Nathan Shepherd

DE · NYJ/NO · 2018–2026

Born October 9, 1993 · College Fort Hays; Simon Fraser · Drafted 2018, round 3, pick 72 (NYJ) · 6-4, 315 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Forced fumbles
2018	NYJ	12	15	0.0	5	1	0
2019	NYJ	7	11	2.0	6	5	0
2020	NYJ	9	17	2.5	8	3	0
2021	NYJ	15	28	0.0	8	0	0
2022	NYJ	13	33	1.5	6	4	0
2023	NO	16	50	3.0	8	3	0
2024	NO	16	37	1.5	6	3	0
2025	NO	16	47	3.0	13	4	1
2026	NO	5	16	0.5	3	0	0
Career	NO	109	254	14.0	63	23	1

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2018	NYJ	16	–	–	328	29.9
2019	NYJ	9	–	–	227	39.4
2020	NYJ	14	–	–	325	32.7
2021	NYJ	17	1	1.7	474	40.7
2022	NYJ	17	1	1.6	411	36.6
2023	NO	17	–	–	575	52.9
2024	NO	16	–	–	556	51.3
2025	NO	16	–	–	676	66.9

Game logs

2026 game log (5 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2026-09-13	@ DET	L 30–31 OT	3	0.0
2	2026-09-20	@ BAL	W 24–17	4	0.5
3	2026-09-27	vs LV	L 27–35	3	0.0
4	2026-10-05	vs ATL	L 24–45	2	0.0
9	2026-11-08	vs CLE	W 23–22 OT	4	0.0

2025 game log (16 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2025-09-07	vs ARI	L 13–20	3	0.0
2	2025-09-14	vs SF	L 21–26	2	0.0
3	2025-09-21	@ SEA	L 13–44	5	0.0
4	2025-09-28	@ BUF	L 19–31	3	0.0
5	2025-10-05	vs NYG	W 26–14	4	0.0
6	2025-10-12	vs NE	L 19–25	3	0.0
7	2025-10-19	@ CHI	L 14–26	2	0.0
8	2025-10-26	vs TB	L 3–23	3	1.0
9	2025-11-02	@ LA	L 10–34	2	0.0
10	2025-11-09	@ CAR	W 17–7	2	1.0
12	2025-11-23	vs ATL	L 10–24	2	0.0
13	2025-11-30	@ MIA	L 17–21	3	0.0
14	2025-12-07	@ TB	W 24–20	5	0.0
15	2025-12-14	vs CAR	W 20–17	2	0.0
16	2025-12-21	vs NYJ	W 29–6	3	1.0
17	2025-12-28	@ TEN	W 34–26	3	0.0

2024 game log (16 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2024-09-08	vs CAR	W 47–10	4	0.0
2	2024-09-15	@ DAL	W 44–19	3	0.0
3	2024-09-22	vs PHI	L 12–15	3	0.0
4	2024-09-29	@ ATL	L 24–26	1	0.0
5	2024-10-07	@ KC	L 13–26	3	0.0
6	2024-10-13	vs TB	L 27–51	3	0.0
7	2024-10-17	vs DEN	L 10–33	1	0.0
8	2024-10-27	@ LAC	L 8–26	1	0.0
9	2024-11-03	@ CAR	L 22–23	4	0.5
10	2024-11-10	vs ATL	W 20–17	2	0.0
11	2024-11-17	vs CLE	W 35–14	2	0.0
13	2024-12-01	vs LA	L 14–21	1	1.0
14	2024-12-08	@ NYG	W 14–11	2	0.0
15	2024-12-15	vs WAS	L 19–20	2	0.0
17	2024-12-29	vs LV	L 10–25	4	0.0
18	2025-01-05	@ TB	L 19–27	1	0.0

2023 game log (16 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
2	2023-09-18	@ CAR	W 20–17	2	1.0
3	2023-09-24	@ GB	L 17–18	1	0.0
4	2023-10-01	vs TB	L 9–26	4	0.0
5	2023-10-08	@ NE	W 34–0	2	0.0
6	2023-10-15	@ HOU	L 13–20	4	0.0
7	2023-10-19	vs JAX	L 24–31	1	0.0
8	2023-10-29	@ IND	W 38–27	3	0.5
9	2023-11-05	vs CHI	W 24–17	5	0.0
10	2023-11-12	@ MIN	L 19–27	3	0.0
12	2023-11-26	@ ATL	L 15–24	2	0.0
13	2023-12-03	vs DET	L 28–33	5	0.0
14	2023-12-10	vs CAR	W 28–6	7	0.5
15	2023-12-17	vs NYG	W 24–6	3	0.0
16	2023-12-21	@ LA	L 22–30	4	0.0
17	2023-12-31	@ TB	W 23–13	1	0.0
18	2024-01-07	vs ATL	W 48–17	3	1.0

2022 game log (13 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
2	2022-09-18	@ CLE	W 31–30	1	0.0
4	2022-10-02	@ PIT	W 24–20	1	0.0
6	2022-10-16	@ GB	W 27–10	2	0.0
7	2022-10-23	@ DEN	W 16–9	4	0.0
8	2022-10-30	vs NE	L 17–22	3	1.0
9	2022-11-06	vs BUF	W 20–17	1	0.0
12	2022-11-27	vs CHI	W 31–10	4	0.5
13	2022-12-04	@ MIN	L 22–27	2	0.0
14	2022-12-11	@ BUF	L 12–20	0	0.0
15	2022-12-18	vs DET	L 17–20	3	0.0
16	2022-12-22	vs JAX	L 3–19	4	0.0
17	2023-01-01	@ SEA	L 6–23	4	0.0
18	2023-01-08	@ MIA	L 6–11	4	0.0

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	@ CAR	L 14–19	0
3	2021-09-26	@ DEN	L 0–26	1
4	2021-10-03	vs TEN	W 27–24 OT	2
5	2021-10-10	@ ATL	L 20–27	3
7	2021-10-24	@ NE	L 13–54	1
9	2021-11-04	@ IND	L 30–45	1
10	2021-11-14	vs BUF	L 17–45	3
11	2021-11-21	vs MIA	L 17–24	3
12	2021-11-28	@ HOU	W 21–14	1
13	2021-12-05	vs PHI	L 18–33	3
14	2021-12-12	vs NO	L 9–30	1
15	2021-12-19	@ MIA	L 24–31	0
16	2021-12-26	vs JAX	W 26–21	2
17	2022-01-02	vs TB	L 24–28	2
18	2022-01-09	@ BUF	L 10–27	5

2020 game log (9 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2020-09-13	@ BUF	L 17–27	1	0.0
3	2020-09-27	@ IND	L 7–36	0	0.0
8	2020-11-01	@ KC	L 9–35	1	0.0
9	2020-11-09	vs NE	L 27–30	2	0.0
11	2020-11-22	@ LAC	L 28–34	1	0.5
14	2020-12-13	@ SEA	L 3–40	2	0.0
15	2020-12-20	@ LA	W 23–20	3	1.0
16	2020-12-27	vs CLE	W 23–16	3	1.0
17	2021-01-03	@ NE	L 14–28	4	0.0

2019 game log (7 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
9	2019-11-03	@ MIA	L 18–26	1	0.0
10	2019-11-10	vs NYG	W 34–27	3	1.0
11	2019-11-17	@ WAS	W 34–17	3	1.0
14	2019-12-08	vs MIA	W 22–21	0	0.0
15	2019-12-12	@ BAL	L 21–42	1	0.0
16	2019-12-22	vs PIT	W 16–10	1	0.0
17	2019-12-29	@ BUF	W 13–6	2	0.0

2018 game log (12 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
2	2018-09-16	vs MIA	L 12–20	1
3	2018-09-20	@ CLE	L 17–21	1
4	2018-09-30	@ JAX	L 12–31	1
7	2018-10-21	vs MIN	L 17–37	1
8	2018-10-28	@ CHI	L 10–24	1
9	2018-11-04	@ MIA	L 6–13	1
10	2018-11-11	vs BUF	L 10–41	5
12	2018-11-25	vs NE	L 13–27	1
13	2018-12-02	@ TEN	L 22–26	1
14	2018-12-09	@ BUF	W 27–23	1
15	2018-12-15	vs HOU	L 22–29	1
16	2018-12-23	vs GB	L 38–44 OT	0