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Jerry Sherk

Jerry Martin Sherk

Position: DT-DE-NT
Height: 6-4    Weight: 258 lbs.

Born: July 7, 1948 in Grants Pass, OR
College: Oklahoma St.   (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 2nd round (47th overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 63 (877th overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

72

All-Pro

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Fine Details  · Last updated May 21, 2013 8:25PM
All-Time Rank: #709. Miller Farr… #710. Antoine Winfield… #711. Tom Banks… #712. JERRY SHERK… #713. Drew Hill… #714. Doug Dieken… #715. Mike Merriweather… 

Defense & Fumbles

Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty AV
1970 22 CLE RDT 72 14 0 0 0 2 15 0 8
1971 23 CLE RDT 72 14 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 9
1972 24 CLE RDT 72 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 7
1973* 25 CLE RDT 72 14 10
1974* 26 CLE RDT 72 14 0 0 2 0 0 8
1975* 27 CLE RDT 72 14 14 0 0 1 26 0 7
1976*+ 28 CLE RDT 72 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 12
1977 29 CLE rdt 72 7 6 0 0 1 0 0 1 3
1978 30 CLE RDT 72 16 16 6
1979 31 CLE RDT 72 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 6
1980 32 CLE dt 72 1 1 0
1981 33 CLE 72 15 0 1
Career 147 37 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 12 41 0 1 77

Scoring Summary

Year Age Tm Pos No. G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1977 29 CLE rdt 72 7 6 1 2
Career 147 37 1 2

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls
1973
1974
1975
1976

First-Team All-Pro
1976

Safeties
1977 NFL 1 (2/18)
Career 1 (72)

All-Pro Teams

Year Team Level Voters
19751st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19752nd TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19761st TeamAll-Conf.Associated Press
19761st TeamAll-Conf.Pro Football Weekly
19761st TeamAll-Conf.Sporting News
19761st TeamAll-Conf.UPI
19761st TeamAll-NFLAssociated Press
19761st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Writers
19761st TeamAll-NFLNewspaper Ent. Assoc.
19761st TeamAll-NFLPro Football Weekly