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Courtney Upshaw

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Atlanta Falcons · DE

Courtney Upshaw recorded 80 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 7 rostered seasons with New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons, BLT, Baltimore Ravens.

▶Best highlights

2.5

tackles/gm

9

playoff games

6

indexed seasons

80

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Courtney Upshaw's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
LI
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
ATLANTAFALCONS
FEB 5, 2017

New England Patriots vs Atlanta Falcons

Super Bowl LI · Feb 5, 2017

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Super Bowl
XLVII
BALTIMORERAVENS
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
FEB 3, 2013

Baltimore Ravens vs San Francisco 49ers

Super Bowl XLVII · Feb 3, 2013

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2014
BALTIMORERAVENS
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
JAN 3, 2015

Baltimore Ravens vs Pittsburgh Steelers

Wild Card · Jan 3, 2015

2 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
2014
BALTIMORERAVENS
NEW ENGLANDPATRIOTS
JAN 10, 2015

Baltimore Ravens vs New England Patriots

Divisional Round · Jan 10, 2015

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
2017
ATLANTAFALCONS
LOS ANGELESRAMS
JAN 6, 2018

Atlanta Falcons vs Los Angeles Rams

Wild Card · Jan 6, 2018

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Courtney Upshaw's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 6 total tackles

Regular Season
2012
BALTIMORERAVENS
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
DEC 9, 2012

Baltimore Ravens vs Washington Commanders

Regular Season · Dec 9, 2012

6 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 sack

Regular Season
2017
ATLANTAFALCONS
NEW ORLEANSSAINTS
DEC 24, 2017

Atlanta Falcons vs New Orleans Saints

Regular Season · Dec 24, 2017

1 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 tackles for loss

Regular Season
2014
BALTIMORERAVENS
CLEVELANDBROWNS
SEP 21, 2014

Baltimore Ravens vs Cleveland Browns

Regular Season · Sep 21, 2014

5 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 quarterback hits

Regular Season
2016
ARIZONACARDINALS
ATLANTAFALCONS
NOV 27, 2016

Arizona Cardinals vs Atlanta Falcons

Regular Season · Nov 27, 2016

3 tackles · 0.5 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2017
ATLANTAFALCONS
SEATTLESEAHAWKS
NOV 20, 2017

Atlanta Falcons vs Seattle Seahawks

Regular Season · Nov 20, 2017

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Courtney Upshaw's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

2007–2012

01
BALUPSHAW—Courtney Upshaw
BALFLACCO5Joe Flacco
BALRICE27Ray Rice

Five straight postseasons end with a championship

Baltimore Ravens · Flacco's January run

John Harbaugh and Flacco reached the playoffs in each of their first five seasons together, culminating in four road-or-neutral wins and the Super Bowl XLVII title.

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Franchise era

2013–2017

02
BALUPSHAW—Courtney Upshaw
BALSUGGS55Terrell Suggs
BALYANDA73Marshal Yanda

Veteran defense gives way to a new plan

Baltimore Ravens · Between championship cores

Baltimore stayed competitive while the title roster aged, then prepared for its boldest offensive reinvention.

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Franchise era

2015–2020

03
ATLUPSHAW—Courtney Upshaw
ATLRYAN2Matt Ryan
ATLJONES11Julio Jones

A historic offense reaches the brink

Atlanta Falcons · The explosive Super Bowl team

Ryan won MVP in Kyle Shanahan's offense and Atlanta built a 28–3 lead in Super Bowl LI before New England completed the defining comeback.

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Franchise era

2011–present

04
NYJUPSHAW—Courtney Upshaw
NYJWILKERSON96Muhammad Wilkerson
NYJWILLIAMS95Quinnen Williams

Defensive talent waits for quarterback stability

New York Jets · The playoff drought

New York continued producing excellent defenders but cycled through quarterbacks and coaches during the league's longest active postseason absence.

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Career accomplishments

7 NFL seasons80 career games117 career solo tackles7 career sacksCollege: AlabamaDrafted by: BALJersey: 919 playoff appearances2 Super Bowl appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 10, 2012Most recent: Jan 6, 2018

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history