Age
32
Oct 9, 1993
Nathan Shepherd
#93
NYJ · 2018–2022→NO · 2023–presentACT
NathanShepherd#93IDL
2025 Season
Latest productionTackles
47
2025
TFL
4
regular season
Sacks
3.0
regular season
QB Hits
13
regular season
FF
1
regular season
Snap %
67%
avg / game
Career
Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career
Career Path
2018 — Present · Includes honors2023–
New Orleans Saints · Interior DL
IDL · 51 active weeks
NFL
2018–2022
New York Jets · Interior DL
IDL · 76 active weeks
NFL
Draft Profile
2018 DraftSelection
Round 3, Pick 72
#72 overall by New York Jets
TeamNYJ
Overall#72
Data Sources & Attribution
CreditsHeadshot — wikipediaAll-Pro Reels. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.