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Peter Buehner
UMaine Athletics
Peter Buehner
UMaine Athletics

6 Sterling Sheffield

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 240
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mullica Hill, N.J.
  • Highschool Clearview Region

Biography

2017: All-CAA Second Team ... Started all 10 games ... Ranked third on the team with 64 tackles on the season, 31 unassisted and 33 assisted ... Ranked second on the team in tackles for loss (12.0) and sacks (5.5) ... recorded a TFL in nine of Maine's 10 games ... Ranked 30th in the CAA with 5.5 tackles per game ... Forced one fumble while totaling a pair of fumble recoveries ... Effective in pass defense with two interceptions and three pass breakups ... matched career-highs (9) in tackles against Bryant and Rhode Island ... tallied 2.5 sacks at James Madison, with eight total tackles, and an interception ... posted 2.0 tackles for loss and forced a fumble at UAlbany ... CAA Preseason All-Conference selection.

2016: All-CAA Third team; started all 11 games; third on the team with 65 tackles; career-high five sacks, 11 tackles for loss; one forced fumble, one interception, one blocked kick and four pass breakups; eight tackles against UConn (9/1); ranked sixth in the CAA in sacks (5.0) and seventh in TFLs (11.0); had career-high nine stops against James Madison; made eight solo tackles at William & Mary; recorded a pair of sacks at Stony Brook.

2015: Named Maine’s defensive rookie of the year; appeared in 10 games with one start; made 16 tackles, 3.5 for loss, with 2.5 sacks, a forced fumble, an interception and a pass breakup; notched five stops with 1.0 TFL against Rhode Island; made his first career interception at Albany; had three tackles, 1.5 sacks, and a forced fumble against Stony Brook; CAA All-Academic team; Maine Scholar-Athlete Rising Star.

BEFORE MAINE/PERSONAL:  A South Jersey Times All-Star after posting 72 tackles, including 10 for loss, seven quarterback hurries, five forced fumbles and an interception; on offense, caught 23 passes for 339 yards and three touchdowns; was a Third-Team All-Group 4 selection in 2014; received scholar-athlete award in 2014; honor roll selection in 2015 for quarter two; a marketing major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 52

    2015Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 220 lbs
    52
  • 52

    2016Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 237 lbs
    52
  • 6

    2017Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 245 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2018Senior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 240 lbs
    6
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