_(cropped).jpg) Still withMaryland in 2021 | |||||||||||||
| No. 29 – Los Angeles Chargers | |||||||||||||
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| Positions | Cornerback Punt returner | ||||||||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (2002-06-09)June 9, 2002 (age 23) Sicklerville, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school | Timber Creek (Sicklerville, New Jersey) | ||||||||||||
| College | Maryland (2020–2023) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 2024: 5th round, 137th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2024 | |||||||||||||
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Tarheeb Still (tah-REEB; born June 9, 2002) is an American professionalfootballcornerback andpunt returner for theLos Angeles Chargers of theNational Football League (NFL).[1] He playedcollege football for theMaryland Terrapins.
Still grew up inSicklerville, New Jersey, and attendedTimber Creek Regional High School, where he lettered in football, basketball and track & field.[2] During his high school football career, he was named the Defensive Back MVP at the 2019 Nike Football Opening Regional-New Jersey and broke the school-wide record for the most receiving yards in a season with 71 catches for 1,541 yards.[3] He was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play college football at Maryland over offers from West Virginia, Baylor, NC State, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Purdue, UCF, Duke, North Carolina, Pittsburgh and Syracuse.[4]
During Still's true freshman season in 2020, he played in and started all four games at cornerback and finished the season with 18 solo tackles, two assisted tackles and 20 total tackles.[5] During the 2021 season, he played in and started all 13 games at cornerback and finished the season with 40 solo tackles, 15 assisted tackles, 55 total tackles, three tackles for loss for 13 yards, two sacks, 11 pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and a touchdown.[6] In the2021 Pinstripe Bowl, Still returned a punt fromVirginia Tech for a touchdown, which was Maryland's first points of the game.[7]
During the 2022 season, he appeared in 12 games and started 10 of them. He finished the season with 35 solo tackles, 10 assisted tackles, 45 total tackles, four tackles for loss for 22 yards, an interception and one pass breakup.[8] He was also named on the Paul Hornung Award Watch List.[9]In the 2023 season he had 32 solo tackles, 2 pass deflections, and 5 interceptions.[10] The interceptions were a career high for Still. On December 4, Still declared for the2024 NFL draft.[11]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||
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| 5 ft11+5⁄8 in (1.82 m) | 189 lb (86 kg) | 29+5⁄8 in (0.75 m) | 9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.49 s | 1.54 s | 2.62 s | 4.19 s | 38.0 in (0.97 m) | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) | |||
| All values fromNFL Combine/Pro Day[12][13] | ||||||||||||
Still was drafted 137th overall in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Chargers.[14]
Against theAtlanta Falcons on December 1, 2024, Still recorded two interceptions including one that he took for a 61–yard touchdown, the first of his career.[15]