Sheldon Richardson

Sheldon Adam Richardson

Position: DT

6-3, 290lb (190cm, 131kg)

Team: Minnesota Vikings

Born: November 29, 1990 in St. Louis, MO

College: Missouri (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 58 (1117th overall since 1960)

High School: Gateway Tech (MO)

Draft: New York Jets in the 1st round (13th overall) of the 2013 NFL Draft.

Twitter: @Godforshort

SUMMARY

2021

Career

132

1.5

32.5

Solo

284

2021 Games

2021 Games Table
								Tackles					Def Interceptions				Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
Date	Week	Tm		Opp	Result	GS	Sk	Solo	Ast	Comb	TFL	QBHits	Int	Yds	TD	PD	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2021-09-12	1	MIN	@	CIN	L 24-27		0.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	22	32%	1	3%
2021-09-19	2	MIN	@	ARI	L 33-34		0.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	23	38%	1	3%
2021-09-26	3	MIN		SEA	W 30-17		0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	26	49%	0	0%
2021-10-03	4	MIN		CLE	L 7-14		0.0	4	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	32	41%	3	14%
2021-10-10	5	MIN		DET	W 19-17												0	0%	34	50%	4	15%
2021-10-17	6	MIN	@	CAR	W 34-28		0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31	42%	5	14%
2021-10-31	8	MIN		DAL	L 16-20		0.0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30	41%	5	17%
2021-11-07	9	MIN	@	BAL	L 31-34		1.5	3	1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36	37%	7	21%
2021-11-14	10	MIN	@	LAC	W 27-20		0.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32	54%	6	21%
2021-11-21	11	MIN		GNB	W 34-31		0.0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0%	34	58%	6	21%
2021-11-28	12	MIN	@	SFO	L 26-34	*	0.0	1	4	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0%	53	76%	6	21%
Upcoming Games · Bye in Week 7
2021-12-05	13	MIN	@	DET	Preview · Stats for 4 games vs. Lions · Avg. 0.4 sk, 0.0 int, 3.0 tckl (Last in 2021)
2021-12-09	14	MIN		PIT	Preview · Stats for 7 games vs. Steelers · Avg. 0.0 sk, 0.0 int, 3.4 tckl (Last in 2020)
2021-12-20	15	MIN	@	CHI	Preview · Stats for 3 games vs. Bears · Avg. 0.3 sk, 0.0 int, 1.7 tckl (Last in 2018)
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Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV
2013	23	NYJ	RDE	91	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.5	78	42	36	12	8		13
2014*	24	NYJ	RDE	91	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	67	42	25	11	21	1	11
2015	25	NYJ	LOLB	91	11	11	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	35	20	15	4	15		6
2016	26	NYJ	LOLB	91	15	14	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	1.5	62	38	24	13	9		6
2017	27	SEA	RDT	91	15	15	1	5	0	5	1	1	0	2	20	0	1.0	44	27	17	3	7		8
2018	28	MIN	LDT	93	16	16											4.5	49	26	23	6	16		9
2019	29	CLE	RDT	98	16	15	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	3.0	62	43	19	4	6		8
2020	30	CLE	LDT	98	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4.5	64	35	29	5	10		7
2021	31	MIN	dt	90	11	1	0	0	0	0	2						1.5	22	11	11	2	8
Career					132	119	1	5	0	5	16	10	0	5	20	0	32.5	483	284	199	60	100	1	68
4 yrs		NYJ			58	56	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	3	0	0	18.0	242	142	100	40	53	1	36
2 yrs		CLE			32	31	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	0	7.5	126	78	48	9	16		15
2 yrs		MIN			27	17	0	0	0	0	2						6.0	71	37	34	8	24		9
1 yr		SEA			15	15	1	5	0	5	1	1	0	2	20	0	1.0	44	27	17	3	7		8

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2020	30	CLE	DT	2	2	0	0	0	0	1						0.0	6	4	2	0	2
Career				2	2	0	0	0	0	1						0.0	6	4	2	0	2

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Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2013	23	NYJ	RDE	91	16	15	4	4	2	2	1	1.0	0.3	0.3												4	1.0	4	2	0
Career					132	119	4	4	2	2	1	1.0	0.0	0.0												4	1.0	4	2	0
4 yrs		NYJ			58	56	4	4	2	2	1	1.0	0.1	0.1												4	1.0	4	2	0
2 yrs		CLE			32	31	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	0
2 yrs		MIN			27	17	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	0
1 yr		SEA			15	15	0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0												0		0	0	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team All-Pro

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	Sfty	Pts
2013	23	NYJ	RDE	91	16	15	2	2		12
2014*	24	NYJ	RDE	91	16	16			1	2
Career					132	119	2	2	1	14
4 yrs		NYJ			58	56	2	2	1	14
2 yrs		CLE			32	31				0
2 yrs		MIN			27	17				0
1 yr		SEA			15	15				0

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2013	23	NYJ	RDE	91	16	15	6	1%	882	80%	74	15%
2014*	24	NYJ	RDE	91	16	16	3	0%	809	80%	76	16%
2015	25	NYJ	LOLB	91	11	11	0	0%	618	87%	28	8%
2016	26	NYJ	LOLB	91	15	14	0	0%	761	78%	33	8%
2017	27	SEA	RDT	91	15	15	0	0%	654	63%	62	14%
2018	28	MIN	LDT	93	16	16	0	0%	718	69%	61	14%
2019	29	CLE	RDT	98	16	15	0	0%	775	72%	63	15%
2020	30	CLE	LDT	98	16	16	0	0%	799	74%	61	14%
2021	31	MIN	dt	90	11	1	0	0%	353	46%	44	14%
Career							9		6369		502
4 yrs		NYJ			58	56	9		3070		211
2 yrs		CLE			32	31	0		1574		124
2 yrs		MIN			27	17	0		1071		105
1 yr		SEA			15	15	0		654		62

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