ACE SANDERS Avg.) and 16 Yards on Nine Punt Returns
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ACE SANDERS avg.) and 16 yards on nine punt returns. PERSONAL: Attended Manatee High School in Bradenton, Fla. … Regarded as the 10th-best WR in the nation according to Scout.com … Helped team to Florida State Class 5A Championship game as a senior, catching 65 passes for 990 yards and 10 TDs … Finished with 29 receptions for 578 yards (19.9 avg.) with seven TDs as a junior ... Father, Tracy, played football for leg- endary coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State from 1976-79 and later played professionally in the NFL and World Football League … Full name: Tracy Lavon Sanders ... Twitter handle is @AceSanders1. GAMES PLAYED/STARTED: 2013 (15/4), 2014 (9/0) NFL TOTALS: 24 games, 4 starts 2014 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS POSTSEASON TOTALS: 0 games, 0 starts TRANSACTIONS: Originally drafted by Jacksonville in the fourth round (101st RECEIVING overall) of the 2013 draft. DATE GAME RECs YDS AVG. LG TD PRO: 2013 fourth-round pick has played in 24 games with four starts ... Sees 09/07 at Philadelphia SUSPENDED action at WR and return specialist ... Career totals include 56 catches for 515 09/14 at Washington SUSPENDED yards and one TD ... Returned 52 punts for 6.3-yard average with a long of 23 09/21 vs. Indianapolis SUSPENDED and three kickoffs for a 25.0-yard average ... Had the second-most receptions 09/28 at San Diego SUSPENDED (51) by a rookie in team history in 2013 and the third-most yards (484) ... 10/5 vs. Pitsburgh 2 12 6.0 6 0 10/12 at Tennessee 0 0 0.0 0 0 2014: Was suspended the first four games for violating the NFL Policy and Pro- 10/19 vs. Cleveland 1 0 0.0 0 0 gram for Substances of Abuse ... 10/5 vs. PIT: Made 2014 debut and returned 10/26 vs. Miami 0 0 0.0 0 0 three punts for 4.7-yard average and added two catches for 12 yards ... 10/12 11/02 at Cincinnati 0 0 0.0 0 0 at TEN: Returned two punts for 10 yards (5.0 avg.) with a long of eight yards 11/09 vs. Dallas 1 10 10.0 10 0 ... 10/19 vs. CLE: Had four punt returns for 10.3-yard average including a ca- BYE WEEK reer-long 19-yard return in the third quarter ... 10/26 vs. MIA: Returned five 11/23 at Indianapolis 0 0 0.0 0 0 punts for 28 yards (5.6 avg.) with long of 10 yards ... 11/2 at CIN: Had two 11/30 vs. N.Y. Giants 0 0 0.0 0 0 punt returns for 10 yards with a long of 11 yards ... 11/9 vs. DAL: Registered 12/07 vs. Houston 1 9 9.0 9 0 a 10-yard reception and returned four punts for a 11.3-yard average with a 12/14 at Baltimore 0 0 0.0 0 0 career-long 23-yard return. Fumbled a punt in the first quarter that was re- 12/18 vs. Tennessee 0 0 0.0 0 0 covered by the Cowboys ... 11/24 at IND: Returned two punts for three yards 12/28 at Houston 0 0 0.0 0 0 ... 11/30 vs. NYG: Had three punt returns for 20 yards with a long of 10 yards 2014 TOTALS 5 31 6.2 10 0 ... 12/7 vs. HOU: Finished with a nine-yard reception and added two punt returns for a 7.5-yard average including a long of 15 yards ... PUNT RETURNS 2013: Started 4 of 15 games as a rookie and ranked second on the club with 51 catches for 484 yards and one TD ... Returned 25 punts for a 5.6-yard aver- DATE GAME NO. YDS AVG. LG TD age ... Had at least five catches in four games and eight in two different games 09/07 at Philadelphia SUSPENDED ... 9/8 vs. KC: Made NFL debut and saw extensive action at WR and as a return 09/14 at Washington SUSPENDED specialist. Had three catches for 14 yards with a long of 18 yards. Returned 09/21 vs. Indianapolis SUSPENDED one kickoff for 23 yards ... 9/15 at OAK: Made first career start and posted 09/28 at San Diego SUSPENDED five receptions for 64 yards including a 30-yard reception in the fourth quar- 10/5 vs. Pitsburgh 3 14 4.7 7 0 ter, the longest catch of the game ... 9/29 vs. IND: Started at WR and made 10/12 at Tennessee 2 10 5.0 8 0 four receptions for 59 yards with a long of 27 yards. Also had a 10-yard punt 10/19 vs. Cleveland 4 41 10.3 19 0 return ... 10/20 vs. SD: Inactive (concussion) ... 10/27 vs. SF: Returned to 10/26 vs. Miami 5 28 5.6 10 0 action and finished with an 11-yard reception and had a 16-yard punt return ... 11/02 at Cincinnati 2 10 5.0 11 0 11/17 vs. ARI: Led the team with a career-high eight receptions for 61 yards 11/09 vs. Dallas 4 45 11.3 23 0 with a long of 29 yards. Added six punt returns for a 8.0-yard average with four BYE WEEK returns of 10-plus yards ... 11/24 at HOU: Started at WR and produced four 11/23 at Indianapolis 2 3 1.5 3 0 catches for 61 yards including a career-long 51-yard grab in the first quarter. 11/30 vs. N.Y. Giants 3 20 6.7 10 0 ... 12/1 at CLE: Matched his career-high with a team-best eight catches for 12/07 vs. Houston 2 15 7.5 15 0 67 yards including a 25-yard grab in the fourth quarter. Added one carry for 12/14 at Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 four yards ... 12/5 vs. HOU: Threw a 21-yard TD pass to Jordan Todman in the 12/18 vs. Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 third quarter after catching a backward pass from Chad Henne. Finished with 12/28 at Houston 0 0 0 0 0 three catches for 26 yards with a long of 11 yards. Had a career-long 17-yard 2014 TOTALS 27 186 6.9 23 0 punt return ... 12/15 vs. BUF: Started at WR and posted two catches for 17 yards including a 12-yard TD reception in the second quarter, his first career TD. Added three punt returns for 10 yards ... 12/22 vs. TEN: Finished with four receptions for 20 yards and added one punt return for four yards ... 12/29 at IND: Was targeted a season-high 14 times and finished with six catches for 50 yards with a long of 21 yards. SANDERS’ CAREER STATISTICS COLLEGE: Declared for draft following junior season … Explosive playmaker sees action at WR and as a punt returner … Finished career with 99 recep- RECEIVING tions for 1,230 yards (12.4 avg.) and 13 TDs along with 53 punt returns for 594 yards (11.2 avg.) and three TDs … Set single-season school record for YEAR TEAM GP/GS RECs YDS AVG. LG TD punt return yards in 2012 and his nine receiving TDs ranked sixth … Named 2013 JAX 15/4 51 484 9.5 51 1 co-Special Teams Player of the Year as a junior after recording eight punt 2014 JAX 9/0 5 31 6.2 10 0 returns of 27 yards or more … Started all 13 games as a junior and led team NFL Totals: 2 yrs. 24/4 56 515 9.2 51 1 with a career-high 45 catches for 531 yards and nine TDs … Returned 28 punts for 15.3-yard average with two TDs … Second-team All-SEC selection by PUNT RETURNS the Associated Press … Co-Special Teams Player of the Year … His 15.3-yard punt return average ranked fourth in the nation and was second-best in school YEAR TEAM NO YDS AVG. LG TD history … Had eight punt returns of 27 yards or more including a 70-yarder 2013 JAX 25 140 5.6 17 0 for a score against Georgia, a 50-yarder at LSU and a 63-yard TD vs. Michigan 2014 JAX 27 186 6.9 23 0 in the Outback Bowl … Started eight of 13 games as a sophomore and totaled NFL Totals: 2 yrs. 52 326 6.3 23 0 29 catches for 383 yards (13.2 avg.) with two TDs … Added 16 punt returns for 9.3-yard average and one TD, the fifth-highest average in the SEC … Saw Additional Statistics: Kickoff returns 2 for 44 yards; Rushing action in all 14 games as a freshman and was named to the Freshman All-SEC 2 for 4 yards team by the league’s coaches … Ranked fourth on the team with 25 catches for 316 yards (12.6 avg.) and two TDs … Added five rushes for 56 yards (11.2 .