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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | February 17, 1973 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Fort Lauderdale, Florida | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Fort Lauderdale (FL) Dillard | ||||||||
College: | Auburn | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 47 | ||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Receptions: | 507 |
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Receiving yards: | 6,749 |
Touchdowns: | 24 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Frank Vondel Sanders (born February 17, 1973), is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Auburn. He was drafted in the second round (47th overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals.
Sanders played in nine NFL seasons. His best season, statistically, in his career came during the 1998 season when he led the National Football Conference (NFC) in receptions with 89 for 1,145 yards and three touchdowns.
Sanders attended Auburn University from 1991–1994. While at Auburn, he was a four-year letterman, and was named First-team All-America by the Associated Press, the Football Writers Association of America and Scripps, as well as a consensus All-SEC selection, after his senior season and leading the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in receiving yards-per-game (91.0) and breaking Auburn's single-season record for receptions (58). Sanders finished his Auburn career second in total receptions with 121, receiving yardage with 1,998 and receiving touchdowns with 15. He was selected in the 14th round (385th overall) of the 1994 Major League Baseball draft by the Seattle Mariners, though he never signed with the team.