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Elvis Dumervil

DE/OLB (retired)

Elvis Dumervil: facts drawn from the play-by-play.

12-year career across DEN, BAL, SF. 5x Pro Bowler. 1x First-Team All-Pro (2009). 105.5 career sacks.

Milestone

Career honors

StatValue
Pro Bowls5
First-Team All-Pro1 (2009)
Career sacks105.5 (top-30 all-time)
NFL sack leader2009 (17)
Pro Bowl years2009, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

2009: 17.0 sacks led the NFL and earned First-Team All-Pro honors — a Mile-High ascendance.

Milestone

Dumervil 2009 AP-1

StatValue
Sacks17 (NFL leader)
Forced fumbles4
Pro BowlYes
AP-1Yes
TmDEN 8-8

Missed all of 2010 with a torn pec, then bounced back with 4 straight Pro Bowl seasons (2012, 14-16).

Trend

Dumervil sacks by season (DB)

SeasonSacks
2009 DEN11
2011 DEN9
2012 DEN1
2013 BAL10
2014 BAL0.5
2015 BAL7
2016 BAL10.5

DEN era (2006-2012): 63.5 sacks. BAL era (2013-2016): 39 sacks. SF: brief 2017 stop.

Split

Dumervil career stops

StopYearsSacks
DEN2006-201263.5 (incl. 17 in 2009)
BAL2013-201639 (incl. 17 in 2014)
SF20173

At 5'11''/250 he is the shortest player in NFL history with 100+ career sacks.

Anomaly

Shortest 100-sack edges

PlayerHeightSacks
Elvis Dumervil5'11''105.5
Charles Haley6'5''100.5
Dwight Freeney6'1''125.5
Robert Mathis6'2''123

Posted 17.0 sacks twice (2009, 2014) — only 8 players in NFL history have multiple 17+ sack seasons.

Comparison

Multiple 17+ sack seasons

Player17+ seasons
Reggie White3
Bruce Smith2
DeMarcus Ware2
J.J. Watt3
Elvis Dumervil2

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