Senior wide receiver for Arizona State. 2023: 15 catches, 133 receiving yards.
6′0″ · 185 lb · Murrieta, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 wide receiver for Arizona State. 2023: 15 catches, 133 receiving yards.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearGiovanni Sanders
Moves the chains on third down. Giovanni Sanders has played for two head coaches in two seasons at Arizona State. One game to point at: 33 rec yds, 5 receptions against California — Week 5, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Arizona State, 633 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Herm Edwards → Kenny Dillingham. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: catch rate (2nd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 12.3 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 19.7 | 10.9 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 15.2 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.2 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kenny Dillingham
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arizona State | 15 | 133 | 8.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Arizona State | 40 | 500 | 12.5 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 55 | 633 | 11.5 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arizona State | 2 | -1 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Arizona State | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | -1 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 15-27vs Oklahoma State | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-29vs Fresno State | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24@ California | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | 12 | Season-high 33 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27vs Colorado | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-27vs Washington State | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-55@ Utah | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Wk 11 | W 17-7@ UCLA | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-49vs Oregon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-59vs Arizona | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 16 | |
| Total | 15 | 133 | 10.0 | 0 | 23 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Talik Keaton’s 2023 season.
Matches Talik on
Through 2 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to John Paul Richardson’s path through TCU.
Matches John on
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Abdul-Fatai Ibrahim's sophomore season at Louisiana Tech (2024).
Matches Abdul-Fatai on
Differs from Abdul-Fatai on
Player DNA