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Position | Running back |
Class | Junior |
Personal information | |
Born: | Rockledge, Florida | June 8, 2002
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 237 lb (108 kg) |
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Bowl games | |
High school | Rockledge (Rockledge, Florida) |
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Raheim "Rocket" Sanders [1] (born June 8, 2002) is an American football running back for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Sanders attended Rockledge High School in Rockledge, Florida. [2] Sanders was a three-sport athlete playing football, basketball, and track. Sanders averaged 9.5 points per game and 5.7 rebounds per game his junior season on the hardwood. Ran an 11.31 in the 100-meter dash during his first high school track meet. [3] He played running back, wide receiver and linebacker in high school. He committed to the University of Arkansas to play college football. [4] [5]
As a true freshman at Arkansas in 2021, Sanders played in all 13 games and had 578 yards on 114 carries with five touchdowns. [6] [7] He returned to Arkansas as the starting running back in 2022. [8]
Season | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||
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GP | GS | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | |
Arkansas Razorbacks | ||||||||||
2021 | 13 | 0 | 114 | 578 | 5.1 | 5 | 11 | 109 | 9.9 | 1 |
2022 | 13 | 13 | 222 | 1,443 | 6.5 | 10 | 28 | 271 | 9.7 | 2 |
2023 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 76 | 2.9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 |
Career | 28 | 15 | 362 | 2,097 | 5.8 | 17 | 43 | 412 | 9.6 | 3 |
Sanders has a son named Raheim "RJ" Sanders Jr.. [9]
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