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Ja'Tavion Sanders
TE · CAR · 2024–2025
Born March 27, 2003 · College Texas · Drafted 2024, round 4, pick 101 (CAR) · 6-4, 252 lb
EPA per target by season
Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.
Receiving
| Season | Team | G | Targets | Rec | Yds | TD | Catch % | EPA/target | Stabilised EPA/target | Target share % | aDOT | Rec EPA | Rec WPA (wins) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CAR | 15 | 43 | 33 | 342 | 1 | 76.7 | +0.271 | +0.209+0.041 to +0.378 | 9.5 | 6.2 | +11.7 | +0.21 |
| 2025 | CAR | 11 | 34 | 29 | 190 | 1 | 85.3 | +0.130 | +0.179+0.006 to +0.352 | 10.3 | 4.8 | +4.4 | +0.16 |
| Career | CAR | 26 | 77 | 62 | 532 | 2 | 80.5 | +0.209 | 9.8 | 5.6 | +16.1 | +0.37 |
Defence
Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CAR | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Playing time
Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Team | G | Offensive snaps | Share of the offence’s snaps | Defensive snaps | Share of the defence’s snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | CAR | 16 | 521 | 54.8 | – | – |
| 2025 | CAR | 13 | 386 | 49.2 | – | – |
Hands and contested catches
Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Targets charted | Catchable % | Drops | Drop % of catchable | Contested targets | Contested catch % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43 | 83.7 | 3 | 8.3 | 4 | 75.0 |
| 2025 | 34 | 94.1 | 2 | 6.2 | 6 | 50.0 |
Game logs
2025 game log (11 games)
2025 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-09-07 | @ JAX | L 10–26 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | +1.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2025-09-14 | @ ARI | L 22–27 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 0 | +3.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2025-09-21 | vs ATL | W 30–0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | +1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2025-10-19 | @ NYJ | W 13–6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2025-10-26 | vs BUF | L 9–40 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 0 | −0.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2025-11-02 | @ GB | W 16–13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | +0.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2025-11-09 | vs NO | L 7–17 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 0 | −0.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2025-11-16 | @ ATL | W 30–27 OT | 4 | 4 | 22 | 0 | +1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2025-11-24 | @ SF | L 9–20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | −0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2025-12-14 | @ NO | L 17–20 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | −0.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2025-12-21 | vs TB | W 23–20 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | +1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 game log (15 games)
2024 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Targets | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Rec EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024-09-08 | @ NO | L 10–47 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | +0.1 |
| 2 | 2024-09-15 | vs LAC | L 3–26 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | −0.9 |
| 3 | 2024-09-22 | @ LV | W 36–22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.7 |
| 4 | 2024-09-29 | vs CIN | L 24–34 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | +1.0 |
| 5 | 2024-10-06 | @ CHI | L 10–36 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 0 | −1.1 |
| 6 | 2024-10-13 | vs ATL | L 20–38 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 0 | −0.8 |
| 7 | 2024-10-20 | @ WAS | L 7–40 | 6 | 6 | 61 | 0 | +2.4 |
| 8 | 2024-10-27 | @ DEN | L 14–28 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | +0.2 |
| 9 | 2024-11-03 | vs NO | W 23–22 | 5 | 4 | 87 | 0 | +6.2 |
| 10 | 2024-11-10 | vs NYG | W 20–17 OT | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | +2.9 |
| 12 | 2024-11-24 | vs KC | L 27–30 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 0 | +2.2 |
| 14 | 2024-12-08 | @ PHI | L 16–22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.9 |
| 15 | 2024-12-15 | vs DAL | L 14–30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.4 |
| 17 | 2024-12-29 | @ TB | L 14–48 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | −0.0 |
| 18 | 2025-01-05 | @ ATL | W 44–38 OT | 5 | 3 | 35 | 0 | +1.6 |