Defensive line, Pittsburgh, 2007–10
Jabaal Sheard
Lettered 2007–10 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 97
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 260 lb
- Hometown
- Hollywood Hills, FL
- Born
- May 10, 1989, in Hollywood, Florida
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Jabaal Sheard played defensive line at Pittsburgh (2007–10). The Cleveland Browns took Sheard in round 2, No. 37 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big East champions, 2010
All-America: AFCA 2010
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007N | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – |
| 2008N | 13 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 10.5 | 5.5 | 7 | 1 | – |
| 2009 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 10.5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 2010 | 12 | 34 | 18 | 52 | 14.5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| On file | 82 | 60 | 142 | 35.5 | 19.5 | 16 | – | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Pittsburgh | 97 | DL | ||
| 2010 | Pittsburgh | 97 | DL | 6′4″ | 260 |
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.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2011 | Combine or pro day 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅞″ | |
| Weight | 264 lb | |
| Arm length | 33½″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| Wingspan | 79″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.73 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.68 s | |
| Vertical jump | 31″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.34 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.65 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 137 games with a stat; latest team: Miami Dolphins.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 54 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2012 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 52 | 7 | 0 |
| 2013 | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 33 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2014 | Cleveland Browns | 15 | 41 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | New England Patriots | 13 | 35 | 8 | 0 |
| 2016 | New England Patriots | 12 | 31 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Indianapolis Colts | 15 | 52 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2018 | Indianapolis Colts | 16 | 42 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | Indianapolis Colts | 12 | 22 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2020 | New York Giants | 8 | 18 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | Miami Dolphins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 137 | 381 | 53 | 0 | |
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.
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