2025 NFL DRAPL Scouting Report: South Carolina RB RAHEIM SANDERS – STEELERS DEPOT

From now on, to the NFL 2025 project, we hope to look at and create profiles for as many prospects as possible, exploring their strengths, weaknesses and what they can bring to the NFL franchise. These players can be potential top-10, until day 3 selections and priority for non-working free agents. Today, a reconnaissance report on South Carolina RB Raheim Sanders.

No.5 Raheim Sanders, RB, South Carolina (Senior) – 6000, 224 pounds

Sanctuary Cup invitation

Measurements

Good

– There is a position size for the position
– runs with decent force and force behind his pads
– can pierce a hand fight and fight for an additional yard
– has good acceleration and burst when it enters the open field
– likes to use his speed and burst to reach the corner around the edge of the defense
– can identify the cut bar and operate it to enter the open space
– a good job by following your blocks to reach the second level
-capable of a cut runner that can put a foot in the ground and go
“There is an attempt to part wide as a receiver
– able to get back from the back, as well as when split widely
– wishing to step in defense of the pass

Bad

– There is no initial speed from clicking and needs a track to continue
– better to go north/south to east/west as a runner
– is not extremely elusive in the back
– Runs pretty tightly, with less smoothness in its movements
“Sometimes it can be free to hold football
– has to do better when stepping in defense of the missed rather than diving of the defenders’ feet

Bio

– Senior Perspective of Rockledge, FL
– Born on June 8, 2002 (Age 22)
– Specialty Service Management
– received the nickname “rocket” thanks to its speed on the pitch and its youth team is called the rockets
-Whe athlete with three sports, playing football, basketball and track in high school
– played running back, wide receiver and linear player in high school
-Ethly stars according to rivals
– engaged with Arkansas outside high school
– Played in all 13 games in 2021 and there were 578 yards of 114 wearing five touchdowns, along with 11 receptions for 109 yards and results.
– played in 13 games (all starts) in 2022 and carried the ball 222 times for 1443 yards (6.5 ypc) and 10 touchdowns, along with 28 doses for 271 yards and two results
-It in only six games in 2023. Due to Labrum injury, he would have surgery to complete the season, registering 62 carries for 209 yards and two touchdowns, along with 10 receptions for 75 yards
– transferred to South Carolina before her senior year
– Played in 12 games with 11 starts in 2024 and registers 183 carries for 881 yards and 11 touchdowns, along with 27 receptions for 316 yards and two results
– suffered an ankle injury at the beginning of season 2024, through which he played
-first team All-SEC (2022), All-SEC All-SEC (2024), team captain (2024), 2024 College Football Coyback Player of the Year, 2024 Academic All -america, 3X Sec Fall Academic Honor , 2022, 2024)

Strip

Raheim Sanders was called a “rocket” of seven years because he looked like a rocket launched into space as he flew for a long pressure that moved untouched. This nickname is true today, as Sanders is a large, physical back that has the speed of home running to take it at the distance if it enters an open space.

Watch the video below against LSU while Sanders takes the show and takes the transfer outside of kach. It has a clear track on the second level when it hits the planes and pulls away from the rest of the defense for the long break.

Sanders loves to use his speed to try to reach the edge and around the corner of defense, using the side line as a track to the first marker down and beyond. Watch these repetitions below Sanders, which take the wearing and bounce it out against Texas A&M, using your speed to get to the corner and turn up for the first down in both carriers.

Sanders is a large back with the size to take a load and fight through possible fights when the end zone or the first marker down is at its range. See the play below against Missouri, where Sanders grabs the tunnel screen and breaks two attempts to deal before he meets two defenders on the goal line to reach the end zone for the output with the rest of the seconds.

Sanders works best as a runner when there is a runway or when he has to make a cut to get in the open space. Watch this clip below against Aggies, where Sanders approaches the brawl line, then bounces the wearing to the left, doing one cut off as you follow your blocker into the second level of protection to turn a potentially destroyed play into almost first wear.

However, Sanders is not the best of the movement side, as it is a little tight and hard as a runner, there is no mobility and the initial speed of the ball click to avoid the defenders in the back. Watch the video below, where Sanders collides in the back of his offensive liner, then runs back before trying to reach the corner, as tiger protection prevents him from reaching the line to win. Again, this is not the fault of Sanders, but you can see that the lack of speed and a desire to bounce move out.

Sanders is a capable hunter of a rear omission, accumulating 76 receptions in college. It can also be a load to take off in the open space after catching the ball, as you can see in the video below, catching the passage on the screen and turning up. However, Sanders killed the ball out of his hands, losing possession when the protection falls to the impact to ensure the turnover of the potential explosive game for the crime.

As for the protection of the pass, Sanders has the relative size you are looking for to stand and block against Blitzers and it can use this size to your advantage. However, Sanders must be more disciplined in its blocking mechanics, as it will occasionally look to reduce the opposite blits, as in the clip above, missing on her husband, who ultimately puts pressure on the defender.

Conclusion

Raheim Sanders is a large, explosive back, many teams would circulate in terms of measurewaas. He broke out as a sophomore in Arkansas, making over 1,700 yards of a common violation, showing his speed and bursting in his large frame. Shoulder injury in 2023 returned it to the ground, and an ankle injury in 2024 arisen to slow him down at times by asking many questions whether Sanders could be a more back, not just a home striker, He who needs a track to get a go.

When you invent Pro Comp for Sanders, CJ PROSISE came to the mind like one more back by Notre Dame with an attractive combination of size/speed standing 6002, 220 pounds while driving 4.48 40. He had a great crack and size, but the lack of lateral speed and injuries prevented him to develop in A Quality NFL back, tingling in the league after a few years.

I expect Sanders to go somewhere early on the 3rd day of the NFL 2025 project if his medical medical is checked for a team looking for a large back with an outburst to tear long runs and contribute to the passing game. He has many features that Pittsburgh Steelers is looking for in his back. However, he must prove that his recent problems with the injury are behind him and show more shift as a runner to be more than a committee at the next level, which is probably his best adaptation with another change back.

Project: Early Day 3
Deepot Draft: 7.4 – Rotary player (4th round)
Games watched: Against Texas A&M (2024), against Missouri (2024), against LSU (2024)