After four years at Cameron, he was recruited by Dana X. Bible and Blair Cherry to play at the University of Texas.

The next year, he played behind Jack Crain and still managed to rack up 365 yards and score 53 points, which was good enough to catch the eye of the Washington Redskins.

[1] Sanders had been the sixth overall pick of the 1942 NFL draft, but he had instead elected to serve in World War II.

He served in the United States Navy for two years before playing football for North Carolina Pre-Flight.

Sanders would serve in a variety of positions for the New York Yankees, playing tailback, defensive back, and punter, while starting nine of 13 games.

That year, the Yankees prevailed as the top team of the Eastern Division and won the right to play in the AAFC Championship.

He ran 24 times for 250 yards - despite being pulled from the game in the third quarter, a pro record that would not be touched until O. J. Simpson broke it over 25 years later.

He played in nine starts while making appearances in four others, and he ran 169 times (a league high for the third straight year) for 759 yards with nine touchdowns.

He responded by being named to the Pro Bowl and tying the NFL's all-time single season interception record with 13, which had been done by Dan Sandifer in 1948 with 13.

The Professional Football Researchers Association named Sanders to the PRFA Hall of Very Good Class of 2008.