Defensive tackle, UConn, 2010–13
Shamar Stephen
- Number
- No. 59
- Height
- 6′5″
- Weight
- 313 lb
- Hometown
- Brookville, NY
- Born
- Feb 25, 1991, in Brookville, New York
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Shamar Stephen played defensive tackle at UConn (2010–13). The Minnesota Vikings took Stephen in round 7, No. 220 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Team titles: Big East champions, 2010
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2011 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013N | 12 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| On file | 55 | 75 | 130 | 17 | 5 | 6 | |
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
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
Played in the 2014 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 10–20).
| Drill | Combine 2014 | Combine or pro day 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅞″ | |
| Weight | 309 lb | |
| Arm length | 33⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.25 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.83 s | |
| Vertical jump | 30½″ | |
| Broad jump | 8′7″ | |
| Bench press | 25 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.81 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.89 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
8 seasons, 99 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | Seattle Seahawks | 13 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 2019 | Minnesota Vikings | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 32 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | Denver Broncos | 15 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 99 | 196 | 4.5 | 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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