Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Jacksonville State
Mac Sanders
LB • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Mcdonough, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mac Sanders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
96
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Jacksonville State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kennesaw State
Player Story
Mac Sanders built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Mcdonough, GA wearing No. 59, spending time with Jacksonville State. The clearest part of Mac Sanders' career was his defensive production: 83...
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- Committed To
- Jacksonville State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Mac Sanders, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State. Mac Sanders shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 83
- TFL
- 11.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Mac Sanders quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Jacksonville State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 83
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
- Top game
- Kennesaw State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Ola · Jacksonville State
- High school pipeline
- Ola · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 59 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 83 tackles · LB 96th (top 8%) · Conference USA 12th (top 3%) · National 128th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Jacksonville State | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 12 | 75 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 73.2 |
Related Context
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Mac Sanders played LB for Jacksonville State. Across 1 tracked season, Mac Sanders recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Jacksonville State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Jacksonville State paired 20 primary output with 45.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 45.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kennesaw State
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.7
Efficiency
45.1
Usage
12.3
Consistency
47.5
Best Game by takeover score
Kennesaw State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Troy: 1. Liberty: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Murray State: 1.5. Southern Miss: 3. Sam Houston: 1. Delaware: 1.5. UTEP: 4.5. Kennesaw State: 1. Florida International: 1.5. Western Kentucky: 1. Kennesaw State: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Troy: 8 by 43.3. Liberty: 3 by 12.5. Georgia Southern: 4 by 16.7. Murray State: 6 by 40. Southern Miss: 13 by 80. Sam Houston: 2 by 18.3. Delaware: 10 by 56.7. UTEP: 7 by 74.2. Kennesaw State: 8 by 43.3. Florida International: 8 by 48.3. Western Kentucky: 3 by 22.5. Kennesaw State: 11 by 85.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.4 · Games = 8 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses2.1 · Games = 4 · +0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kennesaw State
Best efficiency game
85.8 vs Kennesaw State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/17 | vs Troy | W 17-13 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/6 | vs Kennesaw State10+ tackles · Splash game | L 15-19 | 11 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 1.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Western Kentucky | W 37-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Florida International | L 21-27 | 8 | 7 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Kennesaw State | W 35-26 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ UTEPSplash game | W 30-27 | 7 | 3 | — | 2.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/15 | vs Delaware10+ tackles | W 38-25 | 10 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/10 | @ Sam Houston | W 29-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Southern Miss10+ tackles · Splash game | L 25-42 | 13 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Murray State | W 45-10 | 6 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Georgia Southern | L 34-41 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Liberty | W 34-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Mac Sanders story
Mac Sanders built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Mcdonough, GA wearing No. 59, spending time with Jacksonville State. The clearest part of Mac Sanders' career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Jacksonville State. 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 Mac Sanders' production has multiple signals. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Jacksonville State.
The arc is straightforward: Mac Sanders moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Jacksonville State
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Jacksonville State | 20 | 45.1 | 12.3 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 20 | 45.1 | 12.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 89 Kennesaw State
Week 15 · L 15-19 · Conference game
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
91.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.6 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 129 UTEP
Week 11 · W 30-27 · Conference game
4.5
Havoc Plays
91.4 takeover
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.4 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 94 Southern Miss
Week 5 · L 25-42
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Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 109 Delaware
Week 8 · W 38-25 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 107 Florida International
Week 13 · L 21-27 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
60.5 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
20 primary output · 45.1 efficiency · 12.3 usage
73.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · Jacksonville State
73.2
20 primary · 45.1 efficiency · 12.3 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
3
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
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