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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born: | January 4, 1962 Giddings, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 203 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Giddings (TX) | ||||||||
| College: | Texas A&M | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1985: 9th round, 250th pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Thomas Derrick Sanders (born January 4, 1962) is an American former professional football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons for the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles. He was selected by the Bears in the ninth round of the 1985 NFL draft with the 250th overall pick. [1] He was a member of the Bears team that won Super Bowl XX following the 1985 NFL season. [2] He was also a member of the "Shuffling Crew" in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle. He played college football at Texas A&M University.
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| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1985 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 25 | 104 | 4.2 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHI | 16 | 1 | 27 | 224 | 8.3 | 75 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHI | 12 | 0 | 23 | 122 | 5.3 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 25 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 95 | 332 | 3.5 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 94 | 10.4 | 39 | 0 |
| 1989 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 41 | 127 | 3.1 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 16 | 1 |
| 1990 | PHI | 10 | 0 | 56 | 208 | 3.7 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| 1991 | PHI | 5 | 3 | 54 | 122 | 2.3 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 14 | 0 |
| 90 | 4 | 321 | 1,239 | 3.9 | 75 | 12 | 28 | 284 | 10.1 | 39 | 1 | ||
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1985 | CHI | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHI | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | CHI | 2 | 0 | 15 | 116 | 7.7 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| 1990 | PHI | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | 0 | 23 | 147 | 6.4 | 58 | 0 | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 14 | 0 | ||
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