Sheldon Richardson stats

Last played for the Minnesota Vikings, 2021

Defensive Tackle · #90

Age 35 · 6' 3"

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Sheldon Richardson played 9 NFL seasons, 2013 to 2021.

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Totals

Career regular season

GP
138
TOT
499
SOLO
297
AST
202
SACK
33.5
INT
1
PD
18
FF
11

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.
2013NYJ167842363.5011
2014NYJ166642248.0011
2015NYJ113520155.0022
2016NYJ156238241.5021
2017SEA154427171.0111
2018MIN164926234.5000
2019CLE166243193.0043
2020CLE166435294.5031
2021MIN173924152.5041

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

Career Postseason

GP
2
TOT
6
SOLO
4
AST
2
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

Career regular season

GP
138
TOT
3.6
SOLO
2.2
AST
1.5
SACK
0.2
INT
0.0
PD
0.1
FF
0.1

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.
2013NYJ164.92.62.30.20.00.10.1
2014NYJ164.12.61.50.50.00.10.1
2015NYJ113.21.81.40.50.00.20.2
2016NYJ154.12.51.60.10.00.10.1
2017SEA152.91.81.10.10.10.10.1
2018MIN163.11.61.40.30.00.00.0
2019CLE163.92.71.20.20.00.30.2
2020CLE164.02.21.80.30.00.20.1
2021MIN172.31.40.90.10.00.20.1

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

Fantasy

Career regular season

GP
16
PPR
12.4
HALF
12.4
STD
12.4
PPG
0.8

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Fantasy by season
SeasonTeamGPGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPRPPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALFHALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STDSTD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPGPPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
2013NYJ1612.412.412.40.8

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Bio

Age
35 yearsNov 29, 1990
Height
6' 3"
Debut
2013
Birthplace
St. Louis, MO
Draft
2013Rd 1, Pk 13
College
Missouri
Defensive Rookie of the Year
2013

Latest performance

Sheldon Richardson

Jan 09 · vs CHI · W 31-17

TOT
1
SOLO
1
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

2013 NFL combine

DT, 6'2", 294 lb · Missouri

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash5.02s34th
Vertical jump32"53rd
Broad jump9' 8"69th
Bench press (225 lb)30 reps80th

Percentile: the share of DTs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2013 combine

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Jan 09vsCHIW 31-171100
Sun, Jan 02atGBL 37-103200
Sun, Dec 26vsLARL 30-234200
Mon, Dec 20atCHIW 17-93200
Thu, Dec 09vsPITW 36-283310
Sun, Dec 05atDETL 29-273300

What were Sheldon Richardson's career stats?

Sheldon Richardson played 9 seasons for the Jets, the Seahawks, the Vikings and the Browns. He recorded 499 tackles, 33.5 sacks and 1 interception. His best season was 2013: 78 tackles and 3.5 sacks.

League leaderboards and awards

9 seasons, 1 postseason, 2013 to 2021

Awards

Sheldon Richardson college stats

Sheldon Richardson played 2 seasons at Missouri Tigers (2011 to 2012): 111 tackles, 6 sacks and 0 interceptions.

defensive

Sheldon Richardson'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.
2011Missouri Tigers361422020000
2012Missouri Tigers753936043000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for.

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Playoff games

Sheldon Richardson played 2 games across 1 NFL postseason — 1 won, 1 lost.

Sheldon Richardson'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.
2020PITW 48-3730.00
2020KCL 22-1730.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

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