Defensive line, Missouri, 2009–12
Sheldon Richardson
- Number
- No. 34
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 295 lb
- Hometown
- St. Louis, MO
- Born
- Nov 29, 1990, in St. Louis, Missouri
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Sheldon Richardson played defensive line at Missouri (2009–12). The New York Jets took Richardson in the first round, No. 13 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 11 | 39 | 36 | 75 | 10.5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| On file | 54 | 58 | 112 | 18.5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
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.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2013 | Combine or pro day 2013 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2½″ | |
| Weight | 294 lb | |
| Arm length | 34½″ | |
| Hand size | 10½″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.02 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.75 s | |
| Vertical jump | 32″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′8″ | |
| Bench press | 30 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.33 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.59 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 136 games with a stat; latest team: Minnesota Vikings.
Pro Bowl: 2014
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | New York Jets | 16 | 73 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2014 | New York Jets | 16 | 59 | 8 | 0 |
| 2015 | New York Jets | 11 | 33 | 5 | 0 |
| 2016 | New York Jets | 15 | 60 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Seattle Seahawks | 15 | 41 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 48 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | Cleveland Browns | 16 | 58 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | Cleveland Browns | 15 | 62 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | Minnesota Vikings | 16 | 33 | 2.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 136 | 467 | 33.5 | 1 | |
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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