ACE SANDERS Avg.) and 16 Yards on Nine Punt Returns

ACE SANDERS Avg.) and 16 Yards on Nine Punt Returns

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 .

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