#58

Brian Sanders

Senior defensive lineman for Bowling Green. 2017: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DL · Bowling Green · Sr. · #58

6′4″ · 255 lb · Detroit, MI

Bowling Green 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WDE recruit

No. 2224 nationally · Signed with Bowling Green

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Bowling Green. 2017: 1 sack, 1.5 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Bowling Green in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Bowling Green, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Bowling Green2-star out of Cass Technical

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2224 national

CFB

College

Bowling Green

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mike Jinks — 6-18 over that span.

2016Bowling Green4-8HC: Mike Jinks · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Bowling Green2-10HC: Mike Jinks · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#294 / 2682 · 86th pct

Sacks#799 / 2682 · 62nd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1586 / 2682 · 39th pct

Tackles for loss#1583 / 2682 · 38th pct

1.5

Tackles#1664 / 2682 · 37th pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Bowling Green	24	14	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2016	Bowling Green	9	7	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		33	21	2.5	1.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2017

W 37–29

at Miami (OH)

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 QB HUR

Edged out Miami (OH) on the road in a shootout.

With T. Redding — 8 rec · 197 yds · 2 TD · J. Morgan — 222 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 50.4 · -1 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week