2022 Defensive
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CMB
Total Tackles
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SCK
Sacks
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FUM
Forced Fumbles
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INT
Interceptions
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TD
Interceptions Returned For Touchdown
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| Regular Season | 69 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Top Sione Takitaki News
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Browns' Sione Takitaki: Stays with Cleveland
The Browns re-signed Takitaki (knee) to a one-year contract Tuesday, ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports.
The 2019 third-rounder suffered a torn ACL in Week 13 last season and likely won't be 100 percent until close to the start of the 2023 campaign. Takitaki has started 28 games over the last three years.
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Browns' Sione Takitaki: Tracking toward mid-October return
Takitaki underwent ACL surgery Dec. 14, putting him on track to return in mid-October, Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.
Takitaki suffered the ACL injury in Week 13 and finished the 2022 campaign with a career-high 71 tackles across 12 appearances. As of now, it looks like the fourth-year linebacker will be sidelined until at least October while rehabbing from surgery, which may make his impending free agency difficult to traverse.
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Browns' Sione Takitaki: Goes on IR
Takitaki (knee) was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, Aaron Wilson of ProFootballNetwork.com reports.
Takitaki suffered a season-ending torn ACL in Sunday's win over the Texans, so his move to IR was a formality. The fourth-year pro was enjoying the most successful season of his career as a regular part of the team's linebacker rotation. His 71 tackles (36 solo) are a single-season high. In his absence, Tony Fields will likely take on a more significant role.
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Browns' Sione Takitaki: Done for season with torn ACL
Takitaki suffered a season-ending torn ACL in Sunday's win over the Texans, Mary Kay Cabot of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
Takitaki's 2022 campaign will come to an end prematurely after he sustained the major knee injury in Week 13, finishing the year with 71 tackles, including a sack, while also forcing a fumble over 12 games. Tony Fields will likely step into a larger role moving forward in Takitaki's absence.
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Browns' Sione Takitaki: Accounts for nine tackles Sunday
Takitaki recorded nine tackles (four solo) in Sunday's 31-23 loss to the Bills.
Takitaki's nine stops in Week 11 versus Buffalo brings his total up to 56 on the season in that department. The 238-pound linebacker continues playing a prominent role on Cleveland's defensive unit, and that doesn't appear likely to change Sunday against the Buccaneers.
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Browns' Sione Takitaki: Records double-digit tackle total
Takitaki racked up 10 tackles (eight solo) in Sunday's Week 10 loss to Miami.
Cleveland had a tough time handling the Dolphins' potent offense Sunday, and Takitaki had his hands full in tying for the team lead with 10 stops. It was his second straight game with a double-digit tackle total after failing to hit that mark in each of his first seven contests. Takitaki has seen his highest snap counts of the season over his past two games, and he's responded with 23 tackles after recording 24 between Weeks 1 and 7.
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Browns' Sione Takitaki: Records season-high tackles
Takitaki had a season-high 13 tackles, a sack and forced a fumble in Monday's 32-13 win over the Bengals in Week 8.
Takitaki was part of a Browns' defense that finally looked like the unit it was projected to be in the preseason. He was on the field for a season-high 84-percent of the snaps and has 21 tackles over the last two weeks.
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Browns' Sione Takitaki: Running with first team
Takitaki has been playing as one of three starting linebackers in Cleveland's base defense during mandatory minicamp, Zac Jackson of The Athletic reports.
Takitaki may not be an every-down player heading into the 2022 regular season, however, as the linebacker was taken off the field during the Browns' pass-down defensive packages. The 27-year-old played 15 games with eight starts in 2021 before he was placed on the team's injured reserve with a shoulder injury heading into Week 18. Takitaki's production fell from 67 tackles over 15 games in 2020 to 44 tackles in 2021; therefore, the linebacker may need to prove himself as a full-time player heading into the final year of his rookie contract.
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Browns' Sione Takitaki: Placed on injured reserve
Takitaki (shoulder) was placed on injured reserve Wednesday.
Coach Kevin Stefanski had already ruled Takitaki out for Sunday's Week 18 matchup against the Browns, and his placement on IR frees up a spot on the active roster. The 26-year-old appeared in 15 games this year and logged 44 tackles (21 solo), a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
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Browns' Sione Takitaki: Not playing Week 18
Coach Kevin Stefanski has ruled Takitaki out (shoulder) for Week 18, Tom Withers of the Associated Press reports.
Takitaki was forced out of Monday's loss to the Steelers due to a shoulder injury, and he won't be rushed back for Week 18's contest against the Bengals. The Browns have already been officially eliminated from postseason contention, so Takitaki's 2021 campaign ends with 44 tackles (21 solo), one forced fumble and one fumble recovery through 15 appearances.
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Browns' Sione Takitaki: Ruled out
Takitaki won't return to Monday's game against the Steelers due to a shoulder injury, Zac Jackson of The Athletic reports.
With Takitaki done for the evening, look for Willie Harvey to step up for the Browns at strong-side linebacker.
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Player Bio
| HT/WT: 6-1, 238 lbs |
| Birthplace: Fontana, CA |
| Age: 27 |
| School: BYU |
| Experience: 5 |