:Bernard Whittington
{{Short description|American football player (born 1971)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Bernard Whittington
| number = 95, 97
| position = Defensive end
Defensive tackle
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|8|20}}
| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lb = 290
| high_school = Hazelwood East {{nowrap|(St. Louis, Missouri)}}
| college = Indiana (1989–1993)
| undraftedyear = 1994
| pastteams =
- Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1994|2000}})
- Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|2001|2002}})
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 376
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 12.0
| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries
| statvalue3 = 5
| pfr = WhitBe20
}}
Bernard Maurice Whittington (born August 20, 1971) is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League (NFL).{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star/163674610/ | title=Defensive line gets positive injury news | work=The Indianapolis Star | date=December 11, 1998 | accessdate=22 January 2025}} He played for the Indianapolis Colts from 1994 to 2000 and for the Cincinnati Bengals from 2001 to 2002.{{Cite web |title=Bernard Whittington |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitBe20.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511082838/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitBe20.htm |archive-date=2021-05-11 |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| Bold
| Career high |
=Regular season=
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| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 1994 | IND
| 13 || 8 || 36 || 22 || 14 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1995 | IND
| 16 || 13 || 48 || 32 || 16 || 2.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | IND
| 16 || 14 || 66 || 46 || 20 || 3.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1997 | IND
| 15 || 6 || 45 || 35 || 10 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | IND
| 15 || 11 || 49 || 39 || 10 || 4.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | IND
| 15 || 15 || 33 || 27 || 6 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | IND
| 15 || 12 || 42 || 31 || 11 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | CIN
| 16 || 5 || 21 || 17 || 4 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | CIN
| 16 || 11 || 36 || 22 || 14 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 137 | 95 | 376 | 271 | 105 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
=Playoffs=
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| rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="4"| Tackles !colspan="4"| Interceptions !colspan="4"| Fumbles | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |
| 1995 | IND
| 3 || 3 || 7 || 5 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | IND
| 1 || 1 || 8 || 6 || 2 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | IND
| 1 || 1 || 6 || 6 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| 2000 | IND
| 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0.5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| | 6 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
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Category:American football defensive linemen
Category:Indiana Hoosiers football players
Category:Indianapolis Colts players
Category:Cincinnati Bengals players
Category:Players of American football from St. Louis
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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