Spencer Sanders

Arkansas

Sep 13 (Sat)

6:00 PM

Position:
QB
Collegiate Letters Earned:
5
Letters Earned at Ole Miss:
1
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 210
Hometown:
Denton, Texas
High School:
Ryan
Prev. College:
Oklahoma State

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• 2024 Hula Bowl Participant
• 2022 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Oklahoma State)
• 2022 Maxwell Award Watch List (Oklahoma State)
• 2022 Walter Camp Award Watch List (Oklahoma State)
• 2022 Davey O'Brien Award Watch List (Oklahoma State)
• 2022 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List (Oklahoma State)
• 2022 Manning Award Watch List (Oklahoma State)
• 2022 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List (Oklahoma State)
• 2022 Preseason All-Big 12 (Oklahoma State)
• 2021 All-Big 12 First Team (Coaches - Oklahoma State)
• 2022 Davey O'Brien QB Class (Oklahoma State)
• 2021 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl Offensive MVP (Oklahoma State)
• 2020 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Oklahoma State)
• 2020 Cheez-It Bowl MVP (Oklahoma State)
• 2019 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year (Oklahoma State)
• 2019 Russell Okung Award (Outstanding Newcomer - Oklahoma State)

ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS

• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (Oklahoma State)

2023 (SENIOR): Played in 10 games at quarterback in a reserve role ... Completed 19-of-29 passes on the season for 278 yards and three touchdowns ... Participated in the 2024 Hula Bowl ... vs. Mercer (9/2/23): Went 8-of-14 for 134 yards and two touchdowns through the air, rushing twice for a net of one yard off the bench in his Ole Miss debut ... at #22 Tulane (9/9/23): Appeared on one play, going 1-of-1 for seven yards ...vs. Georgia Tech (9/16/23): Took two snaps on offense, carrying the ball once for 14 yards ... at #12 Alabama (9/23/23): Appeared for one snap, going 1-of-1 for 1 yard ... vs. Vanderbilt (10/28/23): Passed for 14 yards on one completion ... vs. Texas A&M (11/4/23): Played two offensive snaps ... at #1 Georgia (11/11/23): Went 4-of-7 for 61 yards, ran five times for 21 yards ... vs. ULM (11/18/23): Went 4-of-5 for 61 yards and one TD, rushed once for 11 yards ... at Mississippi State (11/23/23): Played two offensive snaps ... Transfer who arrived on campus in January and participated in spring drills ... Four-star transfer (No. 19 overall) by On3 ... Transfer who arrived on campus in January and participated in spring drills ... Rated as a four-star transfer (No. 19 overall) by On3.

OKLAHOMA STATE: Started 41 games in 43 total appearances for the Cowboys from 2019-22, helping OSU to four bowl berths in that span … Went 30-11 as the starter, ranking only behind Mason Rudolph in career wins as a starting QB (32) … Ended his Oklahoma State career with 9,553 passing yards (222.2 ypg), a 61.1 completion percentage (765-of-1,253), 67 passing touchdowns, 40 interceptions … Also rushed for 1,956 yards (45.5 ypg) and 18 touchdowns on 493 career carries … Ended with 11,509 yards of total offense … Ended career as OSU’s career record holder in rushing yards by a QB (1,956) and total offensive plays (1,746) … Holds Oklahoma State single-game records in pass attempts (67) and total plays (84) … Finished second all-time at OSU in career passing yards (9,553), pass attempts (1,253) and total offense (11,509) … Ranks third in the career rankings in pass completions (765), passing touchdowns (67), passing yards per game (222.2), touchdowns responsible for (85) and total offense per game (267.7) … Notched eight career 300-yard passing games, two beyond 400 yards … Also recorded three career 100-yard rushing games … 2022 Preseason All-Big 12 … 2022 Maxwell Award preseason watch list … 2022 Walter Camp Award preseason watch list … 2022 Davey O'Brien Award preseason watch list … 2022 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award preseason watch list … 2022 Manning Award preseason watch list … 2022 Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award preseason watch list … 2022 Reese’s Senior Bowl watch list … 2021 First Team All-Big 12 (Coaches); one of just two first-team QBs in OSU history (Brandon Weeden) … Two-time Honorable Mention All-Big 12 … Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2022 … 2021 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl Offensive MVP … 2020 Cheez-It Bowl MVP … 2019 Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year … 2019 OSU Russell Okung Award (outstanding newcomer) … 2019 Second Team Academic All-Big 12 … Two-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week … Two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week … Capped his junior season with PlayStation Fiesta Bowl Offensive MVP honors after helping lead the Cowboys from down 21-points to its largest comeback win in school and Fiesta Bowl history ... Had 496 yards of total offense in the Fiesta Bowl win over No. 5 Notre Dame, including a season-high 371 passing with no interceptions and a career-high 125 rushing ... His performance against the Fighting Irish marked just the second time in OSU history that a player passed for more than 300 yards and rushed for more than 100 yards in a game ... With that performance he also became just the second player in FBS history with 350 passing yards, 100 rushing yards and four passing touchdowns in a bowl game, joining Clemson’s Tahj Boyd in the 2014 Orange Bowl.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2017-18 Texas Gatorade State Player of the Year … Named Mr. Texas Football by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine ... Compiled a 46-6 record in 52 career starts over four seasons, passing for 8,747 yards despite suffering two season-ending injuries ... Led the Raiders deep in the UIL State Playoffs throughout his career, finishing as a Class 6A D1 quarterfinalist in 2015 and a Class 5A D1 semifinalist in 2016 and 2017 ... Finished his high school career by winning 30 consecutive regular season contests over his final three seasons as the program’s starting quarterback ... Threw for 3,845 yards and 54 touchdowns during his senior season ... Rushed for 1,380 rushing yards and 16 touchdowns on the ground in 2017 ... Had his eighth 100-yard rushing game of his senior season in the state semifinals, rushing 16 times for 160 yards and two touchdowns while passing for 256 yards and three touchdowns ... A 2017 finalist for the Landry Award, which recognizes the top high school football player in North Texas who demonstrates positive character and leadership attributes ... Passed for 3,288 yards and 35 touchdowns to just five interceptions as a junior in 2016 ... Also rushed for 1,099 yards, averaging 5.9 yards per carry and scored 18 rushing touchdowns during his junior campaign ... Concluded his Ryan career with 146 total touchdowns (106 passing, 40 rushing) ... Suffered a season-ending knee injury late in his freshman season, but returned to the field within four months and started all of Ryan’s games in 2015, leading the Raiders to a 13-1 record and an appearance in the Class 6A D1 quarterfinals ... Nominated to compete in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Also collected 2016 Texas APSE Class 5A first-team All-State Quarterback honors, as well as being named to the 2016 Texas Sports Writers Association Class 5A All-State Honorable Mention squad ... Played basketball and competed in track and field events such as the 300 meter hurdles, high jump, long jump and 4x400 meter relay at Ryan ... Rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN and 247Sports, while Rivals had him as a three-star prospect ... ESPN ranked him as the No. 7 dual threat quarterback in the 2018 national class and as the top quarterback prospect from the state of Texas ... 247Sports’ composite rating listed him as the No. 9 dual threat quarterback and the 27th-best player coming out of Texas in 2018 ... Ranked in the ESPN300 as the No. 115 overall recruit in the nation ... Nominated to compete in the 2018 U.S. Army All-American Bowl ... Chose Oklahoma State over other offers from Baylor, Colorado, Kansas State, Missouri, North Carolina, Ole Miss, Penn State, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and others … Coached by Dave Henigan.

PERSONAL: Son of David and Carrie Sanders ... Born Dec. 15, 1999 ... Sister, Carissa, played soccer at North Texas ... Multi-disciplinary studies major.