Curtis Lofton with the Oakland Raiders, 2015
With the Oakland Raiders, 2015. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Oklahoma, 2005–⁠07

Curtis Lofton

Hometown
Kingfisher, OK
Born
Jun 9, 1986, in Kingfisher, Oklahoma

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Curtis Lofton played linebacker at Oklahoma (2005–⁠07). He was a consensus All‑American in 2007. The Atlanta Falcons took Lofton in round 2, No. 37 overall in the 2008 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2007
Consensus All-American, Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and 1 more
Drafted
No. 37
Round 2, 2008 NFL Draft (Atlanta Falcons)

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2007

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2007Oklahoma3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
200714946315710.513241

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

Game by game

2007 Oklahoma 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 15vs.Utah StateW 54–⁠31
Nov 17atTexas TechL 27–⁠341
Dec 1vs.MissouriW 38–⁠171

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2008Combine or pro day 2008
Height6′0″
Weight246 lb
Arm length31⅝″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.79 s
10-yard split1.61 s
Vertical jump24½″
Broad jump8′9″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill7.69 s
20-yard shuttle4.56 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 126 games with a stat; latest team: Oakland Raiders.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2008Atlanta Falcons167810
2009Atlanta Falcons1610200
2010Atlanta Falcons159721
2011Atlanta Falcons1614112
2012New Orleans Saints1611710
2013New Orleans Saints1612020
2014New Orleans Saints1614100
2015Oakland Raiders156110
NFL career12685783

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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