Linebacker, Arkansas (from Alabama), 2020–22
Drew Sanders
- Number
- No. 42
- Height
- 6′5″
- Weight
- 232 lb
- Class (2022)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Denton, TX
- Born
- Dec 31, 2000
Drew Sanders played linebacker at Alabama (2020–21) and Arkansas (2022). The Denver Broncos took Sanders in round 3, No. 67 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
16tackles, career highat Mississippi State, 20222.5sacks, career highvs. Missouri State, 2022Honors
Team titles: National champions, 2020 (Alabama); SEC champions, 2020 and 2021
All-America: AP 2022
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2022 Arkansas 12 games, 104 tackles, 10 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Cincinnati | W 31–24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. South Carolina | W 44–30 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Missouri State | W 38–27 | 12 | 5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Texas A&M | L 21–23 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Alabama | L 26–49 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | at Mississippi State | L 17–40 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | at BYU | W 52–35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | at Auburn | W 41–27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Liberty | L 19–21 | 9 | 3 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs. LSU | L 10–13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Ole Miss | W 42–27 | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at Missouri | L 27–29 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2021 Alabama 7 games, 24 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Miami | W 44–13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | vs. Mercer | W 48–14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 18 | at Florida | W 31–29 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Southern Miss | W 63–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | vs.Ole Miss | W 42–21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs. New Mexico State | W 59–3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | vs. Georgia | W 41–24 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Alabama 7 games, 8 tackles
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2023 | Combine or pro day 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅜″ | |
| Weight | 235 lb | |
| Arm length | 32⅛″ | |
| Hand size | 9¾″ | |
| Wingspan | 76⅝″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.66 sW | |
| 10-yard split | 1.61 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 37″W | |
| Broad jump | 9′10″W | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.18 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.38 sW |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 14 games with a stat; latest team: Denver Broncos.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Denver Broncos | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Denver Broncos | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 14 | 30 | 1 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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