Sam Shields
Sam Shields, a DB, appears on NFL rosters across 2010–2018. Everything below is drawn from open roster data; the figures are facts, not our opinion of the player.
The basics
| Position | DB |
|---|---|
| College | Miami (Fla.) |
| Born | 1987-12-08 |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in |
| Weight | 184 lb |
| Entered the NFL | 2010 |
Seasons on an NFL roster
8 seasons of roster appearances, 2010–2018. A row here means the player was on that team's roster that year.
| 2010 | Green Bay Packers |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2012 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2013 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2014 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2015 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2016 | Green Bay Packers |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Rams |
Career statistics
Regular-season totals, 1999–2026 (the seasons the open statistics cover). Play-offs are not included.
| Season | G | Rec | Rec Yds | Rec TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Career | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
Defensive statistics
Regular-season totals, 1999–2026. Solo and assisted tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, quarterback hits, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles and opponent fumbles recovered. Sacks are shared between players, so a total can end in a half. Play-offs are not included. A dash means the source carries no figure for that season, for any player — which is not the same as the player recording none, so this page does not print a nought. Career totals add only the seasons that are recorded.
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sacks | QB Hits | Int | Int Yds | PD | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13 | 25 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 15 | 38 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 14 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 11 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 89 | 219 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 202 | 70 | 1 | 1 |
What is not recorded
Everything this page could not tell you, and why. An empty field in the source is not a fact about the player.
- Draft. No draft is recorded. That is not the same as being undrafted — a pick is recorded for only 28% of players here, and 647 more have a drafting club named with no pick number against it. An empty field is a gap in the source, so this page does not call him undrafted.
Where this came from
Roster appearances, position, college, draft and physicals from nflverse open roster data. Seasons before about 1999 are roster-only, so there are no game statistics for them. Teams are linked where the franchise is certain; earlier seasons show the code used at the time.
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