SEPTEMBER 26 • DALLASNEWS.COM
MILES SANDERS #24 - RUNNING BACK - DALLAS COWBOYS
117 YDS •
20 ATT •
1 TD
117 YDS
20 ATT
1 TD
Cowboys rookie Jaydon Blue fighting for opportunities as veterans carry rushing attack The production of starter Javonte Williams and backup Miles Sanders, a group that’s averaging 125 yards per game, has limited Blue’s chances...
Pads stats late in blowout loss Sanders recorded nine carries for 41 yards in Sunday's 31-14 loss to the Bears. He added three receptions on three targets for 12 yards.
Impact Sanders recorded a season-high nine carries and 12 total touches, though those numbers were inflated by his usage during garbage time. Four of his rushing attempts came on Dallas' final offensive possession, with Joe Milton under center and many of the team's reserve skill-position players earning snaps. Javonte Williams remains the team's clear lead back, with Sanders serving in a change-of-pace role.
SEPTEMBER 22 • ROTOWIRE
Pads stats late in blowout loss Sanders recorded nine carries for 41 yards in Sunday's 31-14 loss to the Bears. He added three receptions on three targets for 12 yards.
Impact Sanders recorded a season-high nine carries and 12 total touches, though those numbers were inflated by his usage during garbage time. Four of his rushing attempts came on Dallas' final offensive possession, with Joe Milton under center and many of the team's reserve skill-position players earning snaps. Javonte Williams remains the team's clear lead back, with Sanders serving in a change-of-pace role.
SEPTEMBER 22 • ROTOWIRE
Javonte Williams, Miles Sanders once again provide positive boost for Cowboys' run game The Cowboys rushed for 121 yards on 20 carries against Chicago on Sunday.
SEPTEMBER 22 • DALLASNEWS.COM
Finds end zone Sunday Sanders carried the ball five times for 15 yards and a touchdown and caught both his targets for four yards in Sunday's 40-37 overtime win over the Giants.
Impact Javonte Williams had another big game as the lead back for the Cowboys, but Sanders scored his first TD of the season on a four-yard scamper in the fourth quarter. His usage in the red zone does give him some small bit of fantasy intrigue in deep formats, but as long as Williams remains healthy, Sanders' volume will be limited. Through his first two games with Dallas, he's managed 69 scrimmage yards on 12 touches.
SEPTEMBER 15 • ROTOWIRE
Finds end zone Sunday Sanders carried the ball five times for 15 yards and a touchdown and caught both his targets for four yards in Sunday's 40-37 overtime win over the Giants.
Impact Javonte Williams had another big game as the lead back for the Cowboys, but Sanders scored his first TD of the season on a four-yard scamper in the fourth quarter. His usage in the red zone does give him some small bit of fantasy intrigue in deep formats, but as long as Williams remains healthy, Sanders' volume will be limited. Through his first two games with Dallas, he's managed 69 yards from scrimmage on 12 touches.
SEPTEMBER 15 • ROTOWIRE
Aubrey ends wild Prescott-Wilson duel with FG as time expires in OT as Cowboys top Giants 40-37
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Costly fumble in Week 1 loss Sanders rushed four times for 53 yards, caught his only target for minus-3 yards and lost a fumble in Thursday's 24-20 loss to the Eagles.
Impact Sanders worked in a change-of-pace role behind Javonte Williams, who established himself as the top option in Dallas' remade backfield by rushing 15 times for 54 yards and two touchdowns. Sanders ripped off a 49-yard run in the third quarter but fumbled later on the same drive. Dak Prescott made a touchdown-saving tackle to bail Sanders out to an extent, but that red-zone fumble still proved costly in the four-point loss. Rookie fifth-round pick Jaydon Blue was a healthy scratch Thursday, but any further ball security issues from Sanders could open the door for Blue to usurp the veteran as Williams' backup.
SEPTEMBER 5 • ROTOWIRE
Jalen Carter awaits discipline from the NFL, which made sportsmanship a priority
The NFL made it clear before the season that sportsmanship would be a point of emphasisSEPTEMBER 5 • Associated Press
Cowboys have no choice but to bench polarizing vet after primetime collapse The Dallas Cowboys have to bench veteran running back Miles Sanders after his dreadful fumble against the Philadelphia Eagles.
SEPTEMBER 5 • THELANDRYHAT.COM
Don't Forget These 5: Costly drops & fumbles Plays that might be forgotten include a major missed opportunity when Miles Sanders didn’t get into the end zone and then fumbled.
SEPTEMBER 5 • DALLASCOWBOYS.COM
Defending champion Eagles edge Cowboys 24-20 in wild, lightning-delayed NFL season opener
Jalen Hurts rushed for two touchdowns for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, who lost their hot-tempered star defender for spitting on Dak Prescott, then withstood a rare...SEPTEMBER 5 • Associated Press
Quinyon Mitchell recovers Sanders' red-zone fumble for Eagles Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Quinyon Mitchell recovers Dallas Cowboys running back Miles Sanders' red-zone fumble for the Eagles.
SEPTEMBER 5 • NFL.COM
Can't-Miss Play: 49-yard run! Miles Sanders torches his former team in Philly Dallas Cowboys running back Miles Sanders delivers a huge 49-yard rush against his former team Philadelphia Eagles.
SEPTEMBER 5 • NFL.COM
Highlight: Quinyon Mitchell recovers Miles Sanders' red zone fumble for Eagles Philadelphia Eagles corner back Quinyon Mitchell recovers Dallas Cowboys running back Miles Sanders' red zone fumble for the Eagles.
SEPTEMBER 5 • PHILADELPHIAEAGLES.COM
Set for Cowboys debut Sanders, Javonte Williams and FB Hunter Luepke will serve as the Cowboys' backfield options Thursday in Philadelphia with rookie Jayden Blue (coach's decision) inactive, Calvin Wat...
Impact Sanders and company thus won't have to yield reps to Blue, a rookie fifth-round pick, to begin the season, but ultimately the breakdown of reps between Sanders, Williams and Luepke remains to be seen. In his only appearance of the preseason, Sanders mustered 15 yards on seven carries, and he's coming off a career-low 205 rushing yards in 11 regular-season games with the Panthers in 2024, so he doesn't seem to have much utility unless he receives a significant number of touches.
SEPTEMBER 4 • ROTOWIRE
Sidesteps injury report Sanders (shoulder) wasn't listed on the Cowboys' injury report Monday, Todd Archer of ESPN.com reports.
Impact Sanders was sidelined for Dallas' third and final exhibition Aug. 22 against the Falcons due to a shoulder injury, but his lack of presence on the team's first practice report of the campaign indicates he's good to go for Week 1. Jaydon Blue (ankle) also wasn't on Monday's report, so the reserve RBs behind Javonte Williams will be available Thursday at Philadelphia.
SEPTEMBER 1 • ROTOWIRE
Cowboys difficult to read after Parsons trade overshadows Prescott return, Schottenheimer debut
It’s tough to tell which direction the Dallas Cowboys are headed under first-year coach Brian Schottenheimer after the five-year run with Mike McCarthy ended with a losing record t...AUGUST 28 • Associated Press
Tending to shoulder injury Coach Brian Schottenheimer said Sanders didn't play in Friday's 31-13 preseason win against the Falcons due to a shoulder injury, Calvin Watkins of The Dallas Morning News reports.
Impact Sanders missed time early in training camp and the Cowboys' first exhibition due to a bruised knee. He improved enough to suit up last Saturday versus the Ravens en route to seven carries for 15 yards among his 11 offensive snaps. Sanders' injury combined with Jaydon Blue hurting his right ankle Friday leaves Javonte Williams as the sole healthy member of the team's top trio of running backs.
AUGUST 23 • ROTOWIRE
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AUGUST 22 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM
Seven carries in preseason debut Sanders rushed the ball seven times for 15 yards in Saturday's 31-13 preseason loss to the Ravens.
Impact Sanders had been sidelined by a knee injury for a long stretch of training camp, so his ability to make his preseason debut was a positive. He started the game with Javonte Williams resting and appeared on two offensive possessions. The results were far from noteworthy, but there should be some clarity to come in the next few weeks regarding the running back depth chart in Dallas now that Sanders can fully participate in team activities.
AUGUST 17 • ROTOWIRE
Happy homecomings for QB Cooper Rush, rookie K Tyler Loop in Ravens' 31-13 win over Cowboys
Cooper Rush threw a touchdown pass and a pick-6 in his return to AT&T Stadium, and rookie Tyler Loop kicked five field goals as the Baltimore Ravens beat the Dallas Cowboys 31-13AUGUST 17 • Associated Press
Takes part in team drills Sanders participated in team drills Wednesday for the first time in more than a week, Todd Archer of ESPN reports.
Impact The veteran running back returned to practice Tuesday after missing time with a knee issue, and he was a full participant Wednesday. Sanders remains behind Javonte Williams on the Cowboys' backfield depth chart, and he was being pushed by rookie Jaydon Blue (heel) earlier in camp before the 2025 fifth-round pick was sidelined last week. Given that he only signed a one-year, $1.34 million contract with the team back in March, Sanders isn't a lock to have a significant role in the offense.
AUGUST 14 • ROTOWIRE
Cowboys RB Miles Sanders (knee) returns to full practice Dallas Cowboys running back Miles Sanders was a full participant in Tuesday's padded practice after missing about two weeks of training camp...
AUGUST 12 • THESTATE.COM
