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2019 Football Roster

George Walker/DFWsportsonline
Vladimir Cherry

1 CJ Sanders

  • Position WR
  • Cl-Exp SR-RS
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 183
  • Hometown Granada Hills, Calif.
  • Previous School Notre Dame / Notre Dame HS

Biography

Senior (2019): Played in all 13 games, making three starts… Ranked second nationally in kickoff return touchdowns with two and sixth in kickoff returns (28.8)… Had a team-leading 33 kick returns for 949 yards… Added five punt returns for 16 yards… Posted five 100-yard return games in 2019… Registered 11 receptions for 153 yards… Was third on the team with 1,122 all-purpose yards… Was the FBS active career leader in combined kick returns (3,489), kickoff returns (127), kickoff return yards (3,166), combined kick return TDs (6) and was tied for kickoff return TDs (5)… SCHOOL RECORDS: Tied the SMU mark for career kickoff return TDs and season kickoff return TDs… AWARDS: All-AAC second team... Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year Nominee... AAC Weekly Honor Roll (Nov. 25)... AAC Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 2)... Phil Steele Preseason AAC: fourth-team offense, fourth-team special teams.

2018: Redshirted... Played in four games, making two starts... Was second on the team with eight kick returns for 198 yards... Registered five catches for 39 yards and one rush for two yards... AWARDS: American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

2017 (Junior at Notre Dame): Played in 13 games... Registered 29 kick returns for 654 yards.

2016 (Sophomore at Notre Dame): Appeared in all 12 games, making seven starts… Led the team in all-purpose yards with 1,165… Led the team in both punt returns and kick returns with 10 for 125 yards and 29 for 725 yards, respectively.

2015 (Freshman at Notre Dame): Played in all 13 games as the primary punt and kickoff returner as well as a reserve slot receiver… Returned 28 kickoffs for 640 yards (22.9 yards per return)… Returned 25 punts for 182 yards (7.3 yards per return)… Registered 822 all-purpose yards, which ranked fourth on the team… One of nine FBS players and the only freshman with a kick and punt return for TD in 2015.

Prep: First-team wide receiver on Los Angeles Daily News all-area squad for 2014… Registered 38 receptions for 614 yards, eight touchdowns and 16.1-yards-per-catch average as senior in 2014 for Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California… Rushed 41 times for 437 yards and nine TDs.. First-team all-Mission League pick as senior… Previously attended Brentwood (Tennessee) Academy for three years… Caught 24 passes for 403 yards and four TDs as sophomore in 2012 at Brentwood Academy… Added four other TDs as sophomore on defense and on returns… Had 52 receptions as junior at Brentwood Academy in 2013 for 738 yards and 12 TDs… Played in Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl in Carson, California… Earned second place in both the 100 (10.64 seconds) and 200 meters (21.70) in the 2012 Tennessee Division II state track meet as a sophomore, then won state titles in both those events as junior in 2013.

Personal: Father Chris was three-year starter at flanker at Ohio State from 1992-94 and still holds Ohio State record in indoor long jump… Father played seven seasons in the NFL with the Houston Oilers/ Tennessee Titans, made 177 career receptions from 1995-2001 and now coaches high school football in Nashville area… Mother Stacie McCall Harris played basketball at Michigan… Stepfather is Corey Harris who played football at Vanderbilt, then 12 seasons (1992-2003) as defensive back (594 career tackles) in NFL with Houston, Green Bay, Seattle, Miami, Baltimore and Detroit and helped Baltimore Ravens win Super Bowl XXXV following the 2000 season… Has nine movie or television show acting credits to his name, including playing a young Ray Charles in the movie “Ray” when he was six and has appeared in television shows “Cold Case,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Judging Amy”.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018SR

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    5'9" 185 lbs
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    2019GS

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    5'9" 183 lbs
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