Player Dossier

2021-2025

Central Michigan

Fernando Sanchez III

LB • 6'3" • 250 lbs • Loganville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Fernando Sanchez III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

43

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

23

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northern Illinois

Player Story

Fernando Sanchez III built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Loganville, GA wearing No. 14, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Fernando Sanchez III's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8311

Grayson · Loganville, GA

Committed To
Central Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Fernando Sanchez III, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Central Michigan. Fernando Sanchez III shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
66
TFL
9
Sacks
3
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Fernando Sanchez III quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · LB
Career Tackles
66
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 29 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Central Michigan
Top game
Northern Illinois
Recruit profile
3-star · Grayson · Central Michigan
High school pipeline
Grayson · 80 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 14 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
19 tackles · LB 590th (top 47%) · Mid-American 197th (top 34%) · National 2,118th (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 PostseasonCentral Michigan71-0--036.9
2021 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan76-0--036.9
2022 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan2310-1029.2
2023 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan4101.50.5--032.4
2024 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan10275.51.5--050.3
2025 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan619111-030.2

Related Context

Fernando Sanchez III played LB for Central Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Fernando Sanchez III recorded 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Central Michigan paired 7 primary output with 18.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 18.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Central Michigan

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

18.2

Usage

6.5

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San José State: 0. Pittsburgh: 3. Michigan: 0. Wagner: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Akron: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San José State: 3 by 12.5. Pittsburgh: 2 by 38.3. Michigan: 3 by 12.5. Wagner: 2 by 8.3. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Akron: 7 by 29.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 3 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +1 vs Wins

Game Log

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6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Sat 10/4@ AkronL 22-2870000
Sat 9/27vs Eastern MichiganW 24-1320000
Sat 9/20vs WagnerW 49-1021000
Sat 9/13@ MichiganL 3-6331000
Sat 9/6@ PittsburghSplash gameL 17-4522110
Sat 8/30@ San José StateW 16-1431000

Player Story

Fernando Sanchez III story

Fernando Sanchez III built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Loganville, GA wearing No. 14, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Fernando Sanchez III's career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Fernando Sanchez III's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Central Michigan

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 PostseasonCentral Michigan04.20.8
2021 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan04.20.80
2022 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan216.32.72
2023 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan215.44.30
2024 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan718.25.55
2025 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan318.26.5-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Northern Illinois

Week 14 · L 16-24 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 36 Pittsburgh

Week 2 · L 17-45

3

Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Illinois

Week 3 · L 9-30

2

Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Buffalo

Week 6 · L 13-37 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.

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vs Bucknell

Week 3 · W 41-0

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Havoc Plays

55 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Central Michigan

7 primary output · 18.2 efficiency · 5.5 usage

50.3

#2

2021 Postseason · Central Michigan

36.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Central Michigan

36.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games