TE · Carolina Panthers · #0

Ja'Tavion Sanders

TE4

College: Texas
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 252 lb
Experience: 2nd season

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Season

EPA / target

+0.13▼ 0.14 vs '24

14th of 19 TEs

Catch rate

85.3%▲ 8.5 vs '24

1st of 19 TEs

Yards / target

5.6▼ 2.4 vs '24

19th of 19 TEs

Target share

9.2%▼ 1.1 vs '24

19th of 19 TEs

Receiving

190 yds+0.13 EPA/TGT

29 rec · 34 tgt · 1 td

Ranks compare against the 18 qualifying tight ends on the 2025 leaderboard plus Sanders.

Week-by-week

EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2024 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2025

Receiving+4.4

Rushing0.0

Net+4.4

Best game · Wk 2 @ ARI

7/9

Rec/Tgt

Rec yds

+3.2

Rec EPA

+0.36

EPA/target

7.7

Yds/rec

2025 game log

	Receiving									Rushing
Game	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Average depth of targetAir yards per target.	Receiving EPAExpected points added on targets, including incompletions and interceptions.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
Wk 1 @ JAXL	3	2	27	13.5	0	66.7	13.7	+1.1	+0.36	0	0	0
Wk 2 @ ARIL	9	7	54	7.7	0	77.8	6.2	+3.2	+0.36	0	0	0
Wk 3 vs ATLW	2	2	11	5.5	0	100.0	0.5	+1.4	+0.71	0	0	0
Wk 7 @ NYJW	2	0	0	–	0	0.0	10.0	−1.9	−0.94	0	0	0
Wk 8 vs BUFL	3	3	19	6.3	0	100.0	0.7	−0.4	−0.12	0	0	0
Wk 9 @ GBW	1	1	5	5.0	0	100.0	5.0	+0.2	+0.19	0	0	0
Wk 10 vs NOL	5	5	32	6.4	0	100.0	3.0	−0.7	−0.14	0	0	0
Wk 11 @ ATLW	4	4	22	5.5	0	100.0	2.5	+1.0	+0.24	0	0	0
Wk 12 @ SFL	1	1	6	6.0	0	100.0	5.0	−0.2	−0.17	0	0	0
Wk 13 vs LAW	0	0	0	–	0	–	–	–	–	0	0	0
Wk 15 @ NOL	2	2	5	2.5	0	100.0	1.5	−0.7	−0.34	0	0	0
Wk 16 vs TBW	2	2	9	4.5	1	100.0	3.0	+1.4	+0.69	0	0	0
Wk 17 vs SEAL	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Season	34	29	190	6.6	1	85.3	4.8	+4.4	+0.13	0	0	0

How he compares

2025 tight ends who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

Rookie deal · signed 2024 with Panthers

$5Mover 4 years

Avg. per year: $1.3M
Guaranteed: $874K 17%
2025 cap hit: $1.3M 0.4% of the cap
Signed: 2024
Runs through: 2027

2024

2025 · now

2026

2027

Year 2 of 4

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall		Receiving									Rushing
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Yards per targetReceiving yards per target, including incompletions.	Target shareShare of the team's targets, averaged across games.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
2025	13	+4.4	34	29	190	1	85.3	6.6	5.6	9.2	+0.13	0	0	0
2024	16	+11.7	43	33	342	1	76.7	10.4	8.0	10.3	+0.27	0	0	0
Career	29	+16.1	77	62	532	2	80.5	8.6	6.9	9.8	+0.21	0	0	0