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NFL · AFC East · 2026
Updated 2026-07-29
94 players
Buffalo Bills · EDGE RoomEDGE

#98 T.J. Sanders

Exp 1 yr NFLAge 23Ht / Wt 6'4" · 290 lbCollege South Carolina
Depth-chart placement
Current role
DE1
Placement
Starter
Room
EDGE
Experience
YR 2
Last change
Updated 2026-07-29

EDGE room context

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T.J. Sanders holds the DE · Starter spot in Buffalo Bills’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

DE · StarterT.J. SandersStarter
LOLB · StarterGreg RousseauStarter
ROLB · StarterBradley ChubbStarter
DE · BackupLandon JacksonBackup
LOLB · BackupTJ ParkerBackup
ROLB · BackupMichael HoechtBackup

T.J. Sanders played 14 games in 2025 with a 42% snap share.

Production

2025 season
Latest season · 2025
1
Sacks
1
Passes defended

Background & career

T.J. Sanders is a defensive end for the Buffalo Bills who was selected 41st overall in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft. The 6'4", 290-pound edge rusher from Marion, South Carolina, attended the University of South Carolina. In his rookie season, Sanders recorded 1.0 sack and 1 pass defensed.

South Carolinathrough 2024
Bills2025 — present
CollegeSouth CarolinaDraftRound 2 · No. 41 overall · 2025 · BUFHometownMarion, SC