Former Rockledge Raider, Current Arkansas Running Back Raheim Sanders Earns Freshman All-SEC Honors
By ArkansasRazorbacks.com // December 10, 2021
rushed for 499 yards on 101 carries during 2021, had 11 receptions out of the backfield
Some all-SEC honors for the rookies@raheim_sanders X @cameronglittle pic.twitter.com/1LvsUcOOrX
— Arkansas Razorback Football (@RazorbackFB) December 9, 2021
(ARKANSASRAZORBACK.COM) – Former Rockledge Raider, and current University of Arkansas running back Raheim Sanders earned Freshman All-SEC Recognition.
Sanders ranks second in the SEC among freshmen by rushing for 499 yards on 101 carries, for a 5.8 yards per carry average, and tied for the league’s freshman lead, running for three touchdowns.
He added 11 receptions out of the backfield for 109 yards and a touchdown, scoring four total touchdowns on the season.
Against Ole Miss, the Rockledge product ran for a season-high 139 yards, the highest single-game total by any Razorback this year.
Sanders produced the most rushing yards by an Arkansas freshman since Devwah Whaley totaled 602 in 2016.
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ABOVE VIDEO: Raheim Sander stopped by the Space Coast Daily– Friday Night Locker Room Mike Erdman Cadillac Studios in Merritt Island when he was in high school to speak with Space Coast Daily’s Juan Rodriguez.
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