| South Carolina Gamecocks–No. 90 | |
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| Position | Defensive tackle |
| Class |  |
| Major | Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | July 30, 2003 |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 297 lb (135 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Marion (Marion, South Carolina) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Tanaeri J. Sanders (born July 30, 2003) is an American football defensive tackle for the South Carolina Gamecocks.
Sanders attended Marion High School in Marion, South Carolina. [1] He committed to the University of South Carolina to play college football. [2] [3]
In his first year at South Carolina in 2021, Sanders played in two games and redshirted. [4] As a redshirt freshman in 2022, he played in 12 games and had 16 tackles and one sack. As a redshirt sophomore in 2023, he started seven of 12 games, recording 43 tackles and 4.5 sacks. [5] Sanders returned to South Carolina for his redshirt junior season in 2024.
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 3+7⁄8 in (1.93 m) | 297 lb (135 kg) | 33+1⁄8 in (0.84 m) | 10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) | 4.67 s | 7.70 s | 31.5 in (0.80 m) | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) | |||||
| All values from NFL Combine [6] [7] [8] | ||||||||||||