Sheldon Rankins

Cincinnati Bengals, Defensive Tackle
Age: 30y-10m-20d (Apr 02, 1994)
Exp: 8 Years
Country: US
College: Louisville
Drafted: Round 1 (#12 overall), 2016
Agent(s): Matthew Pope (Apex Sports Group)
INACTIVE
2024-2025 Free Agent
Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $24,500,000
Average Salary:
$12,250,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
GTD at Sign:
$8,000,000
Total GTD:
$8,000,000
Free Agent:
2026 / UFA
2023-2023 Free Agent
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $9,750,000
Average Salary:
$9,750,000
Signing Bonus:
$7,000,000
GTD at Sign:
$850,000
Total GTD:
$850,000
Free Agent:
2024 / UFA
2021-2022 Free Agent
Contract Terms:
2 yr(s) / $11,000,000
Average Salary:
$5,500,000
Signing Bonus:
$1,500,000
GTD at Sign:
$4,500,000
Total GTD:
$6,000,000
Free Agent:
2023 / UFA
2016-2020 Rookie
Contract Terms:
4 yr(s) / $12,801,648
Average Salary:
$3,200,412
Signing Bonus:
$7,510,289
GTD at Sign:
$12,801,648
Total GTD:
$12,801,648
Free Agent:
2021 / UFA
Seasons
8 Years
Career Earnings thru 2025
$54,565,155
Earnings w/ Different Teams
4 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 22 |
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Active
|
$7,960,289 |
$7,960,289 |
|
2017 | 23 |
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Active
|
$1,031,893 |
$8,992,182 |
|
2018 | 24 |
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Injured
|
$1,613,786 |
$10,605,968 |
|
2019 | 25 |
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Injured
|
$2,195,680 |
$12,801,648 |
|
2020 | 26 |
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Active
|
$7,690,000 |
$20,491,648 |
|
2021 | 27 |
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Active
|
$5,441,168 |
$25,932,816 |
|
2022 | 28 |
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Active
|
$5,323,522 |
$31,256,338 |
|
2023 | 29 |
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Active
|
$9,602,935 |
$40,859,273 |
|
2024 | 30 |
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Reserve
|
$13,705,882 |
$54,565,155 |
|
Total |
$54,565,155 |
$54,565,155 |
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Total |
$54,565,155 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Roster | Restructure | Option | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 |
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$6,981,359 | $7,510,289 | - | $6,000,000 | - | - | $20,491,648 |
2 |
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$5,500,000 | $1,500,000 | $3,764,690 | - | - | - | $10,764,690 |
1 |
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$1,500,000 | $7,000,000 | - | - | - | - | $9,602,935 |
1 |
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$5,450,000 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | - | $50,000 | - | $13,705,882 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Roster | Restructure | Option | Workout | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 |
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22 |
$450,000
|
$7,510,289 |
$7,960,289 |
$7,960,289 |
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2017 |
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23 |
$1,031,893
|
$1,031,893 |
$8,992,182 |
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2018 |
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24 |
$1,613,786
|
$1,613,786 |
$10,605,968 |
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2019 |
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25 |
$2,195,680
|
$2,195,680 |
$12,801,648 |
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2020 |
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26 |
$1,690,000
|
$6,000,000 |
$7,690,000 |
$20,491,648 |
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2021 |
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27 |
$1,000,000
|
$1,500,000 |
$2,941,168 |
$5,441,168 |
$25,932,816 |
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2022 |
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28 |
$4,500,000
|
$823,522 |
$5,323,522 |
$31,256,338 |
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2023 |
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29 |
$1,500,000
|
$7,000,000 |
$9,602,935 |
$40,859,273 |
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2024 |
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30 |
$5,450,000
|
$4,000,000 |
$4,000,000 |
$50,000 |
$13,705,882 |
$54,565,155 |
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Total |
$19,431,359 |
$20,010,289 |
$6,000,000 |
$7,764,690 |
$50,000 |
$54,565,155 |
$54,565,155 |
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Total |
$19,431,359 |
$20,010,289 |
$6,000,000 |
$7,764,690 |
$50,000 |
$54,565,155 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Roster | Restructure | Option | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 |
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$6,981,359 | $7,510,289 | - | $6,000,000 | - | - | $20,491,648 |
2 |
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$5,500,000 | $1,500,000 | $3,764,690 | - | - | - | $10,764,690 |
1 |
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$1,500,000 | $7,000,000 | - | - | - | - | $9,602,935 |
1 |
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$5,450,000 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | - | $50,000 | - | $13,705,882 |
Injuries
Year | Weeks | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|
2024 |
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18 - 18 | Illness |
2020 |
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9 - 12 | Knee (MCL) |
2019 |
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15 - 17 | Ankle |
2016 |
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1 - 8 | Leg |
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Feb 21, 2025 Released by Cincinnati (CIN), freeing up $9.61M of cap
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Mar 13, 2024 Signed a 2 year $24.5 million contract with Cincinnati (CIN)
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Mar 15, 2023 Signed a 1 year $9.75 million contract with Houston (HOU)
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Mar 21, 2021 Signed a 2 year $11 million contract with New York (NYJ)
- Apr 24, 2019 New Orleans (NO) exercised a $7.69 million option for 2020
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May 09, 2016 Signed a 4 year $12.8 million contract with New Orleans (NO)
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Apr 28, 2016 Drafted by New Orleans (NO): Round 1 (#12 overall)
Year | Team | GP | GS | Snaps | Snaps% | Sack | Tackles Total | Tackles Solo | Tackles Assisted | FFum | Int |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | CIN | 7 | 7 | 288 | 25.30 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | HOU | 15 | 15 | 597 | 52.50 | 6 | 37 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
2022 | NYJ | 15 | 15 | 558 | 49.00 | 3 | 43 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | NYJ | 16 | 3 | 640 | 53.90 | 3 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | NO | 12 | 1 | 415 | 50.60 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | NO | 10 | 0 | 329 | 30.40 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | NO | 16 | 16 | 641 | 63.40 | 8 | 41 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | NO | 16 | 16 | 812 | 76.60 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
2016 | NO | 9 | 0 | 336 | 32.00 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 |