C.J. Sanders

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

2019 SMU 13 games, 11 catches, 154 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Aug 31	atArkansas State	W 37–⁠30	–	–	–	3	133	–
Sep 7	vs.North Texas	W 49–⁠27	–	–	–	3	48	–
Sep 14	vs.Texas State	W 47–⁠17	–	–	–	3	63	–
Sep 21	atTCU	W 41–⁠38	–	–	–	4	45	–
Sep 28	atSouth Florida	W 48–⁠21	1	0	0	1	25	3
Oct 5	vs.Tulsa	W 43–⁠37	–	–	–	5	119	–
Oct 19	vs.Temple	W 45–⁠21	–	–	–	2	41	2
Oct 24	atHouston	W 34–⁠31	–	–	–	2	55	–
Nov 2	atMemphis	L 48–⁠54	1	32	0	5	113	–
Nov 9	vs.East Carolina	W 59–⁠51	1	12	0	2	73	–
Nov 23	atNavy	L 28–⁠35	3	51	0	1	100	–
Nov 30	vs.Tulane	W 37–⁠20	1	22	0	1	18	–
Dec 21 ✦	atFlorida Atlantic	L 28–⁠52	4	37	0	4	115	–

2018 SMU 4 games, 8 returns, 198 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Sep 1	atNorth Texas	L 23–⁠46	1	6	0	2	52	–
Sep 7	vs.TCU	L 12–⁠42	–	–	–	3	69	–
Oct 20	atTulane	W 27–⁠23	2	16	0	1	37	–
Oct 27	vs.Cincinnati	L 20–⁠26	2	17	0	2	40	–

2017 Notre Dame 12 games, 29 returns, 654 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Sep 2	vs.Temple	W 49–⁠16	–	–	–	2	48	–
Sep 9	vs.Georgia	L 19–⁠20	–	–	–	4	84	–
Sep 23	atMichigan State	W 38–⁠18	1	0	0	2	65	–
Sep 30	vs.Miami (OH)	W 52–⁠17	–	–	–	1	15	–
Oct 7	atNorth Carolina	W 33–⁠10	–	–	–	3	63	–
Oct 21	vs.USC	W 49–⁠14	–	–	–	2	42	–
Oct 28	vs.NC State	W 35–⁠14	–	–	–	2	57	–
Nov 4	vs.Wake Forest	W 48–⁠37	–	–	–	3	83	–
Nov 11	atMiami	L 8–⁠41	–	–	–	4	82	–
Nov 18	vs.Navy	W 24–⁠17	–	–	–	3	64	–
Nov 25	atStanford	L 20–⁠38	–	–	–	2	30	–
Jan 1 ✦	vs.LSU	W 21–⁠17	–	–	–	1	21	–

2016 Notre Dame 12 games, 24 catches, 293 yards, 2 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Sep 4	atTexas	L 47–⁠50	3	55	1	4	75	2
Sep 10	vs.Nevada	W 39–⁠10	5	46	1	1	37	1
Sep 17	vs.Michigan State	L 28–⁠36	2	53	0	1	20	2
Sep 24	vs.Duke	L 35–⁠38	3	61	0	3	65	1
Oct 1	vs.Syracuse	W 50–⁠33	4	39	0	4	143	–
Oct 8	atNC State	L 3–⁠10	1	6	0	1	20	–
Oct 15	vs.Stanford	L 10–⁠17	–	–	–	1	11	1
Oct 29	vs.Miami	W 30–⁠27	2	2	0	2	55	3
Nov 5	vs.Navy	L 27–⁠28	–	–	–	3	61	–
Nov 12	vs.Army	W 44–⁠6	1	7	0	1	92	–
Nov 19	vs.Virginia Tech	L 31–⁠34	3	24	0	5	78	–
Nov 26	atUSC	L 27–⁠45	–	–	–	3	68	–

2015 Notre Dame 12 games, 54 returns, 822 yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	KR	Yds	PR
Sep 5	vs.Texas	W 38–⁠3	–	–	–	–	–	4
Sep 12	atVirginia	W 34–⁠27	–	–	–	–	–	4
Sep 19	vs.Georgia Tech	W 30–⁠22	–	–	–	–	–	2
Sep 26	vs.Massachusetts	W 62–⁠27	1	0	0	–	–	3
Oct 3	atClemson	L 22–⁠24	–	–	–	2	71	1
Oct 10	vs.Navy	W 41–⁠24	–	–	–	4	84	–
Oct 17	vs.USC	W 41–⁠31	–	–	–	6	135	1
Oct 31	atTemple	W 24–⁠20	–	–	–	3	64	3
Nov 7	atPittsburgh	W 42–⁠30	–	–	–	–	–	3
Nov 21	vs.Boston College	W 19–⁠16	–	–	–	2	44	3
Nov 28	atStanford	L 36–⁠38	–	–	–	6	182	2
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Ohio State	L 28–⁠44	–	–	–	5	60	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.