Nathan ShepherdShepherd, Nathan DanielPosition: DL Height: 6-4 Weight: 315 Born: October 9, 1993 Ajax, ON High School: J. Clarke Richardson (Ajax, ON) |
| Year | College | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Simon Fraser | |
| 2015 | Fort Hays State | Played |
| 2016 | Fort Hays State | Played |
| 2017 | Fort Hays State | Played |
| YEAR TEAM | NO | POS | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 New York Jets (NFL)2018 NYJ NFL | 97 | RDE | 16 | 5 |
| 2019 New York Jets (NFL)2019 NYJ NFL | 97 | LDE | 9 | 0 |
| 2020 New York Jets (NFL)2020 NYJ NFL | 97 | RDE-NT | 14 | 3 |
| 2021 New York Jets (NFL)2021 NYJ NFL | 97 | LDT-RDT | 17 | 1 |
| 2022 New York Jets (NFL)2022 NYJ NFL | 97 | LDT-RDT | 17 | 2 |
| 2023 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2023 NO NFL | 93 | LDT | 17 | 17 |
| 2024 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2024 NO NFL | 93 | LDT | 16 | 13 |
| 7 Years (NFL)7 Years NFL | 106 | 41 |
| Transaction | Date | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | 4/27/2018 | 2018 New York Jets (NFL)2018 NYJ NFL |
| Signed | 5/18/2018 | 2018 New York Jets (NFL)2018 NYJ NFL |
| Reserve/Suspended | 9/10/2019 | 2019 New York Jets (NFL)2019 NYJ NFL |
| Exemption | 10/28/2019 | 2019 New York Jets (NFL)2019 NYJ NFL |
| Activated | 11/1/2019 | 2019 New York Jets (NFL)2019 NYJ NFL |
| Unrestricted Free Agent | 3/16/2022 | 2021 New York Jets (NFL)2021 NYJ NFL |
| Signed | 3/16/2022 | 2022 New York Jets (NFL)2022 NYJ NFL |
| Unrestricted Free Agent | 3/15/2023 | 2022 New York Jets (NFL)2022 NYJ NFL |
| Signed | 3/18/2023 | 2023 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2023 NO NFL |
| SNAP COUNTS | TOTAL | OFF | OFF% | DEF | DEF% | ST | ST% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 New York Jets (NFL)2018 NYJ NFL | 348 | 0 | 0.0 | 343 | 30.6 | 5 | 1.0 |
| 2019 New York Jets (NFL)2019 NYJ NFL | 282 | 0 | 0.0 | 234 | 20.8 | 48 | 10.6 |
| 2020 New York Jets (NFL)2020 NYJ NFL | 457 | 0 | 0.0 | 335 | 29.4 | 122 | 27.9 |
| 2021 New York Jets (NFL)2021 NYJ NFL | 633 | 0 | 0.0 | 495 | 41.6 | 138 | 29.6 |
| 2022 New York Jets (NFL)2022 NYJ NFL | 553 | 0 | 0.0 | 417 | 36.6 | 136 | 29.6 |
| 2023 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2023 NO NFL | 662 | 0 | 0.0 | 594 | 53.7 | 68 | 14.6 |
| 2024 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2024 NO NFL | 644 | 0 | 0.0 | 568 | 48.2 | 76 | 16.6 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 3579 | 0 | 2986 | 593 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 New York Jets (NFL)2019 NYJ NFL | 2.0 | 23.0 |
| 2020 New York Jets (NFL)2020 NYJ NFL | 2.5 | 20.5 |
| 2022 New York Jets (NFL)2022 NYJ NFL | 1.5 | 11.5 |
| 2023 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2023 NO NFL | 3.0 | 20.0 |
| 2024 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2024 NO NFL | 1.5 | 10.5 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 10.5 | 85.5 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | DEF | ST | MT | QH | TFL | FF | PD | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 New York Jets (NFL)2018 NYJ NFL | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 New York Jets (NFL)2019 NYJ NFL | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 New York Jets (NFL)2020 NYJ NFL | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 New York Jets (NFL)2021 NYJ NFL | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 New York Jets (NFL)2022 NYJ NFL | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2023 NO NFL | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2024 NO NFL | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 191 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 New York Jets (NFL)2018 NYJ NFL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 New York Jets (NFL)2019 NYJ NFL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 New York Jets (NFL)2020 NYJ NFL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 New York Jets (NFL)2021 NYJ NFL | 7 | 0 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 New York Jets (NFL)2022 NYJ NFL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2023 NO NFL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 New Orleans Saints (NFL)2024 NO NFL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL | 18 | 1 | 17 | 166 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
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