Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2009-2010West Virginia
Robert Sands
DB • 6'5" • Carol City, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Robert Sands shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · West Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- West Virginia
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
Robert Sands built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a defensive back from Carol City, FL wearing No. 28, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Robert Sands' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- West Virginia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2011
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 3
- Overall
- No. 134
- NFL Team
- Cincinnati Bengals
Robert Sands, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · West Virginia. Robert Sands shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Robert Sands quick answers
- Latest team and position
- West Virginia · DB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · West Virginia
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Miami Carol City · West Virginia
- High school pipeline
- Miami Carol City · 32 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2011 · Round 5 · Pick 3 · Cincinnati Bengals
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Class 2010
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | West Virginia | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2010 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.7 |
Related Context
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Robert Sands is listed as a DB for West Virginia. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
West Virginia paired 5 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2010 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · West Virginia
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
South Florida
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All Games1 · Games = 1
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Florida
Best efficiency game
20 vs South Florida
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 10/14 | vs South Florida | W 20-6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Robert Sands story
Robert Sands built his college career from 2009 through 2010 as a defensive back from Carol City, FL wearing No. 28, spending time with West Virginia. The clearest part of Robert Sands' career was his defensive production: 6 interceptions across 6 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with West Virginia. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Robert Sands' production has multiple signals. With 6 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across West Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Robert Sands moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
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West Virginia
2009-2010
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20092010
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | West Virginia | 5 | 20 | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | West Virginia | 1 | 20 | — | -4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Pittsburgh
Week 13 · W 19-16 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Cincinnati
Week 11 · L 21-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Marshall
Week 7 · W 24-7
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Colorado
Week 5 · W 35-24
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
vs Liberty
Week 1 · W 33-20
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · West Virginia
5 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2010 Regular Season · West Virginia
46.7
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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