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Miles Sanders

Miles Sanders

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James White

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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Sanders over White

 
 
 
 
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Outlook Miles Sanders

Deep Reserve Status Limits Fantasy Appeal in Late-Career Stage

Miles Sanders enters his eighth NFL season with very low expectations in the fantasy community. After a disappointing tenure in Carolina, he played in just four games during the 2025 season, registering 20 rushing attempts for 118 yards and eight receptions. Now at 29 years old, his roster footprint has dwindled significantly.

Our data highlights this massive dip in interest, with Sanders currently rostered in only 4% of fantasy leagues and virtually unstarted. Without a defined, consistent role or guaranteed depth-chart security, he is no longer the prominent backfield option he was during his early Philadelphia years.

Fantasy managers can safely ignore Sanders in standard drafts. He represents a deep-league stash at best, but unless several backfield injuries occur ahead of him, his path to weekly fantasy relevance is almost non-existent. We recommend leaving him on the waiver wire to begin the season.

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Owners starting White over Sanders

 
 
 
 
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Next Up ❱ Performance Comparison
Performance Miles Sanders
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Next Up ❱ Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Miles Sanders
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Next Up ❱ Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Miles Sanders
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Next Up ❱ Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Miles Sanders

    Overview

  • Just about every team utilizies the dreaded 'running backs by comittee' policy. Two solid #1 starters are hard to find.
  • Experts don't even rank him among RB's. Either he is on a bye week or is just plain bad. Based on his stats from the past 30 days, he is currently ranked 84th with 18.70 total points (3.74 avg).
  • Currently 346.9 points behind the leader: Christian McCaffrey
  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.
  • Decline in numbers lately by 3.7 PPG.

    • Receiving Stats

  • Top 100 in receptions, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 81st among RB.
  • Top 100 in targets, though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 83rd among RB.
  • Ranked 139th in Rec TDs among RB.

    • Rushing Stats

  • Top 100 in rush yards with 117 (23.40 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 78th among RB.
  • He is top 100 in rush tds with 1 (0.20 per game), though that isn't saying much, and is currently ranked 82nd among RB.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • Played in 6 less games this year than last year.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: Rush Yards: -40, Rush AVG: +2.1 Rush TDs: EVEN, Receptions: -13, Rec Yards: -68 Rec TDs: EVEN,
  • He is not getting enough touches to make a significant impact on the ground
Breakdown James White

    Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

    • Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
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Injury Miles Sanders

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Injury James White

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Next Up ❱ Matchup Comparison
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  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
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Overview

  • He has missed playing in at least 2 games but is not listed on the injury report as of today. Check out his player news to see if he has any nagging injuries.

Bonus Qualities

  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years:
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Next Up ❱ Career Comparison
Career Miles Sanders
RUSH RECEIVING
YEAR TEAM GP ATT YD AVG TD TGTS REC YD AVG TD
2019 PHI 16 179 818 4.6 3 63 50 509 10.2 3
2020 PHI 12 164 867 5.3 6 52 28 197 7.0 0
2021 PHI 12 137 754 5.5 0 34 26 158 6.1 0
2022 PHI 16 259 1269 4.9 11 26 20 78 3.9 0
2023 CAR 16 129 432 3.3 1 41 27 154 5.7 0
2024 CAR 11 55 205 3.7 2 30 24 148 6.2 1
2025 DAL 4 20 117 5.9 1 8 8 30 3.8 0
3-YEAR AVG 15 157 679 4.3 5 33 24 128 5.3 0
Totals 90 971 4594 4.7 26 255 184 1277 6.9 4
Career James White

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