 As a senior, he was a first team All-SEC selection and helped the Bulldogs to a 9–4 record and a 52–14 victory over Michigan in the 2011 Gator Bowl.Sherrod was selected in the first round (32nd overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers.He was the first Mississippi State Bulldog selected in the first round since Walt Harris and Eric Moulds in 1996.