2018 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
5:00 pm MT
Vince Sanford
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hamilton, OH
- High School:
- Hamilton
- Position:
- OLB
2021 - Played in 13 games, 12 starts ... among the MW and national leaders in three categories (Stat, MW, NCAA ranks): Forced Fumbles (.31/6th/19th), Sacks (.73/4th/23rd), Tackles for Loss (1.3/4th/17th) ... second-team all-MW selection ... led team with 17 tackles for loss for 118 yards ... his 118 yards ranks sixth in program history for a single season ... had 9.5 sacks for 91 yards ... his 9.5 sacks ranks eighth in Air Force history while his 91 yards is second, trailing only Chad Hennings, who had 182 during his Outland Trophy-winning season of 1987 ... three tackles vs. Louisville in bowl game ... six tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss vs. UNLV ... recorded six tackles, 2.0 sacks for 21 yards and 3.0 tackles for loss for 28 yards at Nevada ... he also had a forced fumble and quarterback hurry ... seven tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss for 10 yards and two quarterback hurries vs. Army ... three QB hurries and a pass breakup at Boise State ... recorded six tackles, a sack for minus 18 yards, 1.5 tackles for loss for 19 yards, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and a pass breakup vs. Wyoming ... named MW defensive player of the week for his efforts ... recorded a team-high eight tackles, including six unassisted, with a career-high 3.5 sacks for 36 yards at New Mexico ... his 36 yards of losses is the third most in program history and most since Dave Scott set the school record of 44 vs. Pacific in 1976 ... the 3.5 sacks stops behind the line of scrimmage are the most by a Falcon since 2019 ... career-high nine tackles vs. Utah State ... led the team for the first time in his career ... five tackles and a TFL at Navy ... returned to the Academy after missing 2020.
2020 – Did not see any action.
2019 – Played in seven games … recorded seven total tackles … recorded a career-high five total tackles in the season opener vs. Colgate … had two tackles vs. San Jose State.
2018 – Played in two games, seeing action vs. New Mexico and Wyoming … recorded one solo tackle, coming against New Mexico.
High School – Lettered four years in football and one in track … high school football coach was Chad Murphy … member of the National Honor Society.
Personal – Son of Vince Sanford, Sr., and Tamica Ross … has one sibling … member of cadet squadron 16 … majoring in economics … completed survival training and a summer academics class in the summer of 2019.
Career Highs
UT:........ 8, Utah State, 2021
AT:......... 3, Wyoming, 2021
TOT:...... 9, Utah State, 2021
TFL:........ 3.5, New Mexico, 2021
Career Statistics
Tackles
Year G UT-AT TOT TFL Sacks
2021 13 46-13 59 17.0-118 9.5-91
2019 7 4-3 7 0.0-0 0.0-0
2018 2 1-0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0
Total 22 51-16 67 17.0-118 9.5-91
