| Karl Klug | |
| Number: | 97 |
| Position: | Defensive end |
| Birth Date: | 31 March 1988 |
| Birth Place: | La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lbs: | 278 |
| High School: | Caledonia (MN) |
| College: | Iowa |
| Draftyear: | 2011 |
| Draftround: | 5 |
| Draftpick: | 142 |
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| Statlabel1: | Total tackles |
| Statvalue1: | 128 |
| Statlabel2: | Sacks |
| Statvalue2: | 21.5 |
| Statlabel3: | Forced fumbles |
| Statvalue3: | 5 |
| Statlabel4: | Fumble recoveries |
| Statvalue4: | 1 |
| Pfr: | KlugKa00 |
Karl Klug (born March 31, 1988) is a former American football defensive end who played his entire seven-year professional career with the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Iowa.
During his four-year career at Iowa, Klug appeared in 40 games with 26 consecutive starts to end his career. He tallied 140 tackles, including 31 for loss, 9.5 sacks, eight quarterback pressures, eight passes defensed, four forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.
Klug was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft, 142nd overall.[1] [2] In the 2011 NFL season, Klug led all rookie defensive tackles with 7 sacks, which exceeded initial expectations.[3]
On March 13, 2015, Klug and the Titans agreed to a two-year contract extension.[4]
In 2016, Klug appeared in 14 games with three starts recording 26 tackles, 1.5 sacks, and one pass defensed before suffering a torn Achilles in Week 15 and was placed on injured reserve.[5]
On March 9, 2017, Klug re-signed with the Titans.[6]
On March 17, 2018, Klug was released by the Titans.[7]
| Legend | ||
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| Led the league | ||
| Bold | Career high | |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |||
| TEN | 16 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TEN | 16 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TEN | 16 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| TEN | 16 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 2.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TEN | 16 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TEN | 14 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| TEN | 15 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 109 | 8 | 128 | 87 | 41 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
In 2018, Klug was hired as a defensive line coach at Page High School in Franklin, Tennessee, having previously volunteered with the school during his playing career.[8]