Jason Sanders

New Mexico: Talented kicker who specialized in kickoffs in 2014 as a true freshman … spent most of Spring Camp in 2015 working with the main placekicking unit and will battle Zack Rogers for that role in 2015 … a 2014 Mountain West All-Academic selection … a 2014-15 Lobo Scholar-Athlete.

2014 (True Freshman Season): Handled kickoff duties for the Lobos in all 12 games this season … finished the season with 62 kickoffs, while averaging 62.1 yards on kickoffs and recording 37 touchbacks … also recorded four tackles during the season … the average opponent starting yard-line was the defensive 24-yard line.

High School: The 2013 Century League Special Teams Player of the Year as a senior for Villa Park … averaged 45.04 yards per punt on 26 attempts for the Spartans with a long of 74 yards and eight inside the 20 … also converted 7 of 12 field goals with a long of 51 yards, and made 31 of 34 extra-point attempts … kicked off 57 times and recorded 38 touchbacks … Villa Park went 9-3 in 2013, earning a Century League co-championship and advancing to the quarterfinals of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section Southwest Division state championships … was a first-team All-Century League and second-team All-State selection for the Spartans as a junior in 2012 … that season, he punted 47 times for a 45.89-yard average, including one punt that went for a career-long 77-yards against Foothill on Oct. 5, 2012, and landed 20 inside the 20 yard-line … made 8 of 15 field-goal attempts, including a long of 47 … converted 43 of 46 extra-point attempts … had 81 kickoff with 54 touchbacks … Villa Park went 12-2 his junior year in high school, won the outright Century League championship and advanced to the CIFSS Southwest Division finals … also played on the Villa Park boys soccer team in 2012, scoring 13 goals and adding six assists in 19 games…Recruited by Washington, Utah, Virginia Tech and Colorado.

Personal: Is undecided on a major.