Usage / Role
58%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2015-2018Ohio State
Kendall Sheffield
CB • 6'0" • 193 lbs • Missouri City, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kendall Sheffield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19 disruption score.
Impact Production
65
Solid production for a corner
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Alabama • Ohio State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: USC
Player Story
Kendall Sheffield built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a cornerback from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Alabama and Ohio State. The clearest part of Kendall Sheffield's career was...
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- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2019
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 9
- Overall
- No. 111
- NFL Team
- Atlanta Falcons
Kendall Sheffield, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Ohio State. Kendall Sheffield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 75
- TFL
- 4
- Passes defended
- 17
Quick Answers
Kendall Sheffield quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ohio State · CB
- Career Tackles
- 75
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 27 games
- Best season
- 2018 Postseason · Ohio State
- Top game
- USC
- Recruit profile
- 5-star · Fort Bend Marshall · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Fort Bend Marshall · 55 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2019 · Round 4 · Pick 9 · Atlanta Falcons
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Junior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 35 tackles · CB 93rd (top 25%) · Big Ten 124th (top 20%) · National 1,149th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Postseason | Ohio State | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 36.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ohio State | 13 | 37 | 1 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | 36.9 |
| 2018 Postseason | Ohio State | 14 | 5 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 51.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ohio State | 14 | 30 | 2 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 51.6 |
Related Context
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Kendall Sheffield played CB for Alabama and Ohio State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kendall Sheffield recorded 75 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Ohio State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Ohio State paired 12 primary output with 19 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 19 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Alabama, Ohio State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon State
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Ohio State
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
19
Usage
3.4
Consistency
59.2
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington: 1. Oregon State: 2. Rutgers: 2. TCU: 1. Tulane: 1. Penn State: 1. Indiana: 2. Minnesota: 1. Purdue: 0. Nebraska: 0. Michigan State: 0. Maryland: 0. Michigan: 0. Northwestern: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Washington: 5 by 30.8. Oregon State: 4 by 36.7. Rutgers: 0 by 20. TCU: 5 by 30.8. Tulane: 0 by 10. Penn State: 2 by 18.3. Indiana: 1 by 24.2. Minnesota: 1 by 14.2. Purdue: 2 by 8.3. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 4 by 16.7. Maryland: 4 by 16.7. Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Northwestern: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.9 · Games = 13 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Oregon State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/1 | vs Washington | W 28-23 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 12/2 | vs Northwestern | W 45-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/24 | vs Michigan | W 62-39 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | @ Maryland | W 52-51 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Michigan State | W 26-6 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Nebraska | W 36-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Purdue | L 20-49 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Minnesota | W 30-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | vs IndianaSplash game | W 49-26 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Penn State | W 27-26 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Tulane | W 49-6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/16 | @ TCU | W 40-28 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs RutgersSplash game | W 52-3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Oregon StateSplash game | W 77-31 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
Player Story
Kendall Sheffield story
Kendall Sheffield built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a cornerback from Missouri City, TX wearing No. 8, spending time with Alabama and Ohio State. The clearest part of Kendall Sheffield's career was his defensive production: 75 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 17 passes defended across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Ohio State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kendall Sheffield's production has multiple signals. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Alabama and Ohio State.
The arc is straightforward: Kendall Sheffield 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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- 1
Alabama
2015
Opening stop
- 2
Ohio State
2016-2018
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201520162017201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Ohio State | 11 | 21.3 | 2.6 | 11 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Ohio State | 11 | 21.3 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Ohio State | 12 | 19 | 3.4 | 1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Ohio State | 12 | 19 | 3.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs USC
Week 1 · W 24-7 · Postseason
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5
Havoc Plays
65.3 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Oregon State
Week 1 · W 77-31
2
Havoc Plays
54.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 54.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Rutgers
Week 2 · W 52-3 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
51.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.
#4
@ TCU
Week 3 · W 40-28
1
Havoc Plays
48.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Indiana
Week 6 · W 49-26 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
44.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Postseason · Ohio State
12 primary output · 19 efficiency · 3.4 usage
51.6
#2
2018 Regular Season · Ohio State
51.6
12 primary · 19 efficiency · 3.4 usage
#3
2017 Postseason · Ohio State
36.9
11 primary · 21.3 efficiency · 2.6 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
6
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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