Richard Sherman

Sherman’s girlfriend Ashley Moss gave birth to a son, Rayden, on February 5, 2015. They got engaged in June 2016 and their daughter, Avery, was born on April 16, 2016. They married on March 28, 2018.

Sherman was born on March 30, 1988, in Compton, California, to Kevin and Beverly Sherman. He is the second of the three children with elder brother, Branton, and younger sister, Krystina. His father worked for the city sanitation department.

He studied at ‘Dominguez High School,’ where he played football as a wide receiver, cornerback and punt/kick returner. Besides football, he also participated in athletics.

During his senior year, he helped his school win a ‘CIF Southern Section Division III’ title. In athletics, he won the ‘California State title’ in the triple jump and was named ‘USA Today – All-American.’ At his graduation in 2006, he was voted the ‘Male Student Most Likely to Succeed’ and also, a ‘Salutatorian’ in his class. He graduated with 4.2 GPA and joined the ‘Stanford University’ where he became the first student in 20 years to qualify on both academic and athletics merits.

At the university, he played for the ‘Stanford Cardinals’ from 2006 to 2010. For the first 3 years he played as wide receiver and was named, ‘Freshman All-American.’ Due to a knee injury he could play only 4 games during his junior year and was allowed a medical redshirt.

Later, he switched to defense and began playing as cornerback. In 2010, the ‘Stanford Cardinal Team’ achieved a school record by finishing 12-1 in the NCAA Division I FBS Football season.

He played in the ‘2011 Senior Bowl’ in January 2011 and later attended the ‘NFL Scouting Combine.’ Sherman was considered by ‘Sporting News’ as the fourth best cornerback in ‘2011 NFL Draft.’ In the draft, he was selected in the 5th round, 154th overall, by the ‘Seattle Seahawks.’ In July 2011, he signed a 4 year, $2.22 million contract that included $182,424 as signing bonus.

In his rookie season with the ‘Seattle Seahawks,’ he recorded a total of 55 combined tackles (47 solo), 14 pass deflections, 4 interceptions, and a forced fumble. This earned him a place in the ‘2011 PFW All-Rookie’ team and he led with 17 pass deflections and 4 interceptions. In 2011, his rank was 16th among all the (qualifying) cornerbacks.

During the 2012 season, Sherman and fellow-player Brandon Browner faced suspension for 4 games, allegedly for taking ‘Adderall’ (combination drug, known CNS-stimulant), as taking performance-enhancing drugs was against the League’s policy. On December 27, 2012, he won his appeal of 4-game suspension against the League. He played all the 16 games of the season and scored 64 combined tackles (58 solo), 24 pass deflections (a career-high), 8 interceptions, and a touchdown.

In 2013, the ‘Seattle Seahawks’ earned a place in the playoffs and Sherman played his first career playoff in January, 2013. But the team was eliminated in the divisional round.

In December 2013, he was selected to the ‘2014 Pro Bowl’ (his first Pro-Bowl). He was selected to the ‘Associated Press NFL All-Pro First Team’ for the second consecutive season.

For 4 consecutive years, from 2013 to 2016, Sherman was selected to the ‘Pro-Bowl.’ He led the League in interception in 2013. Three times (2012-2014), he was voted to ‘First Team All-Pro,’ and once (2015) to ‘Second Team All-Pro.’