Myjai Sanders: DE · Cincinnati · #21.
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Myjai Sanders
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Fourth year in the Cincinnati defensive front. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-AAC again in 2021. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Navy — Week 8, 2021.
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 24
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| 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@ No. 9 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 No. 16 Houston | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 15 | 7.5 | 2.5 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
6%2 sacksTFL rate
18%8 TFLHurry rate
27%11 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
19%2 of 14 pressures41 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Luke Fickell — 44-7 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
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
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Pass share
46.9%
399 pass / 451 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
427 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #40 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Cincinnati, 14 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #100 overall by the Arizona Cardinals.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 1ST TEAM
All-AAC 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
AAC Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Luke Fickell.
Next stop · NFL
Arizona CardinalsEntering 5th NFL season
Arizona CardinalsEntering 5th NFL season
