Last week we took a deep dive into the stats on Sony Michel and Nick Chubb over the last four seasons. Now let's look at a defensive leader.
Dominick Sanders came to Georgia as a three-star defensive back from Tucker. He leaves Georgia as a SEC Champion and a record-holder.
We will start by looking at his career stats overall…
• Sanders was eighth this season on the team in tackles. He was 10th on 2014 in tackles, 6th in 2015 and 11th in 2016.
• Sanders finished tied for first in team history was career starts. If you count just offensive and defensive players he is tops by himself, but if you count special teams he is tied for the lead. Check this out…
• The one game in 2015 in which he did start was against was against Florida.
• Sanders shares the all-time Georgia lead in career interceptions. He is tied with some very important Bulldogs.
• Sanders, Scott and Rambo are also tied for seventh all-time in the SEC in that category.
• According to the media guide, he was the first Georgia player to lead the Dawgs in interceptions three straight seasons (records kept since 1950).
• Sanders also has the career mark for most yards returned after an interception with 381. He has the second most in SEC history behind Tennessee’s Eric Berry’s 494.
• Twice Sanders has two interceptions in a game. The first time came against Louisville in the 2014 Belk Bowl and the other happened a season later in the 2015 game against Kentucky. In fact four of his 16 career picks happened in bowl games.
• Here is a team-by-team breakdown on his career interceptions for the red and black.
Here is the big interception against Oklahoma...
• Sanders had one career pick-six and that came against Vanderbilt in 2015. In fact that was the fifth longest interception return in Georgia history.
Dominick Sanders was a Damn Good Dawg.
