Sheldon Price

Sheldon Price
No. 27Baltimore Ravens
Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1991-03-26) March 26, 1991
Place of birth: Long Beach, California
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight: 198 lb (90 kg)
Career information
College: UCLA
Undrafted: 2013
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics as of Week 2, 2015
Tackles: 1
Interceptions: 0
Sacks: 0.0
Forced fumbles: 0
Player stats at NFL.com

Sheldon Andrew Price (born March 26, 1991) is an American football cornerback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at UCLA, and signed with the Colts in 2013 as an undrafted free agent.

Early years

Price attended Bishop Amat High School of Los Angeles.[1] He was selected to the SuperPrep All-Far West team, Scout.com West Hot 150 (ranked as the 81st prospect).[2] He was also selected to the Tacoma News-Tribune Western 100 and CalHiSports.com All-State third team during high school.[1] In his Junior season in high school, He was selected first-team all-league team and second-team All-San Gabriel Valley.[1]

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight 40 Commit date
Sheldon Price
Cornerback
La Puente, California Bishop Amat High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 155 lb (70 kg) 4.56 Apr 27, 2008 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 41 (CB)   Rivals: 24 (CB), 209 (National), 21 (California)
  • ‡ Refers to 40 yard dash
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height, weight and 40 time.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

College career

He played College football at UCLA Bruins. In his freshman season, he was selected for The Sporting News' Pac-10 All-Freshman team and the Rivals.com All-America Team.[3] He was a co-winner of the UCLA's John Boncheff Jr. Memorial Award for Rookie of the Year following his freshman season.[4] He finished college with a total of 157 tackles, 5 Interceptions, 26 Pass Deflections and 2 Forced fumbles.[5] He was selected to participate in the 2013 East-West Shrine Game on the West team.[6]

Professional career

Indianapolis Colts

On April 27, 2013, Price signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent.[7][8] Price was waived injured on September 25, 2015.[9]

Baltimore Ravens

On October 20, 2015, Price signed to the Baltimore Ravens practice squad.[10] The Baltimore Ravens promoted Price to the 53-man roster and placed wide receiver Marlon Brown on injured reserve.[11]

Personal life

He is the son of Dennis and Letitia Price, both UCLA graduates. His sister, Kylie, was a member of the UCLA women's track and field team as an All-American long jumper.[1] His father Dennis Price played his College football at UCLA and was a fifth round selection of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Oakland Raiders.[1][12][13] He played four NFL seasons at Cornerback, two each with the Oakland Raiders (1988-1989) and New York Jets (1991-1992).[1][13] His Cousin is former NBA player Harold Ellis.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "UCLA Bruins Profile". uclabruins.com.
  2. "Scout.com 2009 West Hot 150". scout.com.
  3. "Four Bruins Named To Rivals.com All-America Team". pac-12.com. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
  4. "Chane Moline, Rahim Moore and Brian Price Selected UCLA Football's Most Valuable Players". pac-12.com. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  5. "Sheldon Price College Statistics". sports-reference.com.
  6. "2013 East-West Shrine Game rosters". nfl.com. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  7. "INDIANAPOLIS COLTS SIGN NINE UNDRAFTED FREE AGENTS". colts.com. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  8. "Colts sign 9 undrafted free agents, waive 3". wishtv.com. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  9. "Indianapolis Colts make roster moves". blogs.colts.com. September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
  10. "Ravens add 2 defenders to the practice squad, waive Akeem Hunt". Baltimore Beatdown. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  11. "Ravens place Marlon Brown on injured reserve". Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  12. "Sheldon Price tested in college starting debut". latimes.com. Retrieved September 21, 2009.
  13. 1 2 "Scout.com Profile". scout.com.

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