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Sheldon White

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Cincinnati Bengals · DB

Sheldon White recorded 72 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 6 rostered seasons with Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions, New York Giants.

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tackles/gm

3

playoff games

6

indexed seasons

72

career games

Five defining games

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A provisional five-game introduction to Sheldon White's most significant indexed performances.

Conference Championship
1991
W
DETROITLIONS
WSH
JAN 12, 1992

Detroit Lions vs WSH

Conference Championship · Jan 12, 1992

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1991
DALLASCOWBOYS
DETROITLIONS
JAN 5, 1992

Dallas Cowboys vs Detroit Lions

Divisional Round · Jan 5, 1992

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1989
LOS ANGELESRAMS
NEW YORKGIANTS
JAN 7, 1990

Los Angeles Rams vs New York Giants

Divisional Round · Jan 7, 1990

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1993
PITTSBURGHSTEELERS
CINCINNATIBENGALS
NOV 7, 1993

Pittsburgh Steelers vs Cincinnati Bengals

Regular Season · Nov 7, 1993

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1993
CINCINNATIBENGALS
TENNESSEETITANS
OCT 24, 1993

Cincinnati Bengals vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Oct 24, 1993

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Sheldon White's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 1 interception

Regular Season
1993
CINCINNATIBENGALS
TENNESSEETITANS
OCT 24, 1993

Cincinnati Bengals vs Tennessee Titans

Regular Season · Oct 24, 1993

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career high: 39 interception return yards

Regular Season
1988
NEW YORKGIANTS
ARIZONACARDINALS
NOV 13, 1988

New York Giants vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 13, 1988

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Sheldon White's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1979–1990

01
NYGWHITE—Sheldon White
NYGTAYLOR56Lawrence Taylor
NYGSIMMS11Phil Simms

Defense restores the franchise

New York Giants · Parcells, Taylor and two titles

Taylor changed offensive protection, Parcells shaped a physical roster and the Giants won Super Bowls XXI and XXV in distinctly different ways.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

02
DETWHITE—Sheldon White
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Franchise era

1992–2002

03
CINWHITE—Sheldon White
CINDILLON28Corey Dillon
CINPICKENS81Carl Pickens

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Cincinnati Bengals · The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Career accomplishments

6 NFL seasons72 career gamesJersey: 03 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 5, 1988Most recent: Nov 7, 1993

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history