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{{Short description|American football player (1944–2024)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name          = Rod Sherman
| image         =
| image_size    = 
| alt           = 
| caption       = 
| number        = 86
| position      = [[Wide receiver]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1944|12|25}}
| birth_place   = [[Pasadena, California]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2024|2|6|1944|12|25}}
| death_place   = 
| high_school   = [[John Muir High School|John Muir]] (Pasadena)
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 0
| weight_lbs    = 190
| college       = [[USC Trojans football|USC]]
| draftyear     = 1966
| draftround    = 4
| draftpick     = 54<br>(by the [[Baltimore Colts]])
| afldraftyear  = 1966
| afldraftround = [[1966 American Football League draft#Red Shirt Round one|Red Shirt 1]]
| afldraftpick  = 7<br>(by the [[Oakland Raiders]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/1966AFLDraft.html|title=1966 AFL Draft|access-date=March 23, 2017|archive-date=February 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225184716/http://profootballarchives.com/1966AFLDraft.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| pastteams     =
* [[Oakland Raiders]] ([[1967 AFL season|1967]])
* [[Cincinnati Bengals]] ([[1968 AFL season|1968]])
* Oakland Raiders ([[1969 AFL season|1969]]–{{NFL Year|1971}})
* [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|1972}})
* [[Los Angeles Rams]] ({{NFL Year|1973}})
| highlights    =
* [[AFL champion]] ([[1967 American Football League Championship Game|1967]])
* First-team [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-8]] ([[1966 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team|1966]])
| statlabel1    = Receptions
| statvalue1    = 105
| statlabel2    = Receiving yards
| statvalue2    = 1,567
| statlabel3    = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue3    = 5
| pfr           = S/SherRo00 
}}

'''Rodney Jarvis Sherman''' (December 25, 1944 – February 6, 2024) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[wide receiver]] in the [[American Football League]] (AFL) and [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] for the [[USC Trojans football|USC Trojans]].

==Early life==
Sherman attended [[John Muir High School (Pasadena, California)|John Muir High School]] in [[Pasadena, California]].

==College career==
Sherman played [[college football]] at the [[University of Southern California]].  He was an [[List of All-Pac-12 Conference football teams|All-Pac-8]] selection in 1966.

==Professional career==
Sherman played for the AFL's [[History of the Oakland Raiders|Oakland Raiders]] ([[1967 AFL season|1967]], [[1969 AFL season|1969]]) and [[History of the Cincinnati Bengals|Cincinnati Bengals]] (1968) and for the NFL's [[Oakland Raiders|Raiders]] (1970–1971), [[Denver Broncos]] (1972) and [[History of the St. Louis Rams|Los Angeles Rams]] (1973).

==Death==
Sherman died on February 6, 2024, at the age of 79.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usctrojans.com/news/2024/2/8/football-former-usc-wide-receiver-rod-sherman-dies.aspx|title=Former USC Wide Receiver Rod Sherman Dies|website=usctrojans.com|access-date= February 9, 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of American Football League players|Other American Football League players]]

==References==
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[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:2024 deaths]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Pasadena, California]]
[[Category:American football wide receivers]]
[[Category:John Muir High School alumni]]
[[Category:USC Trojans football players]]
[[Category:Cincinnati Bengals players]]
[[Category:Oakland Raiders players]]
[[Category:Denver Broncos players]]
[[Category:Los Angeles Rams players]]
[[Category:American Football League players]]
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