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T.J. Sanders

DT Defensive Tackle · official depth DT1 · South Carolina · #98 · PRO

6' 4" · 297 lbs · ESPN roster listing (measurement date not published)

age 23 · born 2003-07-30 · corroborated by nflverse players.csv · as of 2026-09-20

ESPN team roster · 2026-09-20Over The Cap · 2026-09-20

BUF · active

Formal report: Practice: FP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLE. BUF official Week 6 injury report · 2026-10-16 Check next report · Plan coverage

Inspect sources and coverage · Open club

Inspect file assembly

lifecycle: veteran — 1 NFL regular-season line(s) 2025–2025 on the seasonal well (nflverse stats_player_reg) · card built 2026-09-20

#70 sacks · 1 g2026where he ranks at Sacks among 168 qualified at the position · 2026 · nflverse player statistics 2026 · 2026-10-17

Inspect season and contract figures
Season stats
  1. 2026 · BUF · DT · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FFnflverse player statistics regular season 2026 (retrieved) · 2026-10-17T02:46:08.373Z

Provider-reported season totals may lag game-box statistics and later corrections. Counting-stat game rows do not establish total appearances or starts.

ContractOver The Cap · 2026-09-20

Not sourced yet · term / APY / current cap number only; guarantees, bonuses, options and exit consequences are not on a provisioned source (unknown)

NFL by year
  1. 2026 · BUF · DT · 1 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved2 solo tkl · 0 ast · 0 sk · 0 INT · 0 PD · 0 FF
  2. 2025 · BUF · DT · 10 counting-stat game rows; total appearances unresolved7 solo tkl · 0 ast · 1 sk · 0 INT · 1 PD · 0 FF
nflverse player statistics 1999–2026 · 2026-09-20as of 2026-10-17T02:46:08.373Z

Stack-up lives on leaders. Not a rank invented on this file.

Official games

Not sourced yet · snaps are not printed in the NFL Game Summary and no snap-count source is provisioned — participation above is the book's own lists

NFL Game Summary · 2026-08-15as of 2026-08-27
College by year
  1. 2024 · South Carolina · defensive51 tkl · 4 sackHC Shane BeamerCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  2. 2023 · South Carolina · defensive43 tkl · 4.5 sackHC Shane BeamerCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  3. 2022 · South Carolina · defensive12 tkl · 1 sackHC Shane BeamerCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
  4. 2021 · South Carolina · defensive0 tkl · 0 sackHC Shane BeamerCollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14CollegeFootballData coaches · 2026-08-15
CollegeFootballData player season stats · 2026-08-14
Draft

2025 · round 2 · pick 41 · BUF · South Carolina

nflverse draft_picks · 2026-09-20
Combine / pro day
  1. 2025 Combine · DT · South Carolina · 6-4 · 297 lbvert 31.5" · broad 112" · 3-cone 7.7 · shuttle 4.67drafted 2025 · round 2 · Buffalo Bills
nflverse combine · 2026-09-20

Not sourced yet · pro day: pro-day results are not on any provisioned source

a blank drill is one the nflverse combine table did not record — it carries no did-not-participate reason, so the reason is not on file

Injuries

Weekly injury report

Weekly practice observations; game designation is separate. Earlier medical history remains limited to the dated evidence below.

Suspensions / discipline

Not sourced yet · no discipline records on file · search bound: recorded search of official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing) for /\bsuspend|reserve\s*\/\s*suspended|commissioner(?:'s)?\s+exempt|exempt\s*\/\s*commissioner/i: 5 filings. The league discipline ledger is not a provisioned source, so absence here is a bounded search, not a true negative. (asOf 2026-09-20)

Transactions

Source not provisioned · no filing for this name in official transaction feeds on disk 2026-01-01 → 2026-09-19 (32 clubs: 31 club-published and 1 from the nfl.com league ledger as the approved equivalent (DAL); 1966 rows; no club feed missing). Pre-window movement is not on a provisioned source. Next: connect a source that covers this field. (asOf 2026-09-20)

Awards

0× Pro Bowl · 0× All-Pro · 0 seasons started · career through 2025

nflverse draft_picks (PFR career honors counts) · 2026-09-20

career COUNTS as of the fetch (PFR via nflverse), not dated honors; per-season dates are unknown unless a curated dated row is present

Inspect · sources, membership and decision coverage

Availability · 2026-10-16 · Shoulder · Practice: FP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLE · Practice report evidence

Roster membership is separate from health, practice participation and game designation. Active does not confirm that a player will dress. Practice-squad players require promotion/elevation in a Scenario; other blocked memberships cannot enter an eligible lineup.

  • T.J. Sanders · Active · observed · transition date unresolved · Roster eligible; game clearance unconfirmed. · Official roster

T.J. Sanders · Decision coverage

One canonical person · current participant · 8 answered / 8 applicable questions · 0 do not apply.

Answered includes sourced values and bounded negatives. A future checkpoint is not overdue ingestion; an unresolved source is not proof of nonpublication.

Every required question has sourced evidence.

Evidence windows stay explicit. Historical awards, discipline and college links are outside this decision count.