WHITNEY MERCILUSMercilus, WhitneyHeight: 6-4 Weight: 258 Born: July 21, 1990 Akron, OH High School: Garfield (Akron, OH) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Illinois | Redshirted |
| 2009 | Illinois | Lettered |
| 2010 | Illinois | Lettered |
| 2011 | Illinois | Lettered |
| Draft: 1st round (26th overall) 2012 Houston Texans |
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| Roster Key • Stat Key |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Houston Texans (NFL)2012 HOU NFL | 59 | WLB-SLB | 16 | 4 |
| 2013 Houston Texans (NFL)2013 HOU NFL | 59 | WLB | 16 | 16 |
| 2014 Houston Texans (NFL)2014 HOU NFL | 59 | JLB | 15 | 13 |
| 2015 Houston Texans (NFL)2015 HOU NFL | 59 | SLB | 16 | 10 |
| 2016 Houston Texans (NFL)2016 HOU NFL | 59 | SLB | 15 | 15 |
| 2017 Houston Texans (NFL)2017 HOU NFL | 59 | SLB | 5 | 5 |
| 2018 Houston Texans (NFL)2018 HOU NFL | 59 | SLB | 16 | 9 |
| 2019 Houston Texans (NFL)2019 HOU NFL | 59 | LOLB | 16 | 16 |
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 59 | WLB | 13 | 12 |
| 2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL | 59 | LDE-RDE | 6 | 2 |
| 2021 Green Bay Packers (NFL)2021 GB NFL | 50 | LOLB | 4 | 0 |
| 2021 Year (NFL)2021 Year NFL | 10 | 2 | ||
| 10 Years (NFL)10 Years NFL | 138 | 102 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 4/26/2012 | 2012 Houston Texans (NFL)2012 HOU NFL |
| Signed | 6/14/2012 | 2012 Houston Texans (NFL)2012 HOU NFL |
| Injured Reserve | 10/11/2017 | 2017 Houston Texans (NFL)2017 HOU NFL |
| Reserve/COVID | 11/5/2020 | 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL |
| Activated | 11/10/2020 | 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL |
| Reserve/COVID | 12/25/2020 | 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL |
| Activated | 1/13/2021 | 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL |
| Released | 10/19/2021 | 2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL |
| Signed | 10/21/2021 | 2021 Green Bay Packers (NFL)2021 GB NFL |
| Injured Reserve | 11/16/2021 | 2021 Green Bay Packers (NFL)2021 GB NFL |
| Activated | 1/21/2022 | 2021 Green Bay Packers (NFL)2021 GB NFL |
| Unrestricted Free Agent | 3/16/2022 | 2021 Green Bay Packers (NFL)2021 GB NFL |
| SNAP COUNTS | TOTAL | OFF | OFF% | DEF | DEF% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Houston Texans (NFL)2012 HOU NFL | 708 | 0 | 0.0 | 500 | 47.0 | 208 | 41.7 |
| 2013 Houston Texans (NFL)2013 HOU NFL | 1020 | 0 | 0.0 | 932 | 91.4 | 88 | 18.0 |
| 2014 Houston Texans (NFL)2014 HOU NFL | 942 | 0 | 0.0 | 804 | 71.2 | 138 | 29.8 |
| 2015 Houston Texans (NFL)2015 HOU NFL | 891 | 0 | 0.0 | 741 | 70.9 | 150 | 31.6 |
| 2016 Houston Texans (NFL)2016 HOU NFL | 967 | 0 | 0.0 | 869 | 86.0 | 98 | 21.9 |
| 2017 Houston Texans (NFL)2017 HOU NFL | 219 | 0 | 0.0 | 204 | 19.8 | 15 | 3.0 |
| 2018 Houston Texans (NFL)2018 HOU NFL | 849 | 0 | 0.0 | 785 | 73.4 | 64 | 13.7 |
| 2019 Houston Texans (NFL)2019 HOU NFL | 969 | 0 | 0.0 | 968 | 88.5 | 1 | 0.2 |
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 614 | 0 | 0.0 | 614 | 55.5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL | 205 | 0 | 0.0 | 205 | 17.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Green Bay Packers (NFL)2021 GB NFL | 109 | 0 | 0.0 | 107 | 9.9 | 2 | 0.5 |
| 2021 Year (NFL)2021 Year NFL | 314 | 0 | 312 | 2 | |||
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 7493 | 0 | 6729 | 764 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Houston Texans (NFL)2019 HOU NFL | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 86 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 86 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 Houston Texans (NFL)2012 HOU NFL | 6.0 | 17.0 |
| 2013 Houston Texans (NFL)2013 HOU NFL | 7.0 | 36.0 |
| 2014 Houston Texans (NFL)2014 HOU NFL | 5.0 | 30.0 |
| 2015 Houston Texans (NFL)2015 HOU NFL | 12.0 | 60.0 |
| 2016 Houston Texans (NFL)2016 HOU NFL | 7.5 | 56.5 |
| 2017 Houston Texans (NFL)2017 HOU NFL | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| 2018 Houston Texans (NFL)2018 HOU NFL | 4.0 | 28.0 |
| 2019 Houston Texans (NFL)2019 HOU NFL | 7.5 | 44.5 |
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 4.0 | 19.0 |
| 2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL | 3.0 | 25.0 |
| 2021 Green Bay Packers (NFL)2021 GB NFL | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| 2021 Year (NFL)2021 Year NFL | 4.0 | 32.0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 58.0 | 329.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Houston Texans (NFL)2012 HOU NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Houston Texans (NFL)2015 HOU NFL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 Houston Texans (NFL)2016 HOU NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 2017 Houston Texans (NFL)2017 HOU NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Houston Texans (NFL)2019 HOU NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | DEF | ST | MT | QH | TFL | FF | PD | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Houston Texans (NFL)2012 HOU NFL | 25 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 Houston Texans (NFL)2013 HOU NFL | 47 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 Houston Texans (NFL)2014 HOU NFL | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 Houston Texans (NFL)2015 HOU NFL | 52 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 Houston Texans (NFL)2016 HOU NFL | 53 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 Houston Texans (NFL)2017 HOU NFL | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Houston Texans (NFL)2018 HOU NFL | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Houston Texans (NFL)2019 HOU NFL | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 Houston Texans (NFL)2020 HOU NFL | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 Houston Texans (NFL)2021 HOU NFL | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Green Bay Packers (NFL)2021 GB NFL | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 Year (NFL)2021 Year NFL | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 362 | 353 | 9 | 0 | 116 | 73 | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Houston Texans (NFL)2012 HOU NFL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 Houston Texans (NFL)2013 HOU NFL | 5 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 Houston Texans (NFL)2014 HOU NFL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 Houston Texans (NFL)2015 HOU NFL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 Houston Texans (NFL)2016 HOU NFL | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 Houston Texans (NFL)2018 HOU NFL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 Houston Texans (NFL)2019 HOU NFL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 20 | 2 | 18 | 145 | 15 | 8 | 0 |
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