Sheldon Rankins stats

Texans

Defensive Tackle · #98

Age 32 · 6' 2" · 305 lbs

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Sheldon Rankins recorded 24 tackles and 4.0 sacks in 8 games of 2026 for the Houston Texans. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
8
TOT
24
SOLO
16
AST
8
SACK · 27th
4.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2016NO9201554.0001
2017NO162616102.0111
2018NO164126158.0011
2019NO1010732.0000
2020NO12201371.5010
2021NYJ163215173.0000
2022NYJ154325183.0001
2023HOU15372986.0001
2024CIN7181081.0000
2025HOU173515203.0000
2026HOU8241684.0010

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
141
TOT
306
SOLO
187
AST
119
SACK
37.5
INT
1
PD
4
FF
5

Career Postseason

GP
8
TOT
22
SOLO
16
AST
6
SACK
3.5
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game

GP
8
TOT
3
SOLO
2
AST
1
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0.1
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2016NO92.21.70.60.40.00.00.1
2017NO161.61.00.60.10.10.10.1
2018NO162.61.60.90.50.00.10.1
2019NO101.00.70.30.20.00.00.0
2020NO121.71.10.60.10.00.10.0
2021NYJ162.00.91.10.20.00.00.0
2022NYJ152.91.71.20.20.00.00.1
2023HOU152.51.90.50.40.00.00.1
2024CIN72.61.41.10.10.00.00.0
2025HOU172.10.91.20.20.00.00.0
2026HOU83.02.010.50.00.10.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
141
TOT
2.2
SOLO
1.3
AST
0.8
SACK
0.3
INT
0.0
PD
0.0
FF
0.0

Bio

Age
32 yearsApr 2, 1994
Height
6' 2"
Weight
305 lbs
Experience
11 yearsDebut 2016
Birthplace
Covington, GA
Draft
2016Rd 1, Pk 12
College
Louisville
Salary
$9 million2026

Against other defensive tackles

2026 regular season, 120 NFL defensive tackles with 6+ games.

  • Sacks4.0

    Higher than 91% of the other 119 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Tackles24

    Higher than 78% of the other 119 NFL defensive tackles.

  • Passes Defended1

    Higher than 59% of the other 119 NFL defensive tackles.

Latest performance

Sheldon Rankins

Nov 08 · @ LAC · W 44-22

TOT
3
SOLO
3
AST
0
SACK
2.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

67% of his club's defensive snaps a game (360 in 8 games); 51% in week 9.

His defensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1BUF4171%0
2CIN4473%1
3IND4462%1
4DAL5773%0
5TEN4267%1
6JAX4563%1
7NYG5076%0
9LAC3751%1

NFL snap counts, every player

2016 NFL combine

DT, 6'1", 299 lb · Louisville

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash5.03s33rd
Vertical jump34.5"78th
Broad jump9' 10"76th
Bench press (225 lb)28 reps69th
3-cone drill7.44s54th
20-yard shuttle4.59s38th

Percentile: the share of DTs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2016 combine

Games

All games

Next

at CLESun, Nov 15

vs CLE since 2018

5
GP
14
TOT
7
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 08atLACW 44-223320
Sun, Oct 25vsNYGL 27-21 OT5500
Sun, Oct 18atJAXW 34-311100
Sun, Oct 11atTENW 26-34100
Sun, Oct 04vsDALL 34-302100
Sun, Sep 27atINDL 19-173310

What are Sheldon Rankins's career stats?

Sheldon Rankins has played 11 seasons for the Saints, the Jets, the Texans and the Bengals. He has recorded 306 tackles, 37.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season so far is 2022: 43 tackles and 3.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 6 vs CLE on Sep 16, 2018, W 21-18
  • Sacks: 3 @ CIN on Nov 12, 2023, W 30-27
Sheldon Rankins's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
20263—
202541.0
202441.0
202363.0
202261.0
202141.0
202051.0
201931.0
201862.0
201741.0
201651.0

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2016.

Sheldon Rankins college stats

Sheldon Rankins played 4 seasons at Louisville Cardinals (2012 to 2015): 131 tackles, 19 sacks and 2 interceptions.

defensive

Sheldon Rankins's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2012Louisville Cardinals431010000
2013Louisville Cardinals15114030000
2014Louisville Cardinals543222091290
2015Louisville Cardinals582830060000

scoring

Sheldon Rankins's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
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College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

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Playoff games

Sheldon Rankins played 9 games across 5 NFL postseasons — 5 won, 4 lost.

Sheldon Rankins's line in each playoff game
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2025PITW 30-621.50
2025NEL 28-1640.00
2023CLEW 45-1400.00
2023BALL 34-1030.00
2020CHIW 21-921.00
2020TBL 30-2010.00
2018PHIW 20-1400.00
2017CARW 31-2650.00
2017MINL 29-2451.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.