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Thomas Sanders
Thomas Derrick Sanders
Position: RB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 203 lbs.
Born: January 4, 1962 in Giddings, TX
College: Texas A&M
Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 9th round (250th overall) of the 1985 Draft
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View Details For: 14 Regular Season TDs Scored
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | ||||||
| 1985 | 23 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 25 | 104 | 1 | 28 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 1.7 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 113 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1986 | 24 | CHI | RET | 16 | 1 | 27 | 224 | 5 | 75 | 8.3 | 14.0 | 1.7 | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 18 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 242 | 5 | 2 |
| 1987 | 25 | CHI | 12 | 0 | 23 | 122 | 1 | 17 | 5.3 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 25 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 175 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1988 | 26 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 95 | 332 | 3 | 20 | 3.5 | 20.8 | 5.9 | 9 | 94 | 10.4 | 0 | 39 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 426 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1989 | 27 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 41 | 127 | 0 | 19 | 3.1 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 1 | 16 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 155 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1990 | 28 | PHI | 10 | 0 | 56 | 208 | 1 | 39 | 3.7 | 20.8 | 5.6 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 228 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 29 | PHI | 5 | 0 | 54 | 122 | 1 | 16 | 2.3 | 24.4 | 10.8 | 8 | 62 | 7.8 | 0 | 14 | 1.6 | 12.4 | 184 | 1 | 2 | |
| Career | 90 | 1 | 321 | 1239 | 12 | 75 | 3.9 | 13.8 | 3.6 | 28 | 284 | 10.1 | 1 | 39 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 1523 | 13 | 13 | |||
| 5 yrs | CHI | 75 | 1 | 211 | 909 | 10 | 75 | 4.3 | 12.1 | 2.8 | 18 | 202 | 11.2 | 1 | 39 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 1111 | 11 | 11 | ||
| 2 yrs | PHI | 15 | 0 | 110 | 330 | 2 | 39 | 3.0 | 22.0 | 7.3 | 10 | 82 | 8.2 | 0 | 14 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 412 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | ||
| 1985 | 23 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 123 | ||||||
| 1986 | 24 | CHI | RET | 16 | 1 | 22 | 399 | 0 | 44 | 18.1 | 641 | |||||
| 1987 | 25 | CHI | 12 | 0 | 20 | 349 | 0 | 42 | 17.5 | 524 | ||||||
| 1988 | 26 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 13 | 248 | 0 | 38 | 19.1 | 674 | ||||||
| 1989 | 27 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 23 | 491 | 1 | 96 | 21.3 | 646 | ||||||
| 1990 | 28 | PHI | 10 | 0 | 15 | 299 | 0 | 37 | 19.9 | 527 | ||||||
| 1991 | 29 | PHI | 5 | 0 | 10 | 160 | 0 | 31 | 16.0 | 344 | ||||||
| Career | 90 | 1 | 104 | 1956 | 1 | 96 | 18.8 | 3479 | ||||||||
| 5 yrs | CHI | 75 | 1 | 79 | 1497 | 1 | 96 | 18.9 | 2608 | |||||||
| 2 yrs | PHI | 15 | 0 | 25 | 459 | 0 | 37 | 18.4 | 871 | |||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts |
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| 1985 | 23 | CHI | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1986 | 24 | CHI | RET | 16 | 1 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1987 | 25 | CHI | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1988 | 26 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 1989 | 27 | CHI | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 28 | PHI | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | 29 | PHI | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 90 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 84 | |||||||||||
| 5 yrs | CHI | 75 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 72 | ||||||||||
| 2 yrs | PHI | 15 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors
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Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)