Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
2/35Inside-5 share
2 of the team's 35 inside-the-5 carries (5.7%).
Spencer Sanders
Spencer Sanders: QB · Ole Miss · #3.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Spencer Sanders
Operates within the system without forcing anything. The five seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Mike Gundy and Lane Kiffin. All-Big 12 in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 134 passing yards and 2 passing TD against Mercer — Week 1, 2023.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Ole Miss in the news
- Texas LT Trevor Goosby out for season
Yahoo Sports Oct 25 - Four-star TE commits to Ole Miss
Where to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ole Miss | 19 | 29 | 65.5% | 278 | 9.6 | 3 | 0 | 180.2 | -- |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | 212 | 368 | 57.6% | 2,642 | 7.2 | 17 | 9 | 128.3 | 51 |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 243 | 391 | 62.1% | 2,839 | 7.3 | 20 | 12 | 133.9 | 54 |
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | 155 | 246 | 63.0% | 2,007 | 8.2 | 14 | 8 | 143.8 | 58 |
| 2019 | Oklahoma State | 155 | 247 | 62.8% | 2,065 | 8.4 | 16 | 11 | 145.4 | 59 |
| Career | 784 | 1,281 | 61.2% | 9,831 | 7.7 | 70 | 40 | 137.5 | 55 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Ole Miss | 11 | 45 | 4.1 | 0 | 15 |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State | 107 | 391 | 3.7 | 8 | 29 |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 146 | 668 | 4.6 | 6 | 37 |
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | 100 | 273 | 2.7 | 2 | 35 |
| 2019 | Oklahoma State | 139 | 628 | 4.5 | 2 | 33 |
| Career | 503 | 2,005 | 4.0 | 18 | 37 |
Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-7vs Mercer | 8/14 | 134 | 2 | 0 | 9.6 | 52.0 | Season-high 134 yds |
| Wk 2 | W 37-20@ No. 24 Tulane | 1/1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 73.3 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-23vs Georgia Tech | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-24@ No. 13 Alabama | 1/1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 28.6 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-7vs Vanderbilt | 1/1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 7.5 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-52@ No. 1 Georgia | 4/7 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 57.9 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-3vs UL Monroe | 4/5 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 12.2 | 75.1 | |
| Total | 19/29 | 278 | 3 | 0 | 9.6 | — |
Signature game
Week 1 · 2023
W 73-7
vs Mercer
134 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 52.0
Dominant 66-point win at home against Mercer.
With J. Dart — 334 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.9 · 36 rush yds (4 car) · J. Watkins — 6 rec · 111 yds
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 12 · UL Monroe · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.92Spencer Sanders pass complete to Cayden Lee for 51 yds for a TD (Caden Costa KICK)
- Week 1 · Mercer · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.60Spencer Sanders pass complete to Cayden Lee for 34 yds for a TD (Caden Davis KICK)
- Week 11 · Georgia · 3rd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.15Spencer Sanders pass complete to Caden Prieskorn for 15 yds to the UGA 46 for a
- Week 1 · Mercer · 3rd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +2.82Spencer Sanders pass complete to Ulysses Bentley IV for 6 yds for a TD (Caden Costa KICK)
- Week 1 · Mercer · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +2.37Spencer Sanders pass complete to Jordan Watkins for 10 yds to the MER 48 for a
- Week 12 · UL Monroe · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.20Spencer Sanders run for 11 yds to the MISS 31 for a UL Monroe Penalty, Personal Foul (Ja'Terious Evans) to the MISS 46 for a
4 more plays
- Week 9 · Vanderbilt · 2nd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +1.87Spencer Sanders pass complete to Ayden Williams for 14 yds to the MISS 41 for a
- Week 1 · Mercer · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.80Spencer Sanders pass complete to Ayden Williams for 43 yds to the MER 5 for a
- Week 1 · Mercer · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.79Spencer Sanders pass complete to Michael Trigg for 20 yds to the MER 46 for a
- Week 9 · Vanderbilt · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA −1.69Spencer Sanders run for a loss of 3 yards to the MISS 38
Teams and coaches
2019Oklahoma State8-5HC: Mike Gundy · Run-heavy
2020Oklahoma State8-3HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2021Oklahoma State12-2HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning, fast tempo
2022Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo
2023Ole Miss11-2HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 52.2 | 0.8 | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 23.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 35.5 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 45.3 | 0.3 | 11.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
42.7%
394 pass / 529 run
Plays / game
71.0
13 games
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
29 pass attempts and 11 carries in 7 games
Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons, two schools
- 2023 Ole Miss KiffinYear 5 · 7 games
- Dec 2022 Entered the transfer portalOklahoma State to Ole Miss
- 2022 Oklahoma State GundyYear 4 · 10 games
- 2021 Oklahoma State GundyYear 3 · 12 gamesAll-conference
- 2020 Oklahoma State GundyYear 2 · 8 games
- 2019 Oklahoma State GundyYear 1 · 11 games
- High school RyanDenton, TX · Class of 2018Four-star, No. 171 in the 2018 class. Signed with Oklahoma State.
Moves
- Transferred from Oklahoma State to Ole Miss, Dec 6, 2022.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Oklahoma State and Ole Miss, 9,831 passing yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
2018
- Signed with Oklahoma StateFour-star, out of Ryan
2021 12 games
- All-Big 12first
2022 10 games
- All-Big 12
2023 7 games
- Transferred to Ole Missfrom Oklahoma State
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2021)
Weekly recognition
2 weekly honors (2022)
Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coaches2019–2022
Oklahoma State
Played for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Gundy and Lane Kiffin.