Sheldon Rankins
| No. 99 New Orleans Saints | |||
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| Position: | Defensive tackle | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth: | April 2, 1994 | ||
| Place of birth: | Covington, Georgia | ||
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| Career information | |||
| High school: | Covington (GA) Eastside | ||
| College: | Louisville | ||
| NFL draft: | 2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12 | ||
| Career history | |||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||
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Sheldon Rankins (born April 2, 1994) is an American football defensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Louisville.
Early years
Rankins attended Eastside High School in Covington, Georgia. He committed to the University of Louisville to play college football.[1]
College career
Rankins was mostly a backup his freshman and sophomore years at Louisville, recording 22 tackles and four sacks. As a junior in 2013, Rankins started all 13 games and had 53 tackles eight sacks and two interceptions.[2][3][4] As a senior in 2015, he had 58 tackles, six sacks and a fumble return touchdown.
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||
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| 6 ft 1 in | 299 lb | 33 3⁄8 in | 9 3⁄8 in | 5.03 s | 4.59 s | 7.44 s | 34.5 in | 9 ft 10 in | 28 reps | ||||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine,[5] | |||||||||||||||||||
On April 28th, 2016, Rankins was drafted as the 12th overall pick by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft. On May 9, 2016, the Saints signed Rankins to a four year, 12.8 million dollar contract.[6]
References
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External links
- New Orleans Saints currentteam parameter articles
- NFL player with pastcoaching parameter
- NFL player with pastexecutive parameter
- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Covington, Georgia
- Players of American football from Georgia (U.S. state)
- American football defensive tackles
- American football defensive ends
- Louisville Cardinals football players
- New Orleans Saints players
