2019 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
5:00 pm MT
Isaiah Sanders
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Colorado Springs, CO
- High School:
- Palmer Ridge
- Position:
- QB
2018 – Played in eight games, starting five … starts came vs. Florida Atlantic, Utah State, UNLV, Boise State and Army … third on the team in rushing with 466 yards and six touchdowns on 120 carries … hit 48-78 passes for a team-best 844 yards and four touchdowns … completed 61.5 percent of his passes which is the third-best completion percentage in a season in school history … had a quarterback efficiency rating of 161.66 which is the fourth-best in school history and best since 2016 … started and rushed for 21 yards on five carries and hit 5-7 passes for 77 yards at Army … averaged 135 yards and 2.5 rushing touchdowns and 213.5 yards and 1.5 touchdowns passing in back-to-back games at UNLV and Boise State … rushed for 270 yards and four touchdowns and hit 19-26 passes (73.1 percent) for 427 yards and three touchdowns in the games … his 427 yards passing in those two games are the most by a Falcon since Karson Roberts threw for a school record 550 in 2015 vs. Utah State and Boise State … started vs. Boise State and rushed for 97 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries and hit 10-15 passes for 210 yards and a career-best two touchdowns … three rushing yards short of becoming the only player in school history with two games of 100 yards rushing and 200 yards passing … started at UNLV and rushed for a season-high 173 yards and a career-high-tying three touchdowns with a career-long run of 45 yards … also hit 9-11 passes for a career-high 217 yards with a touchdown and a career-long 69 yard touchdown run … his 390 total yards vs. UNLV are the second-most in Air Force history … became just the fourth player in the NCAA at the time to pass for 200 yards and rush for 150 yards in a game during the 2018 season … picked up a remarkable 18 first downs (10 rushing, eight passing) in the game … rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown at Utah State while hitting 9-17 passes for 125 yards … first start of the season came at Florida Atlantic, rushing for 34 yards and hitting 8-13 passes for 164 yards and first-career touchdown pass … career-record of 2-4 as a starting quarterback … second among active Falcons with nine rushing touchdowns.
2017 – Played in three games, starting one … saw action against VMI, Boise State and Utah State … Rushed for 218 yards on 50 carries with three touchdowns … hit 4-15 passes for 33 yards … first-career start came vs. Utah State in the season finale … recorded a school-record 44 carries for career highs of 196 yards and three touchdowns … also hit 4-12 passes for 33 yards with an interception … two carries for 11 yards with a long of eight vs. VMI … four carries for 11 yards and a long of eight vs. Boise State.
2016 – Did not see any varsity action.
High School – Lettered three years each in football and basketball and one year in track … named second-team all-conference in football as a junior … first-team all-state honoree in football as a senior … earned third-team all-conference honors in basketball as a senior … high school football coach was Tom Pulford … had a 4.0-plus GPA all four years … earned academic all-state honors multiple times … earned a 33 on the ACT test … helped his team beat cross-town rival with a four-touchdown, 440 yard performance.
Personal – Son of Joseph and Lourdes Sanders … has two younger siblings … nickname is Zay … major is human factors engineering … would like to coach high school football someday … completed Operations Air Force and was on the cadet cadre for survival training in the summer of 2018 … completed a summer research program and was on the cadet leadership cadre for Basic Cadet Training last summer … is the vice president of Undivided, a non-profit focused on strengthening communities and helping community members create positive change in their spheres of influence … has served a volunteer at several Fellowship of Christian Athletes summer camps … leads a bible study at the Academy for classmates.
