Sheldon Rankins

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Season

Sacks

2.0▼ 1.0 vs '25

31st of 118 DL

Pressures

6▼ 8 vs '25

47th of 118 DL

Pressure rate

1.9%▼ 0.4 vs '25

69th of 118 DL

Run stops

11▼ 10 vs '25

41st of 118 DL

Tackling

20 tkl

4 tfl · 18 stops · 0 ff

Ranks compare against the 118 qualifying defensive linemen on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

Pressures by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 vs BUFL	41	70.7	3	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	1
Wk 2 vs CINL	44	73.3	2	3	2	0	1.0	2	2	1	0.0	−1.0	0	0
Wk 3 @ INDL	44	62.0	3	3	1	0	1.0	2	2	1	100.0	3.0	0	0
Wk 4 vs DALL	57	73.1	2	2	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 5 @ TENW	42	66.7	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 6 @ JAXW	45	63.4	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	–	–	0	0
Wk 7 vs NYGL	50	75.8	5	4	1	0	0.0	1	1	1	100.0	−3.0	0	0
Season	323	69.2	20	18	4	0	2.0	6	6	3	66.7	−0.3	0	1

2026 defensive linemen who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2026	7	323	69.2	20	18	4	0.0	2.0	6	6	3	70.1	0	1	0	0
2025	17	623	60.0	34	28	5	12.9	3.0	9	14	4	79.2	0	0	0	0
2024	7	288	60.4	15	12	1	27.3	1.0	1	2	0	–	0	0	0	0
2023	15	597	59.3	30	29	7	12.8	6.0	10	12	3	79.2	0	0	1	0
2022	15	558	54.7	39	32	3	8.3	3.0	7	11	0	–	0	0	1	0
2021	16	641	57.4	29	25	5	20.0	3.0	7	11	0	–	0	0	0	0
2020	12	415	50.6	19	14	2	11.8	1.5	9	12	1	39.6	0	1	0	0
2019	10	322	48.9	10	8	2	10.0	2.0	5	8	1	116.7	0	0	0	0
2018	16	642	62.3	39	34	11	7.1	8.0	15	25	6	86.1	0	1	1	0
2017	16	810	76.6	26	18	5	–	2.0	9	–	–	–	1	1	1	0
2016	9	335	58.4	17	12	2	–	4.0	6	–	–	–	0	0	1	0
Career	140	5,554	59.9	278	230	47	11.8	35.5	84	101	18	79.2	1	4	5	0