Linebacker, Missouri, 2006–09
Sean Weatherspoon
- Number
- No. 12
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Jasper, TX
- Born
- Dec 29, 1987, in Greenville, South Carolina
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Sean Weatherspoon played linebacker at Missouri (2006–09). The Atlanta Falcons took Weatherspoon in the first round, No. 19 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: Walter Camp second team 2008 and 2009; AP second team 2009; Sporting News second team 2009; Pro Football Weekly 2009
Defense
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
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 14 | 75 | 52 | 127 | 9.5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008 | 14 | 76 | 79 | 155 | 18.5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2009 | 13 | 75 | 36 | 111 | 15 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| On file | 233 | 173 | 406 | 44 | 12.5 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 7 | |
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
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
2009 Missouri 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24 | vs. Texas | L 7–41 | 1 |
2008 Missouri 2 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Illinois | W 52–42 | 2 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Southeast Missouri State | W 52–3 | 1 |
2006 Missouri 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 9 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|
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
Played in the 2010 Senior Bowl (North team, won 31–13).
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Combine or pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1¼″ | |
| Weight | 239 lb | |
| Arm length | 31¼″ | |
| Hand size | 10¼″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.68 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.66 s | |
| Vertical jump | 40″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ | |
| Bench press | 34 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.99 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.38 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 57 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Atlanta Falcons | 8 | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 112 | 4 | 0 |
| 2012 | Atlanta Falcons | 13 | 90 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | Arizona Cardinals | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 57 | 304 | 8 | 2 | |
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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