Kendall Sheffield

Former cornerback at Ohio State. 2018: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 35 tackles.

CB · Ohio State · Jr. · #8

6′0″ · 193 lb · Missouri City, TX

Atlanta — drafted 2019, Rd 4, Pick 9, #111 overall

Recruiting

5★

CB recruit

No. 20 nationally · Signed with Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former cornerback at Ohio State. 2018: 2 interceptions, 8 pass breakups, 35 tackles.

Signed as a 5-star recruit to Alabama in 2015.
Drafted round 4 by the Atlanta in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Ohio State, 75 tackles — drafted at #111 overall by Atlanta.

His career

2015

Signed with Alabama5-star out of Fort Bend Marshall

201713 games

Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Blinn College

2019

Drafted by Atlantaround 4, pick 111

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★★

#20 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2017–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #111

Atlanta · 2019

Where He Ended Up · NFL

AtlantaEntering 8th NFL season

#111Rd 4 · Pick 9

AtlantaEntering 8th NFL season

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2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Urban Meyer — 25-3 over that span.

2017Ohio State12-2HC: Urban Meyer · Run-leaning

2018Ohio State13-1HC: Urban Meyer · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#95 / 2662 · 96th pct

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

Solo tackles#733 / 2662 · 72nd pct

Tackles#1124 / 2662 · 57th pct

Tackles for loss#1356 / 2662 · 45th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.9
Road5g	3.4	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.9
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Ohio State	35	27	2.0	8	2	--
2017	Ohio State	40	31	2.0	9	--	--
Career		75	58	4.0	17	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2018

W 62–39

vs Michigan

4 TOT · 2 SOLO

Dominant 23-point win at home against Michigan.

With P. Campbell — 78 rush yds (1 car) · 1 TD · D. Haskins — 318 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · 34 rush yds (7 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week