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This is a 2024 photo of Sheldon Rankins of the Cincinnati Bengals  NFL football team. This image reflects the Cincinnati Bengals  active roster as of Tuesday, June 11, 2024 when this image was taken. (AP Photo)

Sheldon Rankins

DT

#98

Experience: 9 years

Height: 6-2

Age: 30

Weight: 305 lbs

College: Louisville

2024 SEASON

  • Solo
    7
  • SCK
    1
  • FF
    0
  • INT
    --

Defense

YEAR TEAM G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
2024 Cincinnati Bengals 7 15 7 8 1 0 0
2023 Houston Texans 15 30 22 8 6 0 0
2022 New York Jets 15 39 21 18 3 0 0
2021 New York Jets 16 29 12 17 3 0 0
2020 New Orleans Saints 12 19 12 7 1.5 0 1
2019 New Orleans Saints 10 10 7 3 2 0 0
2018 New Orleans Saints 16 39 25 14 8 0 1
2017 New Orleans Saints 16 26 16 10 2 0 1 1 0 27 27 27
2016 New Orleans Saints 9 17 12 5 4 0 0
TOTAL 116 224 134 90 30.5 0 3 1 0 27 27 27

Fumbles

YEAR TEAM G FUM LOST FF OWN FR OPP FR TD
2024 Cincinnati Bengals 7 0
2023 Houston Texans 15 0 0 1 1 1
2022 New York Jets 15 1
2021 New York Jets 16 0 0 0 2 0
2020 New Orleans Saints 12 0
2019 New Orleans Saints 10 0
2018 New Orleans Saints 16 1
2017 New Orleans Saints 16 1
2016 New Orleans Saints 9 1
TOTAL 116 0 0 5 0 3 1

Biography

A 2024 free agent acquisition, Rankins brings 109 games of NFL experience to the Bengals' D-line room ... Originally a first-round draft pick of New Orleans (12th overall) in 2016; spent first five pro seasons with Saints ... Spent the 2021-22 seasons with N.Y. Jets, before playing for Houston in '23 ... A capable pass rusher from the inside, he has 29.5 career sacks along with 43 TFLs, five FFs and three FRs ... Also has played in seven career postseason games (five with Saints, two with Texans) ... Was teammates with Bengals DE Trey Hendrickson and S Vonn Bell in New Orleans ... Had perhaps his best career performance against the Bengals at Paycor Stadium, when in Week 10 of 2023 he sacked QB Joe Burrow three times to help lead the Texans to a road win.

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