2023 WorldWide Rams Draft Profile: Drew Sanders | Arkansas | ILB

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Player Bio: Drew Sanders attended Ryan High School, located in Denton, TX. Sanders played all over the field as a senior he rushed for 326 yards and 10 touchdowns and caught 34 passes for 717 yards receiving yards and 12 touchdowns. Sanders was named the finalist for the 2019 Landry Player of the Year, which goes to the top high school football player in North Texas. Selected to the magazine’s Top 150 Dream Team and was rated as the No. 5 outside linebacker and the 37th-ranked player in the nation, invited to the Under Armour All-America Game, named the 2018 SportsDayHS Utility Player of the Year after completing 8-of-9 passes for four touchdowns. He rushed for 280 yards and 13 touchdowns while making 119 tackles on defense, including 10 for loss and eight sacks, to go with three interceptions, returning two for touchdowns.

​​​CLASS         |   JUNIOR  

​HOMETOWN |  DENTON, TX

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​ HEIGHT                  WEIGHT           
 6' 4"                          235 lbs

HANDS                            ARMS
 9¾"                     32⅛"

​​​​​DRAFT YEAR
​      2023      
COMBINE INVITE​
​YES

​PROJECTED 40 TIME 
4.50
DRAFT GRADE
6.70

accolades

2023 NFL Combine Participant
2022 AP All-America First-Team  
2022 AFCA All-America Second-Team 
2022 FWAA All-America Second-Team 
2022 The Sporting News Second-Team 
2022 Walter Camp Football Foundation Second-Team
2022 Coaches All-SEC First-Team 
2022 AP All-SEC First-Team 
2022 Coaches All-SEC First-Team 
2022 PFF All-SEC First-Team 
2022 USA Today All-SEC First-Team 
2022 Butkus Award Finalist

​COMBINE RESULTS
​40 YD DASH
DNP 
10 SPLIT
DNP
​BENCH PRESS
    DNP    
VERTICAL JUMP 
        DNP        
BROAD JUMP
 DNP
3 CONE DRILL
       DNP         
20 YD SHUTTLE
​DNP

game film
#42 drew sanders vs alabama (2022)

strengths

• He is a prototypical linebacker with great length and one of the nation’s top all-around athletes.
  
• He is a tough, hostile, and physical linebacker that makes an NFL DC lick his chops.
  
• He is downright ugly, as he terrorized the offensive backfield.
  
• He is a versatile linebacker who played on the EDGE, converted to inside linebacker, and lines up at linebacking positions.
  
• He is an athletic linebacker with excellent speed and the ability to track down the running back or quarterback.
  
• He has an insane first step and is explosive getting home to the ball.
  
• Equipped with solid pass-rush skills, and an arsenal of moves, he imposes mismatches regularly.
  
• He is a cerebral player with a high football IQ, great vision, and the ability to read the quarterback.
  
• Include his awareness with patience; he attacks at the height of the play.
  
• However, he is a solid tackler who always wraps up; he will lay the wood when the opportunity knocks.
  
• He can drop back into coverage but is better around the line of scrimmage.
  

PRO DAY RESULTS  
40 YD DASH
4.59 
10 SPLIT
DNP
​BENCH PRESS
    DNP    
VERTICAL JUMP 
        37"        
BROAD JUMP
 118
3 CONE DRILL
       7.15         
20 YD SHUTTLE
​4.38

Game Highlights
#34 drew Sanders
Hard hitting lb

weakness

• He has a high ceiling but has played only one season at the linebacker position.
  
• He needs to add more muscle to his mass to deflect the pounding of the offensive lineman.
  
• He does not possess a strong punch at initial contact and needs to work on his hand placement.
  
• He has struggled to shed block due to a lack of upper body strength.
  
• He will be an early liability in pass coverage and must be defined as he struggles to recognize the routes.
  

Draft Projection: 1st Round (late) - 2nd Round

NFL Comparison: Tremaine Edmunds (Chicago Bears)

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