Safety, Colorado (from South Carolina, Jackson State), 2019–24
Shilo Sanders
Lettered 2020 at South Carolina (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 21
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 195 lb
- Class (2024)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Cedar Hill, TX
Shilo Sanders played safety at South Carolina (2019–20), Jackson State (2021–22) and Colorado (2023–24).
Career highs
13tackles, career highvs. Kansas, 2024Team titles: SWAC champions, 2021 and 2022
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | South Carolina | 32 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | Jackson State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Jackson State | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| 2023 | Colorado | 67 | 54 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | Colorado | 64 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Career | 166 | 124 | 4.5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | South Carolina | 21 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2020 | South Carolina | 21 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | Jackson State | 21 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | Jackson State | 21 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2023 | Colorado | 21 | S | Yr 5 | ||
| 2024 | Colorado | 21 | S | Sr. (Yr 6) | 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
2024 Colorado 10 games, 64 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. North Dakota State | W 31–26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | at Nebraska | L 10–28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Kansas State | L 28–31 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at Arizona | W 34–7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | vs. Cincinnati | W 34–23 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at Texas Tech | W 41–27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Utah | W 49–24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. Kansas | L 21–37 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 29 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 52–0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. BYU | L 14–36 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2023 Colorado 11 games, 67 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at TCU | W 45–42 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs.Nebraska | W 36–14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Colorado State | W 43–35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Oregon | L 6–42 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | at Arizona State | W 27–24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | vs. Stanford | L 43–46 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 28 | at UCLA | L 16–28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Oregon State | L 19–26 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | vs.Arizona | L 31–34 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | at Washington State | L 14–56 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | atUtah | L 17–23 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Jackson State 2 games, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29 | vs. Southern | W 35–0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Nov 5 | at Texas Southern | W 41–14 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
No box score in the source for Sep 17 vs. Grambling, so that game is not listed.
2021 Jackson State 1 game, 2 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | at UL Monroe | L 7–12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No box score in the source for Oct 30 at Mississippi Valley State; Dec 18 vs. South Carolina State, so those games are not listed.
2020 South Carolina 9 games, 32 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs. Tennessee | L 27–31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | at Florida | L 24–38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | at Vanderbilt | W 41–7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Auburn | W 30–22 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | at LSU | L 24–52 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | at Ole Miss | L 42–59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | vs. Missouri | L 10–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs. Georgia | L 16–45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 5 | at Kentucky | L 18–41 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 South Carolina 1 game, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 72–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2025 |
|---|---|
| Height | 5′11⅞″ |
| Weight | 196 lb |
| Arm length | 31¾″ |
| Hand size | 9½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.52 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 s |
| Broad jump | 9′5″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.16 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.40 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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