Steven Means in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Atlanta Falcons, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive line, Buffalo, 2008–⁠12

Steven Means

Number
No. 40
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Buffalo, NY
Born
Sep 16, 1990, in Buffalo, New York

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Steven Means played defensive line at Buffalo (2008–⁠12). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Means in round 5, No. 147 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010*Buffalo1
2011Buffalo1
On file (2010–⁠11)2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. 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
2009111015256.550102
2010122129508.54.51325
2011121518333.52.51306
2012N12413778127.5–21–
On file879918630.519.5–93–

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Buffalo40DL
2010Buffalo40DL
2011Buffalo40DL
2012Buffalo40DL6′4″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Buffalo 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 25vs.Bowling GreenL 28–⁠421
2010 Buffalo 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Nov 4atOhioL 17–⁠341

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

DrillPro day 2013
Height6′3⅝″
Weight257 lb
Arm length34⅝″
Hand size9¾″
40-yard dash4.68 s
Vertical jump38½″
Broad jump10′8″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill7.26 s
20-yard shuttle4.31 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 44 games with a stat; latest team: Baltimore Ravens.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2013Tampa Bay Buccaneers5500
2014Tampa Bay Buccaneers1100
2016Philadelphia Eagles4310
2017Philadelphia Eagles1310
2018Atlanta Falcons61310
2020Atlanta Falcons123630
2021Atlanta Falcons143400
2022Baltimore Ravens1100
NFL career449660

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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