Braylon Sanders

#13 · WR · Sr. · Ole Miss6′0″ · 190 lb · Hogansville, GA · Callaway

Braylon Sanders: WR · Ole Miss · #13.

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Braylon Sanders

WR · Ole Miss · Sr · #13

Beats you over the top. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Ole Miss. A game that shows it: 127 receiving yards and 2 receptions against Arkansas — Week 6, 2021.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Ole Miss in the news

Texas LT Trevor Goosby out for seasonYahoo Sports Oct 25
Four-star TE commits to Ole MissOct 19

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2021	Ole Miss	24	549	22.9	4	68
2020	Ole Miss	15	376	25.1	4	81
2019	Ole Miss	10	192	19.2	0	57
2018	Ole Miss	16	271	16.9	1	55
2017	Ole Miss	4	65	16.2	1	30
Career		69	1,453	21.1	10	81

Season	Team
2021	Ole Miss	1	6	31
2020	Ole Miss	--	--	--
2019	Ole Miss	--	--	--
2018	Ole Miss	--	--	2
2017	Ole Miss	--	--	--
Career		1	6	33

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 43-24vs Louisville	2	34	17.0	0	28
Wk 2	W 54-17vs Austin Peay	2	25	12.5	1	14
Wk 3	W 61-21vs Tulane	4	74	18.5	1	45
Wk 5	L 21-42@ No. 1 Alabama	2	32	16.0	0	18
Wk 6	W 52-51vs No. 13 Arkansas	2	127	63.5	1	68	Season-high 127 yds
Wk 7	W 31-26@ Tennessee	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 10	W 27-14vs Liberty	2	64	32.0	0	44
Wk 11	W 29-19vs No. 11 Texas A&M	3	56	18.7	0	24
Wk 12	W 31-17vs Vanderbilt	4	57	14.3	0	22
Wk 13	W 31-21@ Mississippi State	1	26	26.0	0	26
Total		23	512	22.3	3	68

Signature game

Week 6 · 2021

W 52-51

vs Arkansas

2 rec · 127 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Arkansas at home in a shootout.

With M. Corral — 287 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.0 · 94 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD · M. Brown — 44 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Arkansas · 2nd and 3 · Q4 · EPA +5.47Corral to Sanders: a 68-yard touchdown pass.
Week 6 · Arkansas · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +4.94Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 59 yds to the Ark 1 for a
Week 1 · Baylor · 3rd and 1 · Q3 · EPA +3.57Luke Altmyer pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 37 yds for a TD
Week 3 · Tulane · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 45 yds for a TD, (Caden Costa KICK)
Week 13 · Mississippi State · 2nd and 22 · Q2 · EPA +3.25Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 26 yds to the Miss 48 for a
Week 10 · Liberty · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 44 yds to the Liber 4 for a

4 more plays

Week 5 · Alabama · 2nd and 19 · Q1 · EPA +1.94Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 18 yds to the Alab 17
Week 11 · Texas A&M · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +1.86Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 24 yds to the TexAM 38 for a
Week 11 · Texas A&M · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.67Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 20 yds to the Miss 41 for a
Week 12 · Vanderbilt · 2nd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +1.52Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 22 yds to the Vandy 36 for a

Teams and coaches

2017Ole Miss6-6HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2018Ole Miss5-7HC: Matt Luke · Balanced

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

2020Ole Miss5-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 48 (#215 of 468). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2021 season

48Rotational starter #215 of 468 · 2021?

12 metrics · season cumulative

2021 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: yards / catch (99th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (92nd percentile). Concern: catch rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#8 / 655 · 99th pct

22.9

Explosive rate#50 / 655 · 92nd pct

23.9%

TD rate#190 / 655 · 70th pct

8.7%

EPA / target#374 / 655 · 43rd pct

0.60

Catch rate#635 / 655 · 3rd pct

52.2%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#7 / 557 · 99th pct

22.9

Long catch#99 / 557 · 82nd pct

Rec TDs#145 / 557 · 70th pct

Rec yards#173 / 557 · 69th pct

549

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Receptions#333 / 557 · 39th pct

Rush yards#180 / 273 · 33rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2021. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.8	67.2	26.6	0.5
Road3g	1.3	25.0	19.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	51.5	24.1	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	2.5	50.8	22.8	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2021 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

Pass share

42.3%

429 pass / 584 run

Plays / game

84.4

12 games

Team sack rate

6.5%

464 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

24 catches and 1 carry in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

48 · #215 of 468 WRs · 2021

Three-star recruit. Now #215 at the position.

Braylon Sanders

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Style of play

Fans

Ole Miss in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

24 catches and 1 carry in 10 games

Five seasons at Ole Miss

2017 3 games