Ja'TavionSanders
- Carolina Panthers
- #0
- Tight End
- HT/WT6' 4", 252 lbs
- Birthdate3/27/2003 (23)
- College
- Draft Info2024: Rd 4, Pk 101 (CAR)
- StatusActive
Previous Game
Hall of Fame Game
Panthers
1-0
33
Cardinals
0-1
30
| Splits | REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This Game | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 Offense
| Stats |
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| Regular Season |
| Career |
| Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | TGTS | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FD | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | FUM | LST |
| 29 | 34 | 190 | 6.6 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | 77 | 532 | 8.6 | 2 | 46 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Recent Games
Latest News
Fantasy Football
News: 5 days agoSanders (ankle) brought in all three targets for 13 yards in the Panthers' 33-30 preseason win over the Cardinals on Thursday.
Spin: Sanders started the game and recorded his first two receptions on the Panthers' first pair of plays from scrimmage. The 2024 fourth-round pick has been solid in a rotational role over his first two seasons, posting a combined 62-532-2 line on 77 targets over 29 regular-season games. Looking ahead to the 2026 season, Sanders has a chance to overtake Tommy Tremble for the No. 1 tight-end role, although it's possible head coach Dave Canales opts to continue utilizing both players in a 1A-1B type of arrangement again.
ESPN Fantasy Projection: Sanders is back as Carolina's top pass-catching tight end, though he'll need a larger share of the target pie if he hopes to work his way onto the fantasy radar. The 2024 fourth-round pick flashed as a rookie with a 33-342-1 receiving line while playing 55% of Carolina's offensive snaps and handling 9.1% of the targets across 16 games. He simply didn't progress in Year 2, posting a 29-190-1 line while playing 52% of the snaps and handling a 10% target share in 12 healthy games. Sanders has been an inefficient short-range target with little goal line activity thus far (four career end zone targets), placing the 23-year-old well off the fantasy radar.