1,479 tackles
Jason Taylor has been credited with 139.5 career sacks. He led the NFL in 2002 with 18.5.Taylor retired following the 2011 season.
Tackles became an official NFL stat in 2001. When Jack Lambert played (1974-1984), tackles were unofficial and inconsistently recorded.
He averaged 146 per season after his tenth year in the league according to the 1984 Pittsburgh Steelers media guide. He then recorded 19 in his final season. So he had a total of 1,479 with 1,045 being solo.
Since tackles are not an official stat, the coaches review all the film (numerous times no doubt) and decide how many tackles (solo/assist) each player had. According to this method, Patrick Willis does hold the unofficial record for tackles in a single season with 226 accredited. At 6'1", nearly 250lbs and running a 4.4s 40, it doesn't seem far fetched :)
1,520 tackles, 1367 solo tackles
Through the 2013 season, Troy Polamalu has made 709 tackles.
Taylor ended his career with 1,089 tackles, 132.5 sacks (not counting the 9.5 sacks he recorded as a rookie because sacks did not become an official statistic until 1982), nine interceptions, 134 return yards, two touchdowns, 33 forced fumbles, 11 fumble recoveries, and 34 fumble return yards.
Through the 2011 season, Hines Ward has been credited with six tackles in his career.Starting in 2001, tackles became an official stat. Ward began playing in 1998.
Brett Favre has had a total of 6 tackles in his career. =)
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1,479 tackles
159 from 2008 through the 2012 season; only 4 sacks during that stretch.
Jason Taylor has been credited with 139.5 career sacks. He led the NFL in 2002 with 18.5.Taylor retired following the 2011 season.
Taylor only had one job before her music career. That was a song writer for Sony.
After graduating from Houston's Evan E. Worthing High School, Singletary went on to Baylor University. At Baylor, he racked up 662 career tackles and in 1980, was a Lombardi Trophy finalist.