Richard Sherman

Born in Compton, California, Sherman excelled both on the field as a football and track star, and in the classroom as salutatorian with a 4.2 GPA at Dominguez High School. After a stellar career at Stanford University, the outstanding cornerback was picked by Seattle in the fifth round in the 2011 Draft. Sherman anchored the defense and helped lead the Seahawks to back-to-back NFC Championships in 2013 and 2014, as well as their first Super Bowl title in 2014. The lockdown cornerback has been named a Pro Bowler four times, in addition to taking home the NFC Defensive Player of the Year award in 2014.

Sherman has been a player representative since 2014 and was re-elected in 2018. He was voted onto the NFLPA’s Executive Committee in 2016 and was re-elected in 2018, 2020 and 2022 to continue his vocal, passionate leadership.

Off the field, Sherman formed his charity – Blanket Coverage, A Richard Sherman Family Foundation – in 2013 in order to provide students in low-income communities with clothing and supplies to help them work towards achieving their goals. His work to help raise funds, including a personal $5,000 donation, for a Compton youth football team to attend the national championship in Florida earned him NFLPA Community MVP honors in 2019.