#13

Braylon Sanders

Senior wide receiver for Ole Miss. 2021: 24 catches, 549 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Ole Miss · Sr. · #13

6′0″ · 190 lb · Hogansville, GA

CFB Index 48 · #215 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceOle Miss 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 473 nationally · Signed with Ole Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Ole Miss. 2021: 24 catches, 549 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ole Miss in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ole Miss, 1,453 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 127 yds vs Arkansas.Arkansas · W 52-512021

20173 games

Signed with Ole Miss3-star out of Callaway

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#473 national

CFB

College

Ole Miss

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

2 coaches

2017–2019

Matt Luke

Ole Miss

2020–2021

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Luke → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

48Rotational starter #215 of 468?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.7	62.4	25.2	0.4
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

48 · #215 of 468 WRs

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

Career stats

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

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2021

W 29–19

vs Texas A&M

3 rec · 56 yds

With J. Ealy — 152 rush yds (24 car) · M. Brown — 2 rush yds (1 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Arkansas · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +5.47Braylon Sanders 68 Yd pass from Matt Corral (Caden Costa Kick)
Week 6 · Arkansas · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.94Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 59 yds to the Ark 1 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Baylor · 3&1 · Q3 · EPA +3.57Luke Altmyer pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 37 yds for a TD
Week 3 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.48Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 45 yds for a TD, (Caden Costa KICK)
Week 13 · Mississippi State · 2&22 · Q2 · EPA +3.25Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 26 yds to the Miss 48 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Liberty · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.07Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 44 yds to the Liber 4 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Alabama · 2&19 · Q1 · EPA +1.94Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 18 yds to the Alab 17
Week 11 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.86Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 24 yds to the TexAM 38 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Texas A&M · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.67Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 20 yds to the Miss 41 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Vanderbilt · 2&3 · Q1 · EPA +1.52Matt Corral pass complete to Braylon Sanders for 22 yds to the Vandy 36 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ Alabama	2	32	16.0	0	18
Wk 6	W 52-51vs 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 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	23.6	3	68

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Braylon Sanders

20173 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Deep Threat

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Heisman trajectory

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