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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

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2024 SEASON

  • Solo
    6
  • SCK
    1
  • FF
    0
  • INT
    --

Recent Games

WK OPP RESULT TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
1 Patriots L 10 - 16 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
2 @Chiefs L 25 - 26 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 0
3 Commanders L 33 - 38
4 @Panthers W 34 - 24
5 Ravens L 38 - 41
6 @Giants W 17 - 7 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
7 @Browns W 21 - 14 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 0
8 Eagles L 17 - 37 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0
9 Raiders W 41 - 24 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0

Career Stats

Defense Career

SEASON TEAM G GS TKL AST COMBINED SOLO SCK SFTY PDEF INT YDS AVG LNG TDS FF OPP FR
2016 New Orleans Saints 9 0 15 5 20 12 4 0 0 1
2017 New Orleans Saints 16 16 16 10 26 16 2 0 1 1 27 27 27 0 1
2018 New Orleans Saints 16 16 26 14 40 25 8 0 1 1
2019 New Orleans Saints 10 0 7 3 10 7 2 0 0 0
2020 New Orleans Saints 12 1 13 7 20 12 1.5 0 1 0
2021 New York Jets 16 3 15 17 32 12 3 0 0 0 2
2022 New York Jets 15 15 25 18 43 21 3 0 0 1
2023 Houston Texans 15 15 29 8 37 22 6 0 0 1 1
2024 Cincinnati Bengals 6 6 9 8 17 6 1 0 0 0
TOTAL 115 72 155 90 245 133 30.5 0 3 1 27 27 27 0 5 3

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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