFL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Baltimore Ravens (NFL)2022 BAL NFL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 Year (NFL)2022 Year NFL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 16 | 3 | 13 | 130 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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