Player Dossier

2006-2010

Stanford

Richard Sherman

CB • 6'3" • Compton, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Richard Sherman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a corner

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

65

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Stanford

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Stanford
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Player Story

Richard Sherman built his college career from 2006 through 2010 as a cornerback from Compton, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Richard Sherman's career was his receiving role: 81...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8

Rancho Cucamonga · Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2011
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 23
Overall
No. 154
NFL Team
Seattle Seahawks

Richard Sherman, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Stanford. Richard Sherman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Richard Sherman quick answers

Latest team and position
Stanford · CB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Stanford
Top game
California
Recruit profile
3-star · Rancho Cucamonga
High school pipeline
Rancho Cucamonga · 42 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
NFL Draft
2011 · Round 5 · Pick 23 · Seattle Seahawks
Latest roster
No. 9 · Class 2010

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2006 Regular SeasonStanford80-0--350
2007 Regular SeasonStanford100-0--450
2008 Regular SeasonStanford40-0--150
2009 PostseasonStanford90-0--020.6
2009 Regular SeasonStanford90-0--220.6
2010 Regular SeasonStanford50-0--064.2

Related Context

Richard Sherman played CB for Stanford. Across 5 tracked seasons, Richard Sherman recorded -17 rushing yards, 1,340 receiving yards, and 10 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2007 with Stanford.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Stanford paired 4 primary output with 16 efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2010 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2010 Regular Season · Stanford

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

16

Usage

Consistency

76.7

Best Game by takeover score

Oregon State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UCLA: 1. Oregon: 0. Arizona: 1. California: 1. Oregon State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 4 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oregon State

Best efficiency game

20 vs Oregon State

Result
Sun 11/28vs Oregon StateW 38-01
Sat 11/20@ CaliforniaW 48-141
Sun 11/7vs ArizonaW 42-171
Sun 10/3@ OregonL 31-52
Sun 9/12@ UCLAW 35-01

Player Story

Richard Sherman story

Richard Sherman built his college career from 2006 through 2010 as a cornerback from Compton, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Richard Sherman's career was his receiving role: 81 catches, 1,340 receiving yards, and 7 touchdowns across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2007 with Stanford. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 251 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Stanford.

The arc is straightforward: Richard Sherman moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Stanford

    2006-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200620072008200920092010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 Regular SeasonStanford00
2007 Regular SeasonStanford000
2008 Regular SeasonStanford000
2009 PostseasonStanford24.42
2009 Regular SeasonStanford24.40
2010 Regular SeasonStanford4162

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs California

Week 12 · L 28-34 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ USC

Week 11 · W 55-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

vs Oregon State

Week 13 · W 38-0 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ California

Week 12 · W 48-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

vs Arizona

Week 10 · W 42-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Stanford

4 primary output · 16 efficiency · usage

64.2

#2

2006 Regular Season · Stanford

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2007 Regular Season · Stanford

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games