Jason Sanders

Jason Sanders

28-Year-Old KickerK
Miami Dolphins
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Sanders is solidly in the middle tier of NFL kickers; good enough to keep his job so far but perhaps only one ugly cold streak away from losing it. He was the fantasy high-scorer and a First-Team All Pro back in 2020, but since then he's finished 23rd, 17th and 10th in fantasy points, converting 80.2 percent of field-goal attempts (including just nine of 19 from 50-plus yards) and 96.4 percent of PATs. Sanders finished 2023 ranked second in PATs made (58) and attempted (59), but he was tied for 24th in made field goals (24) and 25th in attempts (28). Odds are his volume will skew a bit back toward FGs this year, though Miami's red-zone efficiency under coach Mike McDaniel is probably no fluke. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a five-year, $22 million contract with the Dolphins in February of 2021.
Perfect in prime-time win
KMiami Dolphins
November 12, 2024
Sanders made all three of his field-goal attempts and converted both of his extra-point tries during Monday's 23-15 win against the Rams.
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Sanders has now made multiple field goals in three consecutive games, and he hasn't missed a kick during that span despite attempting three field goals from 50-plus yards out. It looks like he'll have another good setup in Week 11 when Miami hosts the Raiders.
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A breakout 2022 for the Miami offense didn't really change things for Sanders, who converted a career-high 41 PATs but went only 2-for-6 from beyond 50 yards for the second consecutive year. He did hit 12 of 13 in the 40-49 range, and in 2020 he went 8-for-9 from 50-plus en route to First Team All-Pro honors. The larger picture shows what's essentially a league-average kicker by modern standards, but that might work out just fine for fantasy if the Dolphins are one of the better teams in the league -- a real possibility after last year's breakout on offense was complemented by trades for OLB Bradley Chubb in November and CB Jalen Ramsey in March.
Sanders dropped off dramatically in 2021, making 74.2 percent of field-goal attempts after converting 92.3 percent the year prior. The Dolphins dramatically retooled their offense this season, which could open the door for the 2018 seventh-round pick to regain fantasy value. At the least, Sanders should see more attempts, which could bump him back into prominence provided he connects on a more consistent basis.
The Dolphins were rewarded for their patience when they stuck with Sanders after a poor 2019 campaign. He bounced back last year to make his third pro season the best yet, missing only three kicks while tying Younghoe Koo for first in fantasy points. Sanders isn't likely to get 39 FGAs again, but he is one of the more reliable kickers, missing just 12 field goals and two PATs in three NFL seasons.
Sanders bested the expectations for volume last season, but he shanked seven FG attempts, including four from 40-49 yards. He was much better as a rookie the year before, and the Dolphins aren't expected to bring in another candidate for the kicking job. Even so, a rebuilding franchise isn't exactly fertile ground for kicker fantasy production, likely leaving Sanders another year away from relevance.
A seventh-round pick last year, Sanders did a nice job with his limited opportunities on a bad Dolphins team, making a strong case to get more chances from long distance this season. He's probably looking at another low-volume season as the team sets out on a rebuilding project under new coach Brian Flores, with Josh Rosen and Ryan Fitzpatrick surrounded by a subpar supporting cast and a bad defense.
Selected in the seventh round of this year's draft, Sanders converted only 25 of 35 field-goal attempts at New Mexico State, but his leg strength apparently made an impression. The Dolphins plan to bring in a veteran or an undrafted rookie to compete for the job, after allowing Cody Parkey to leave for Chicago. Parkey only got 23 field-goal attempts and 29 PAT tries in 16 games for a miserable Miami team last year.
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Faultless in road loss
KMiami Dolphins
November 4, 2024
Sanders made both of his two field-goal tries and converted all three of his extra-point attempts during Sunday's 30-27 loss at Buffalo.
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Perfect in Week 8 loss
KMiami Dolphins
October 28, 2024
Sanders converted both of his field-goal attempts and all three extra-point tries during Sunday's 28-27 loss to the Cardinals.
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Misses 54-yarder in loss to Colts
KMiami Dolphins
October 21, 2024
Sanders converted one of two field-goal tries and his lone extra-point attempt during Sunday's 16-10 loss to Indianapolis.
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Solid in narrow win over Patriots
KMiami Dolphins
October 7, 2024
Sanders converted three of four field-goal attempts during Sunday's 15-10 win over New England.
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Does job in loss
KMiami Dolphins
October 2, 2024
Sanders made both of his field-goal attempts in Monday's 31-12 loss to the Titans.
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Job security on shaky ground?
KMiami Dolphins
April 19, 2020
Sanders, who went 23-for-30 on field-goal attempts in 2019, could get some competition for the starting placekicker job via the upcoming draft, Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald reports.
ANALYSIS
It probably seems like just yesterday to Sanders that his own name was called during the third day of the 2018 draft, when Miami invested a seventh-round pick on him. However, it's rare for any non-elite kicker not to be confronted with competition annually, so Jackson's report that the Dolphins have had multiple virtual interviews with several potential draftees at the position in recent weeks isn't exactly surprising. Jackson makes specific mention of Utah State's Dominic Eberle (21-for-24 on FG attempts in 2019) and the Georgia's Rodrigo Blankenship, the latter who boasted a 6-for-9 tally on attempts of 50 or more yards during his four seasons for the Bulldogs.
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