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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

Field Position

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Opp 19-1 - by Yard Line 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line 5 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Game Halves

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Half 7 10 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last Two Minutes of Half 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Half 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Home vs Road

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Home Games 3 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road Games 4 8 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Margin of Victory

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Margin 0-7 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Margin 15+ 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Margin 8-14 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Point Differential

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Ahead 5 10 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 1-8 Points 4 8 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ahead by 9-16 Points 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Behind by 1-8 Points 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tied 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Quarters

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
1st Quarter 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4th Quarter within 7 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2nd Quarter 5 6 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3rd Quarter 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stadium Surfaces

G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
Turf 7 15 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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