Cornerback, Notre Dame (from Michigan), 2025–⁠26

Jayden Sanders

Number
No. 12
Height
6′0″
Weight
195 lb
Class (2026)
Sophomore
Hometown
Kilgore, TX

Jayden Sanders plays cornerback for Notre Dame, after Michigan (2025). Last time out, at BYU: 1 INT.

2026 so far

6 tackles, 1 INT

Last game: 1 INT at BYU, L 24–⁠28

Next game: vs. Navy, Oct 31

Game by game this season, tackles
  1. 1WIS
  2. 1MSU
  3. 3@UNC
  4. 1STAN

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

8tackles, career highat Nebraska, 2025

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2025Michigan231600010
2026Notre Dame6500150
Career292100160

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2025Michigan12CBFr.
2026Notre Dame12CBSo.6′0″195

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

2026 Notre Dame 5 games, 6 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 6vs.WisconsinW 41–⁠13110002
Sep 19vs.Michigan StateW 27–⁠10100001
Oct 3atNorth CarolinaW 37–⁠26330000
Oct 10vs.StanfordW 58–⁠7110002
Oct 17atBYUL 24–⁠28––––1–
2025 Michigan 9 games, 23 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 30vs.New MexicoW 34–⁠17220000
Sep 6atOklahomaL 13–⁠24420000
Sep 13vs.Central MichiganW 63–⁠3220000
Sep 20atNebraskaW 30–⁠27850001
Oct 4vs.WisconsinW 24–⁠10210000
Oct 11atUSCL 13–⁠31220000
Oct 18vs.WashingtonW 24–⁠7110000
Nov 15vs.NorthwesternW 24–⁠22110000
Dec 31 ✦vs.TexasL 27–⁠41100000

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

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