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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 17, 2019 TITANS-CHARGERS SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES

BYARD ON TEAM’S BEST CAREER PACE IN 40 YEARS: Last week at Denver, Titans safety tallied his third interception of the season, which is tied for the NFL’s second-best total. Only New England safety Devin McCourty (four) has more through six weeks. The play also gave Byard 15 in his four-year career.

The former third-round pick reached his 15th interception in his 54th career game. No Titans/Oilers player has been on that pace since 1979, when safety reached his 15th interception in his 49th contest with the franchise.

Byard is the franchise’s eighth player—and its fifth safety—to post 15 interceptions in 54 or fewer games.

Fewest games played to reach 15 interceptions in Titans/Oilers history:

Game Reaching Player Position Years 15th Interception 1. CB 1967-69 30 2. CB 1960-62 34 W.K. Hicks CB 1964-66 34 4. Fred Glick S 1961-63 35 5. S 1960-62 39 6. Ken Houston S 1967-70 48 7. Mike Reinfeldt S 1976-79 49 8. Kevin Byard S 2016-19 54

In addition to Byard, only five other active NFL players reached 15 interceptions in their first 54 games. Byard is the second safety, along with current safety Tashaun Gipson Sr., who took 53 games to accomplish the feat. The cornerbacks in the group are Baltimore’s (34), San Francisco’s Richard Sherman (38), the ’ Aqib Talib (40) and the ’ Trumaine Johnson (54).

Fewest games played to reach 15 interceptions among all active NFL players:

Game Reaching Player Position Current Team 15th Interception 1. Marcus Peters CB Baltimore 34 2. Richard Sherman CB San Francisco 38 3. Aqib Talib CB L.A. Rams 40 4. Tashaun Gipson Sr. S Houston 53 5. Kevin Byard S Tennessee 54 Trumaine Johnson CB N.Y. Jets 54

KERN TIES NFL’S I-20 RECORD: Also last week at Denver, Titans recorded a total of nine punts for an average of 47.1 yards per . He placed eight of his punts inside the 20, which tied the NFL’s all-time single-game record.

The last time a player had eight punts inside the 20 in a game was Nov. 14, 1999, when Bryan Barker accomplished the feat for the against the . The original mark was set by Mark Royals of the on Nov. 6, 1994 at the Houston Oilers.

A player is credited with an inside-the-20 punt if the punt is returned and the return ends inside the 20, or the punt is not returned and the distance of the punt is measured to a point inside the 20 (and outside the end zone).

(continued on next page) Most punts placed inside the 20 in a single NFL game*:

Punter Team Date Opponent Punts Inside the 20 1. Brett Kern Tennessee Oct. 13, 2019 at Denver 9 8 Bryan Barker Jacksonville Nov. 14, 1999 vs. Baltimore 9 8 Mark Royals Pittsburgh Nov. 6, 1994 (OT) at Houston 11 8

* Inside the 20 punts have been tracked since 1976.

Since 2011, Kern’s second full season in Tennessee, no NFL player has as many inside-the-20 punts as him. In that time period, 277 of his 687 total punts have been placed inside the 20.

Most punts inside the 20 from 2011–2019:

Total Punts Punter Inside the 20 1. Brett Kern 277 2. Dustin Colquitt 269 3. Sam Koch 244 4. Andy Lee 231 5. Kevin Huber 223 6. Johnny Hekker 221 7. 216 8. 210 9. Jon Ryan 199 10. 195 195

HENRY CAN JUMP TWO SPOTS, INTO TOP 10 ON FRANCHISE RUSHING LIST: Fourth-year running back enters this week’s contest against the Chargers with 614 career rushing attempts for 2,709 yards. With a minimum of 61 more rushing yards, he will leapfrog a pair of former players and vault into ninth place on the team’s all-time rushing list.

Henry’s 2,709 rushing yards currently rank 11th in franchise annals. He is 49 yards shy of passing former running back Chris Brown (2,757) for 10th place all-time for the club. Ninth on the list is Ronnie Coleman with 2,769 yards.

Most career rushing yards, franchise history:

Player Seasons Attempts Yards Avg Long TD 1. Eddie George 1996–2003 2,733 10,009 3.7 76 64 2. Earl Campbell 1978–1984 1,979 8,574 4.3 81t 73 3. Chris Johnson 2008–2013 1,742 7,965 4.6 94t 50 4. Lorenzo White 1988–1994 1,000 4,079 4.1 44 29 5. Hoyle Granger 1966–1970,1972 773 3,514 4.5 69t 18 6. Steve McNair (QB) 1995–2005 614 3,439 5.6 71t 36 7. Mike Rozier 1985–1990 910 3,426 3.8 41 27 8. Charles Tolar 1960–1966 907 3,277 3.6 40 21 9. Ronnie Coleman 1974–1981 700 2,769 4.0 46t 16 10. Chris Brown 2003–2007 643 2,757 4.3 52 16 11. Derrick Henry 2016–2019 614 2,709 4.4 99t 26

TITANS DEFENSE FORCING HIGH RATE OF THREE-AND-OUTS: Through six games this season, the Titans defense has been one of the NFL’s best units in forcing opposing offenses into three-and-out drives. In 75 total possessions by Titans opponents, 21 of them have ended with three-and-outs.

The Titans rank third in the NFL and second in the AFC in the category. Only the (36.7 percent) and (28.8) have fared better.

(continued on next page) Most defensive three-and-outs in 2019:

Opponent 3 & Out 3 & Out Team Drives Drives Percent 1. Buffalo Bills 60 22 36.7 2. San Francisco 49ers 59 17 28.8 3. 75 21 28.0 4. New England Patriots 79 21 26.6 5. 66 16 24.2 6. 79 18 22.8 7. 63 14 22.2 8. 70 15 21.4 9. 66 14 21.2 10. 62 13 21.0

In the franchise’s “Titans era” (1999–present), there have been only two seasons in which the defense produced three-and-outs at a higher rate than the current Titans. The 2000 team finished at 33.5 percent (64 of 191), while the 2005 defense ranks second at 31.1 percent.

Highest percentage of Titans opponent three-and-out drives, 1999–2019:

Opponent 3 & Out 3 & Out Season Drives Drives Percent 1. 2000 191 64 33.5 2. 2005 196 61 31.1 3. 2019 75 21 28.0 Through six games 4. 2001 196 52 26.5 5. 2007 184 48 26.1 6. 2003 189 49 25.9 7. 2017 185 45 24.3 8. 2015 187 44 23.5 9. 2004 192 45 23.4 10. 2016 177 41 23.2

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