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The final Eagles penalty breakdown

Throughout the season, we kept track of the Eagles' penalty count, broken down player-by-player.

We didn't get to this the last few weeks of the season so I wanted to present the final numbers.

Below you can find that list, but first some notes:

* The Eagles finished fourth-worst with 115 penalties in the NFL during the regular season. They were middle of the pack (14th-worst) with 789 penalty yards.

* Of the 10 teams with the fewest penalty yards, only two made the playoffs. Of the 10 teams with the fewest penalties, three made the playoffs.

* Of the 10 teams with the most penalties, seven made the playoffs. Of the 10 teams with the most penalty yards, four made the playoffs.

* Through the first 12 weeks of the season, the defense had 210 penalty yards. From Week 13 on, the D had 258 penalty yards.

* Jason Peters led the team in both penalties and penalty yards (11 for 178). Asante Samuel finished third in both categories with seven for 66.

* Impressive output from Jamaal Jackson. Just one penalty for 5 yards before going down in the Broncos game in Week 16.

Number of penalties

Jason Peters - 11
Todd Herremans - 8
Asante Samuel – 7
Moise Fokou - 6
Winston Justice - 6
Stacy Andrews - 5
Dimitri Patterson - 5
Tracy White – 5
Trent Cole - 5
DeSean Jackson - 4
Quintin Mikell - 4
Darren Howard - 4
Sean Jones - 4
Sheldon Brown - 4
Macho Harris – 4
Quintin Demps - 3
Jason Babin - 3
Nick Cole - 3
Leonard Weaver – 3
Donovan McNabb - 3
Jeremy Maclin - 3
Jason Avant – 2
Juqua Parker - 2
Eldra Buckley – 2
Chris Clemons - 2
Victor Abiamiri - 2
Will Witherspoon - 2
Max Jean-Gilles - 2
Joselio Hanson - 1
Mike Patterson - 1
Chris Gocong – 1
Jeremiah Trotter - 1
Ramzee Robinson - 1
Brent Celek - 1
Jamaal Jackson - 1
Alex Smith - 1
LeSean McCoy - 1

Penalty yards

Peters - 78
Fokou - 73
Samuel - 66
Jones - 65
S. Brown - 55
Herremans - 47
White - 46
D. Jackson – 40
Harris – 38
Mikell - 37
Demps – 37
Justice - 35
Avant - 30
T. Cole - 30
D. Patterson - 26
Abiamiri - 26
Andrews – 25
Maclin - 25
Babin - 25
Gocong - 24
McNabb - 24
Parker - 20
Buckley - 20
Howard - 20
Witherspoon - 20
Clemons - 17
N. Cole - 15
Weaver - 13
Celek - 10
McCoy - 10
Howard – 7
M. Patterson - 5
Hanson - 5
Trotter - 5
Robinson - 5
J. Jackson - 5
Smith - 5
Jean-Gilles - 5

By unit

Offense - 52 for 344
Defense - 50 for 258
Special teams - 26 for 222