Richard Kevin Sherman is an American football player, who plays as cornerback for the ‘San Francisco 49ers’ of the NFL (National Football League). Earlier, he played for the ‘Seattle Seahawks’ and was a part of the ‘Seahawk’ team that won the ‘Super Bowl XLVIII.’ Born and raised in Compton, California, he played football for his high school team and earned an athletic scholarship to attend the ‘Stanford University.’ He played for 4 years for the ‘Stanford Cardinals’ and was thereafter drafted by the ‘Seattle Seahawks’ in the 5th round of the ‘2011 NFL Draft.’ He was a part of ‘Seahawks’ for 7 seasons, in which he was selected 3 times to ‘First team All-Pro’ and 4 times to ‘All-Pro’; he has also been named 4 times to the ‘Pro-Bowl.’ He was the NFL interception leader in 2013. Sherman has scored the most number of interceptions and passes deflections in the League. He was part of the ‘Legion of Boom,’ the defense unit of the ‘Seattle Seahawks’ that helped the team win ‘Super Bowl XLVIII.’ Sherman is married to Ashley Moss and the couple has two children.
