2024 Football Roster
Sanders, Shilo
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
TBA

Jersey Number 21
Shilo Sanders
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Canton, Texas
- High School:
- Trinity Christian
- Prev School:
- South Carolina/Jackson State
Bio
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2024 (Gr.)
2024 (Gr.)
- Played and started in 10 games during the 2024 season.
- Missed all of two games and most of a third after injuring his arm on the first drive of the game against Nebraska in week two of the season.
- Finished the season third on the team with 67 total tackles, 44 unassisted tackles, two tackles for loss, two pass breakups, two fumble recoveries, one sack, one forced fumble, and one defensive touchdown.
- Out the game away on the road against Texas Tech with a fumble return for a touchdown as the Red Raiders were driving to tie the game. That was his second touchdown as a Buff.
- Sanders wrapped up the game against Utah with his first career sack and a forced fumble recovered by Keaton Wade.
- Played in the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl with teammates: Jimmy Horn Jr., Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig, Shedeur Sanders, Will Sheppard, and LaJohntay Wester.
- CFN Third-Team All-Big 12 Safety
- Preseason Second-Team All-Big 12 Saety, Athlon
- Preseason All-Big 12 Third-Team Safety, Phil Steele
- Preseason All-Big 12 Third-Team CFN Flex Defender
- Preseason All-Big 12 Third-Team Defensive Back, Lindy
- Senior Bowl Watch List
- Played in 11 games, starting in all of them. Missed one game due to injury.
- 9th defensive back in CU history to lead the team in tackles (70).
- Tied for 1st in solo tackles in the Pac-12 with 55.
- 1st in the Pac-12 and Second in the country in forced fumbles with 4, first in the country for DB forced fumbles.
- Recorded an 80-yard interception return for a touchdown and forced a fumble in the win over Colorado State.
- Logged double-digit tackles in the first (10, TCU) and last (11, Utah) games of the season.
- 247 sports ranked him as a three star transfer and the No. 734 overall transfer, No. 54 safety in the portal.
- He comes to Colorado with two years to play two.
- Played in 20 games over two seasons starting 15 games, with 59 total tackles, one and a half tackles for a loss, 12 pass deflections, five interceptions, and two forced fumbles.
- Second-team All-SWAC in 2021, where he was tied for second in SWAC with four interceptions and made 39 tackles (28 solo) with 1.5 tackles for loss. Recorded a season-high seven tackles with one and a half against Florida A&M.
- In 2022 he registered 20 total tackles, adding one interception, and five pass deflections.
- Played in 13 games over two seasons
- Recorded 32 tackles (23 solo) with one tackle for loss
- Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2019
- Cornerback prospect who prepped at Trinity Christian High School in Texas, coached by Troy Williams.
- He helped the Tigers to a perfect 14-0 season and a TAPPS Division II state championship in 2018.
- He played cornerback, receiver, punted and returned kicks, recording 19 tackles and five interceptions as a senior. On offense, he had 13 catches for 199 yards and three touchdowns and also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns.
- Sanders was named an Under Armour All-American in 2019.
- The 247Sports Composite ranked him as the No. 62 cornerback in the country, the 83rd-ranked player in the Lone Star State. and number 668 overall.Sanders was ranked No. 287 in the ESPN300.
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