Anthony Sherman in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Cedward Brice, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fullback, UConn, 2007–⁠10

Anthony Sherman

Number
No. 49
Height
5′11″
Hometown
North Attleboro, MA
Born
Dec 11, 1988, in North Attleborough, Massachusetts

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Anthony Sherman played fullback at UConn (2007–⁠10). The Arizona Cardinals took Sherman in round 5, No. 136 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
270
Receiving yards, 2008 (UConn, 8–⁠5)
Drafted
No. 136
Round 5, 2011 NFL Draft (Arizona Cardinals)

Career highs

7catches, career highvs. West Virginia, 2008

Team titles: Big East champions, 2007 and 2010

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2007*UConn294.507
2008*UConn2627010.4033
2009UConn9717.9022
2010UConn1112711.5141
Career484779.9141

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklFF
2007984120
200813112130
2009111410240
201010113141
On file4419631

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2007UConn49FB
2008UConn49FB
2009UConn49FB
2010UConn49FB5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 UConn 6 games, 11 catches, 127 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4atMichiganL 10–⁠30328015–
Oct 2vs.VanderbiltW 40–⁠2115051
Oct 29vs.West VirginiaW 16–⁠1321509–
Nov 11vs.PittsburghW 30–⁠281000–
Nov 27vs.CincinnatiW 38–⁠17116116–
Jan 1 ✦vs.OklahomaL 20–⁠48363041–
2009 UConn 4 games, 3 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 19atBaylorW 30–⁠22220011–
Oct 24atWest VirginiaL 24–⁠28418012–
Nov 7atCincinnatiL 45–⁠4715053
Nov 28vs.SyracuseW 56–⁠31228022–
2008 UConn 12 games, 26 catches, 270 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 28vs.HofstraW 35–⁠3246033–
Sep 6atTempleW 12–⁠91505–
Sep 13vs.VirginiaW 45–⁠101505–
Sep 19vs.BaylorW 31–⁠28223016–
Sep 26atLouisvilleW 26–⁠211303–
Oct 4atNorth CarolinaL 12–⁠38216012–
Oct 18atRutgersL 10–⁠12351027–
Nov 1vs.West VirginiaL 13–⁠3575101216
Nov 15atSyracuseW 39–⁠141100104
Nov 23atSouth FloridaL 13–⁠1744502816
Dec 6vs.PittsburghL 10–⁠341404–
Jan 3 ✦vs.BuffaloW 38–⁠201110113
2007 UConn 4 games, 18 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 8vs.MaineW 38–⁠0––––4
Sep 29vs.AkronW 44–⁠10––––6
Nov 17vs.SyracuseW 30–⁠717075
Nov 24atWest VirginiaL 21–⁠6612023

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011
Height5′10¼″
Weight242 lb
Arm length30″
Hand size9⅜″
Wingspan72⅜″W
40-yard dash4.78 s
10-yard split1.65 sW
Vertical jump32½″
Broad jump9′3″
Bench press32 reps
3-cone drill7.23 s
20-yard shuttle4.41 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 101 games with a stat; latest team: Kansas City Chiefs.

Pro Bowl: 2018 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2014

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2014.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2011Arizona Cardinals9130872
2012Arizona Cardinals12000539
2013Kansas City Chiefs1323018155
2014Kansas City Chiefs142801071
2015Kansas City Chiefs11100434
2016Kansas City Chiefs8000411
2017Kansas City Chiefs714401647
2018Kansas City Chiefs10120896
2019Kansas City Chiefs11490222
2020Kansas City Chiefs638015
NFL career1012873166552

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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