Emmanuel Sanders Shines in THSCA All-Star Game
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:56 pmSanders playing IR, CB, and on special teams made plays all over the field for the winning South squad. Sanders caught about 5 passes for about 100 yards and rushed for another 14 yards on a single carry. Big plays included:
-14 yard run on an inside reverse straight up the middle for 14 yards
-made a great grap on a screen thrown backwards where he had to reach back and somehow got both hands on a low pass which would have been a fumble and recovered by the North
-a great open field tackle as the GUNNER on KO coverage
-Sanders biggest play was a 62 yard run and catch where he settled into a sideline seam getting about 12 yards open then cut to the inside elude a host of defenders to take it another 30 or so yards to the 5 yard line
-a nice 10 yard catch on the typical inside recriver sprint upfield where he ran his man off the route and curled to to make the catch
-Sanders made a nice tough catch reaching to pick a pass off his shoelaces and turning it upfield for about 12 yards
-Sanders made a nice catch on a crossing pattern -broke a tacle and went for about 18 yards
-with 5 minutes left in the game he was brought into the game to cover the North's most dangerous receiver A&M recruit Howard Morrow- and made play after play in the next two minutes to stiffle the North.
-on about a 20 yard throw he showed great closing speed and stepped in front of Morrow almost making an interception but knocked the ball away
-made a nice shoe string big play stopping tackle when a receiver broke away from another teamate
-perfectly defended a fade to the endzone and knocked away the North 's last gasp throw the end zone
caught every pass in his zip code-the South missed a big play opportunity when he slide into the middle of the field and got about 5 yards open but the passes was thrown several yards behind him although he had open field to the other side
-his coach obviously had a lot of confidence in him as he was obviously a big part of the gameplan. Played just about every down on offense, the last 5 minutes on defense, as a GUNNER on KO return and as secondary returner to Jamal Charles on Punt Return.
-he was by far the most impressive of the protypical Inside Receivers. He was interviewed by Fox SW in front of a throng of family member all wearing T-Shirts his mom made with his picture. Said "SMU was great to him. They told him we need you. We need a big play guy." He did make one bad play when he caught a 5 yard pass but was stripped of the ball which was run back for a TD. The former Aggie announcer said he talked to him during the week and he described himself as elu--sive" He had a simply outstanding game and showed he might be ready to play as a freshman-the biggest problem may be deciding where-offense or defense.
-14 yard run on an inside reverse straight up the middle for 14 yards
-made a great grap on a screen thrown backwards where he had to reach back and somehow got both hands on a low pass which would have been a fumble and recovered by the North
-a great open field tackle as the GUNNER on KO coverage
-Sanders biggest play was a 62 yard run and catch where he settled into a sideline seam getting about 12 yards open then cut to the inside elude a host of defenders to take it another 30 or so yards to the 5 yard line
-a nice 10 yard catch on the typical inside recriver sprint upfield where he ran his man off the route and curled to to make the catch
-Sanders made a nice tough catch reaching to pick a pass off his shoelaces and turning it upfield for about 12 yards
-Sanders made a nice catch on a crossing pattern -broke a tacle and went for about 18 yards
-with 5 minutes left in the game he was brought into the game to cover the North's most dangerous receiver A&M recruit Howard Morrow- and made play after play in the next two minutes to stiffle the North.
-on about a 20 yard throw he showed great closing speed and stepped in front of Morrow almost making an interception but knocked the ball away
-made a nice shoe string big play stopping tackle when a receiver broke away from another teamate
-perfectly defended a fade to the endzone and knocked away the North 's last gasp throw the end zone
caught every pass in his zip code-the South missed a big play opportunity when he slide into the middle of the field and got about 5 yards open but the passes was thrown several yards behind him although he had open field to the other side
-his coach obviously had a lot of confidence in him as he was obviously a big part of the gameplan. Played just about every down on offense, the last 5 minutes on defense, as a GUNNER on KO return and as secondary returner to Jamal Charles on Punt Return.
-he was by far the most impressive of the protypical Inside Receivers. He was interviewed by Fox SW in front of a throng of family member all wearing T-Shirts his mom made with his picture. Said "SMU was great to him. They told him we need you. We need a big play guy." He did make one bad play when he caught a 5 yard pass but was stripped of the ball which was run back for a TD. The former Aggie announcer said he talked to him during the week and he described himself as elu--sive" He had a simply outstanding game and showed he might be ready to play as a freshman-the biggest problem may be deciding where-offense or defense.