2022 Football Roster

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2 Shedeur Sanders

  • Height
    6-2
  • Weight
    215
  • Class
    Sophomore
  • Hometown
    Canton, Texas
  • Highschool
    Trinity Christian HS

Biography

Honors: 2021 - Stats Perform Jerry Rice FCS National Freshman of the Year; SWAC Freshman of the Year; 2nd-Team All-SWAC; Stats Perform FCS National Freshman of the Week and SWAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11); SWAC Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 9, Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Nov. 20). 2022 - Black College Player of The Year Watch List; Walter Payton Watch List;  BOXTOROW Preseason All-American, SWAC Preseason Player of the Year, First-Team Preseason All-SWAC.

2021 (13/G/13S): Led JSU to first SWAC East Title since 2013, first SWAC Championship since 2007, and first ever Celebration Bowl appearance...led conference in completions (272/tying school record) and completion percentage (school record 65.9%), and ranked second in passing yards (3,231) and passing touchdowns (30) with only eight interceptions...also rushed for three touchdowns...posted nine multi-TD passing games (two 2-TD, five 3-TD, two 4-TD) and three 300+ yard passing games...earned SWAC Offensive POW honors after setting career highs in completions (30) and passing yards (362) with first 3-TD passing game vs. Tennessee St. (9/13)...accounted for 5 TDs twice (4 TD passing, 1 rushing at Alabama A&M 10/9 and vs. Bethune-Cookman 10/23)...led 10-point fourth-quarter comeback, throwing TD passes of 13 and 50 yards to Malachi Wideman in final 5:42, including game-winning TD pass with 1:31 remaining in Eastern Division title win at Southern (11/13)...had two streaks of 100+ pass attempts without an interception (first 102 ATTs of career Sept. 5-18; 130 attempts Sept. 18-Oct. 30).

High School: A four-star recruit according to ESPN and 247Sports, at the time, highest-rated high school signee in Jackson State history…No. 60 on ESPN300 board…No. 12 quarterback in the country and No. 8 in Texas…finished prep career with 47 wins, which is tied for 10th all-time at the prep level…as a senior, finished 251-for-366 for 3702 yards and 43 passing touchdowns and completed 69 percent of his passes…finished prep career with 12,498 passing yards and 166 passing touchdowns…as a senior led Trinity Christian to the 2020 TCAL National Championship and held offers from over 25 power five programs… as a junior, led TCC to a 13-1 record and a third consecutive Division II state title in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools…as a sophomore led TCC to a 14-0 record and Division II state championship in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. Father is JSU head coach Deion Sanders.

300-Yard Passing Games (3)
362 vs. Tennessee St. 9/11/21 (30-40; 3 TD / 0 INT)
309 vs. Bethune-Cookman 10/23/21 (18-25; 4 TD / 0 INT)
305 vs. Texas Southern 11/6/21 (25-41; 3 TD/ 0 INT)

Multi-Touchdown Passing Games (9)
4 (2 times): at Alabama A&M 10/9/21; vs. Bethune-Cookman 10/23/21
3 (5 times): vs. Tennessee St. 9/11/21; vs. Delta St. 9/25/21; at Miss. Valley St. 10/30/21; vs. Texas Southern 11/6/21; vs. Alcorn 11/20/21
2 (2 times): vs. Alabama St. 10/16/21; at Southern 11/13/21

100+ attempts without an interception
130 (9/18/21 - 10/30/21): last 2 att at UL Monroe 9/18; 36 att vs. Delta St. 9/25; 24 att at Alabama A&M 10/9; 29 att vs. Alabama St. 10/16; 25 att vs. B-CU 10/23; 1st 14 att at Miss. Valley St. 10/30/21)
102 (9/5/21-9/18/21): 24 att vs. FAMU 9/5; 40 att vs. Tennessee St.; 1st 38 att at UL Monroe 9/18)

Single Game Career Highs
Rushing Attempts: 14 vs South Carolina St. 12/18/21
Rushing Yards: 58 at Alabama A&M 10/09/21
Rushing TDs: 1 vs Florida A&M 09/05/21, vs Bethune-Cookman 10/23/21, at Alabama A&M 10/09/21 Longest Rush: 30 at Southern 11/13/21
Total Passes: 41 at ULM 09/18/21, vs Texas Southern 11/06/21
Completions: 30 vs Tennessee St. 09/11/21
Passing Yards: 362 vs Tennessee St. 09/11/21
Passing TDs: 4 vs Bethune-Cookman 10/23/21, at Alabama A&M 10/09/21
Longest Pass: 74 at Mississippi Val. 10/30/21

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2020-21Freshman

    QB
    6'2" 205 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2021-22Freshman

    QB
    6'2" 215 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2022Sophomore

    QB
    6'2" 215 lbs
    2