#21

Myjai Sanders

Former defensive end at Cincinnati. 2021: 2.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

DE · Cincinnati · Sr. · #21

6′5″ · 258 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 81 · #40 of 370 edge rushersMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamArizona — drafted 2022, Rd 3, Pick 36, #100 overall

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 1043 nationally · Signed with Cincinnati

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive end at Cincinnati. 2021: 2.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cincinnati in 2018.
Drafted round 3 by the Arizona in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Cincinnati, 14 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #100 overall by Arizona.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20184 games

Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of Raines

20209 games

The role got bigger.

All-AACfirst

202113 games

All-AACfirst

2022

Drafted by Arizonaround 3, pick 100

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1043 national

CFB

College

Cincinnati

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R3 · #100

Arizona · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM

All-AAC 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Luke Fickell

Cincinnati

Played his entire career under Luke Fickell.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

ArizonaEntering 5th NFL season

#100Rd 3 · Pick 36

ArizonaEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Luke Fickell — 44-7 over that span.

2018Cincinnati11-2HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2019Cincinnati11-3HC: Luke Fickell · Run-heavy

2020Cincinnati9-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

2021Cincinnati13-1HC: Luke Fickell · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

81All-Conference level #40 of 370?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: passes defended (94th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#13 / 2743 · 99th pct

Passes defended#136 / 2743 · 94th pct

Tackles for loss#295 / 2743 · 89th pct

7.5

Sacks#443 / 2743 · 82nd pct

2.5

Tackles#880 / 2743 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1338 / 2743 · 50th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th 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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.3	0.4	0.1	0.0
Road6g	3.0	0.8	0.3	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	3.4	0.7	0.4	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

81 · #40 of 370 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #40 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Cincinnati	41	17	7.5	2.5	6	--	--
2020	Cincinnati	31	22	10.5	7.0	5	--	--
2019	Cincinnati	40	21	7.0	4.0	2	--	--
2018	Cincinnati	7	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		119	62	25.0	13.5	13	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2021

W 24–13

at Notre Dame

2 QB HUR · 1 PD · 1 TFL

With D. Ridder — 297 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.3 · 26 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD · M. Fletcher — 43 AVG · 47 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-14vs Miami (OH)	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 42-7vs Murray State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 38-24@ Indiana	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 24-13@ Notre Dame	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	W 52-3vs Temple	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 56-21vs UCF	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 27-20@ Navy	7	5	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 9	W 31-12@ Tulane	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 28-20vs Tulsa	3	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 45-28@ South Florida	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 48-14vs SMU	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 35-13@ East Carolina	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	3
Wk 14	W 35-20vs Houston	6	2	1.0	0.5	—	0
Total		34	15	7.5	2.5	—	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology