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Richard Sherman

Richard Kevin Sherman (Optimus Prime or Uncle Sherm)

Position: DB

6-3, 195lb (190cm, 88kg)

Born: March 30, 1988 in Compton, CA

College: Stanford (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 97 (172nd overall since 1960)

High School: Dominguez (CA)

Draft: Seattle Seahawks in the 5th round (154th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft.

Twitter: @RSherman_25

SUMMARY

Career

144

114

Int

Yds

478

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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	Awards
2011	23	SEA	LCB	25	16	10	4	45	0	33	17	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	55	47	8	0	0		6
2012+	24	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	8	57	1	29	24	3	0	1	0	0	1.0	65	54	11	0	1		20	AP1
2013*+	25	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	8	125	1	58	16	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	48	38	10	0	1		21	AP DPoY-5, AP1, PB
2014*+	26	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	4	81	0	53	8	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	57	45	12	2	0		18	AP1, PB
2015*	27	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	2	30	0	26	14	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	50	33	17	1	0		15	AP2, PB
2016*	28	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	4	37	0	31	13	0	0	1	14	0	0.0	58	38	20	2	0		9	PB
2017	29	SEA	LCB	25	9	9	2	20	0	19	7	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	35	25	10	1	0		4
2018	30	SFO	LCB	25	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	37	30	7	3	1		5
2019*	31	SFO	LCB	25	15	15	3	65	1	31	11	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	61	48	13	2	0		12	AP CPoY-5, AP2, PB
2020	32	SFO	LCB	25	5	5	1	18	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	18	16	2	1	0		2
2021	33	TAM	DB	5	5	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0.0	11	11	0	0	0		2
Career					144	136	37	478	3	58	116	5	2	7	18	0	2.0	495	385	110	12	3		114
7 yrs		SEA			105	99	32	395	2	58	99	5	2	5	14	0	1.0	368	280	88	6	2		93
3 yrs		SFO			34	34	4	83	1	31	16	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	116	94	22	6	1		19
1 yr		TAM			5	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0.0	11	11	0	0	0		2

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
2012+	24	SEA	LCB	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2013*+	25	SEA	LCB	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10	4	6	0	0
2014*+	26	SEA	LCB	3	3	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	10	7	3	0	0
2015*	27	SEA	LCB,RCB	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	8	1	1	0
2016*	28	SEA	LCB	2	2			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13	7	6	0	0
2019*	31	SFO	CB	3	3	2	16	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	6	3	0	0
Career				15	15	4	16	0	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	51	32	19	1	0
5 yrs		SEA		12	12	2	0	0	0	10					0	0.0	42	26	16	1	0
1 yr		SFO		3	3	2	16	0	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	6	3	0	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

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Regular Season

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2013*+	25	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0			0			119
2014*+	26	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	1	0	0	0	0.0			0			81
2015*	27	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	1	64	0	64	64.0			0			94
2016*	28	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	1	6	0	6	6.0			0			57
Career					144	136	4	64	0	64	16.0			0			560
7 yrs		SEA			105	99	4	64	0	64	16.0			0			473
3 yrs		SFO			34	34			0					0			83
1 yr		TAM			5	3			0					0			4

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2012+	24	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	1	1	2		12	0.8
2013*+	25	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	1		1		6	0.4
2019*	31	SFO	LCB	25	15	15	1		1		6	0.4
Career					144	136	3	1	4	0	24	.2
7 yrs		SEA			105	99	2	1	3	0	18	.2
3 yrs		SFO			34	34	1		1	0	6	.2
1 yr		TAM			5	3				0	0	0.0

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012+	24	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	0	0%	950	95%	79	19%
2013*+	25	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	0	0%	979	94%	50	11%
2014*+	26	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	0	0%	966	99%	94	22%
2015*	27	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	0	0%	977	98%	106	24%
2016*	28	SEA	LCB	25	16	16	0	0%	1054	98%	62	14%
2017	29	SEA	LCB	25	9	9	0	0%	572	94%	38	14%
2018	30	SFO	LCB	25	14	14	0	0%	836	89%	12	3%
2019*	31	SFO	LCB	25	15	15	0	0%	896	93%	1	0%
2020	32	SFO	LCB	25	5	5	0	0%	332	98%	0	0%
2021	33	TAM	DB	5	5	3	0	0%	140	45%	4	3%
Career							0		7702		446
6 yrs		SEA			89	89	0		5498		429
3 yrs		SFO			34	34	0		2064		13
1 yr		TAM			5	3	0		140		4

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