Myjai Sanders

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the third round (100th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft...Released by the Cardinals on October 17, 2023...Signed by the Texans on October 18, 2023.

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the third round (100th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft...Released by the Cardinals on October 17, 2023...Signed by the Texans on October 18, 2023.

2023 (Houston 1/0):

• Made his Texans debut in the Week 9 win vs. Tampa Bay (11/5)

2022 (Arizona 13/4):

• Appeared in 13 games (four starts) and amassed 17 tackles (11 solo), 3.0 sacks, three passes defensed, five QB hits, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery 
• Made NFL debut vs. Phi (10/9), seeing action on both defense and special teams 
• Registered his first career sack @ Sea (10/16) 
• Played in Cardinals win vs. NO (10/20) 
• Made one tackle @ MIN (10/30) 
• Finished with five tackles, his third career sack, first career forced fumble and one pass defensed in the Cardinals win @ LAR (11/13) 
• Had two tackles vs. SF (11/21) 
• Recorded one tackle for loss and one pass defensed vs. LAC (11/27) 
• Totaled three tackles vs. NE (12/12) 
• Registered his third career sack and his first career fumble recovery @ Den (12/18) 
• Recorded four tackles and one pass defensed vs. TB (12/25) 
• Made two tackles @ ATL (1/1/23) 
• Totaled two solo tackles and one TFL in season finale @ SF (1/8/23)

COLLEGE:

• Played four seasons (2018-21) at Cincinnati where he appeared in 48 games and totaled 119 tackles, 24.5 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks, 12 passes defensed, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery
• His four seasons with the Bearcats represented the most successful four-year span in school history, as the team posted a 44-7 record
• Two-time first-team All-AAC selection
• In 2020, was a semifinalist for the Bednarik Award as the best defensive player in college football
• He finished that season with 31 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks and five passes defensed in just 10 games

PERSONAL:

• First name is pronounced "MY-jay" 
• Attended Raines (Jacksonville, FL) High School for three years before transferring to Camden County (Kingsland, GA) High School for his senior season 
• As a senior at Camden in 2017, was named All-Region 1-7A first team as a defensive lineman after totaling 39 tackles, 3.0 sacks, an INT (returned for a TD) and seven QB hurries 
• Played three years at Raines and was tabbed as an All-Gateway Conference selection in 2016 after totaling 40 tackles, five tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks in just nine games