Sports 18 March 2024

Bengals sign Sheldon Rankins

The Cincinnati Bengals today signed unrestricted free agent DT Sheldon Rankins to a two-year contract through the 2025 season.

Rankins (6-2, 305), a ninth-year player out of the University of Louisville, originally was a first-round draft pick of the New Orleans Saints in 2016. 

He spent five seasons (2016-20) with the Saints and two (’21-22) with the N.Y. Jets, before spending the ’23 season with the Houston Texans. He has played in 109 regular-season games (66 starts) and has 228 tackles, 29.5 sacks, five FFs, three FRs, three PDs and one INT.

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