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Ja'Tavion Sanders

TE·Carolina Panthers·#0·6'4"·243 lb·2nd year·Texas
UNDERPAIDRound 4, pick 101 in 2024
Updated November 5, 2026
75.0
Model Score
Down from 77.1 last year
Trade value ·a 7th

Ja'Tavion Sanders is a TE for the Carolina Panthers on a deal paying $1.3M a year through 2027, a $1.3M cap hit in 2026 (updated November 5, 2026).

Model Score by season

Down 2.1 from last season.

708075.020242025

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Comps

The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.

Plays like: Marv Cook, Rod Rutledge, Harrison Bryant. Built like: Maxx Williams, Ben Patrick, Jace Sternberger.

Ja'Tavion Sanders Props This Weekvs DEN Sun Nov 8

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Best price across 8 books as of Thu Nov 5. Lines move; check the book before you bet. This week's board · Line Room

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Ja'Tavion Sanders Injury StatusOut

Ja'Tavion Sanders is listed Out (Coach's Decision), reported Oct 29. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season

Rec0
Rec Yds0
Rec TD0
Targets0
Yds/Gm0.0
Fantasy PPG0.0
EPA / target0.000
Avg separation0.0 yd
Avg cushion0.0 yd
YAC over exp0.0
Catch %0.0%

0 fantasy points a game. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2026 Cap Hit
$1.3M
APY
$1.3M/yr
Guaranteed at Signing
$874K
Years on Deal
4
Signed
2024
Est. Value
$9.6M/yr
underpaid by $8.3M/yr

Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.

Fantasy outlookWeek 9

Our rest-of-season board has Ja'Tavion Sanders at TE57 (the public consensus says TE58); the model has 27 PPR points left for him this season; this week he hosts DEN.

Price a trade for him on the fantasy trade calculator, or see the whole board on the Fantasy hub.

Draft & College

Round 4, pick 101 to the Carolina Panthers in 2024, out of Texas (Big 12). He lasted longer than consensus.

Taken#101
Consensus board56th
Our college model#63 TE

In college, 2022-2023, 25 games: 97 rec, 1,309 yds, 7 TD, 13.5 yds/rec.

Recruited

Class of 2021 · Athlete · High school: Denton Ryan, Denton, TX

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 13 in the nation. Composite 0.9932, the recruiting sites' average
Committed to
Texas

His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2021 class are still being added.

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