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Linebacker, LSU, 2006–⁠10

Kelvin Sheppard

Number
No. 11
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Stone Mountain, GA
Born
Jan 2, 1988

Kelvin Sheppard played linebacker at LSU (2006–⁠10). The Buffalo Bills took Sheppard in round 3, No. 68 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Best season
2010
First-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 68
Round 3, 2011 NFL Draft (Buffalo Bills)

Honors

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2009LSU1
2010LSU1
On file (2008–⁠10)2

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2008*LSU1190
2009LSU5630
On file (2008–⁠10)6820

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. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
2007N141562120–12–
2008112539644.50.50210
20091350601108.511211
20101346701161141222
On file136175311265.5–76–

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2008LSU11LB
2009LSU11LB
2010LSU11LB6′3″

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 LSU 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultIntKRYds
Nov 6vs.AlabamaW 24–⁠211––
2009 LSU 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultIntKRYds
Nov 7atAlabamaL 15–⁠241––
2008 LSU 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 19 yards
DateOpponentResultIntKRYds

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011Combine or pro day 2011
Height6′1⅞″
Weight250 lb
Arm length31¾″
Hand size9⅝″
Wingspan77″W
40-yard dash4.64 s
10-yard split1.66 sW
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump9′2″
Bench press22 reps
3-cone drill7.25 s
20-yard shuttle4.28 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

8 seasons, 93 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2011Buffalo Bills155600
2012Buffalo Bills156320
2013Indianapolis Colts124510
2014Miami Dolphins92300
2015Miami Dolphins1610300
2016New York Giants163700
2017New York Giants74402
2018Detroit Lions3500
NFL career9337632

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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