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Career Accolades

  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention - PFF (2021)
  • Two-time All-Pac-12 honorable mention - Coaches (2020, 2022)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021)
  • Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
  • Phil Moffatt Award (2019)

As a Senior (2022)

  • All Pac-12 honorable mention punter (Coaches)
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Stanford Special Teams Player of the Game (Week 8, ASU)
  • Acted as the Cardinal's lead punt kicker in all 12 games
  • Booted 57 punts, averaging 41.7 per kick
  • Totaled 2376 punt yards on the season
  • Pinned 18 punts inside the 20
  • Had nine punts of 50+ yards with a season-long of 59 yards
  • Tallied six punts, averaging 41.3 yards/punt, with a long of 51 yards and three downed inside the 20-yard line in Stanford's game at UCLA (Oct. 29) ... Allowed just three punt returns for a total of eight yards
  • Punted eight times with a 43.9 yard average in the 125th Big Game (Nov. 19) ... Four punts inside the 20 ... Recorded a season-long 59-yard punt

As a Junior (2021)

  • CoSIDA Academic All-District
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention - PFF 
  • Averaged 43.3 yards per punt off 63 punts on the year
  • Had 19 punts pin opponents inside the 20
  • Had 16 punts of 50+ yards with a long of 60 yards
  • Averaged 49.4 yards per punt off seven punts against No. 24 UCLA . . . pinned the Bruins inside the 20 twice (Sept. 25)
  • Served as the place kicker, kickoff specialist and punter at No. 22 Arizona State . . . 1-1 on field goals (32 yards) and didn't allow a punt return, pinning the Sun Devils inside the 20 on all three of his punts (Oct. 8) 

As a Sophomore (2020)

  • CoSIDA Academic All-District 
  • Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
  • All-Pac-12 honorable mention (Coaches)
  • Played in all six games
  • Punted 23 times for an average of 39.0 yards per punt
  • Had a long of 53 yards, one touchback, nine downed inside the 20, three of more than 50 yards and seven fair caught
  • Punted five times for 231 yards (46.2 per punt), including a long of 52, vs. Colorado (Nov. 14)
  • Punted a career-high-tying eight times for 301 yards (37.6 per punt), including a long of 49, at California in the 123rd Big Game (Nov. 27) ... pinned four of the eight punts inside the 20 yard line

As A Freshman (2019)

  • Phil Moffatt Award, given to the Most Outstanding Special Teams player
  • Only true freshman specialist in country to handle punting duties full-time, kickoff at least 20 times (27) and make 7-or-more field goals
  • Punted 52 times for 2,106 yards (40.5 avg) with 18 inside the 20
  • Kicked off 27 times for 1,694 yards (62.7 avg) with 14 touchbacks
  • Made 7-of-9 field goals with a long of 48 yards
  • Punted six times for 256 yards (42.7 avg), including a 57-yard punt, vs. Oregon (Sept. 21)
  • Punted three times for 151 yards (50.3 avg), including a career-best 68-yard punt in the fourth quarter, at Oregon State (Sept. 28)
  • Punted eight times for 324 yards (40.2 average) and was good on his first career PAT attempt vs UCLA (Oct. 17)
  • Handled all three phases of kicking game vs. Arizona (Oct. 26) ... 2-for-2 on field goals (33, 21) ... made first career field goal attempt - a 33-yard kick to close Stanford’s final drive of the first half ... punted five times and averaged 43.8 yards per punt with a long of 52 ... kicked off eight times with six touchbacks
  • Connected on a 40-yard field goal at Colorado (Nov. 9)
  • Connected on a career-best 48-yard field goal and also made a 44-yarder vs. California (Nov. 23)

Prior to Stanford 

  • Prepped at Francis W. Parker School (Calif.) under head coach Matt Morrison
  • Nation’s second-best kicker by PrepStar, third by Rivals, third by 247Sports, eighth by ESPN
  • Nation’s third-best punter by 247Sports
  • California’s 100th-best recruit by ESPN
  • Set 14 single-season and nine single-game school records
  • 2019 All-American Bowl
  • 2018 all-USA California first team
  • 2018 CIF San Diego Section Kicker of the Year
  • 2018 League Offensive Player of the Year
  • 2018 League Kicker of the Year
  • 2018 preseason all-state first team punter
  • 2018 Spanos All-Star Classic Bowl
  • 2018 Makasi All-Star Bowl
  • 2018 USA-American Football Worldwide Elite U19 team
  • 2017 MaxPreps Preseason First-Team All-American punter
  • 2017 all-league first team quarterback
  • 2017 all-league kicker/punter of the Year
  • 2017 all-state second team small school punter
  • 2016 special teams and defensive team MVP
  • 2015 U.S. Army Youth All-American Bowl
  • 2015 Elite Sports All-Star Bowl
  • 2014 U.S. Army Youth All-American Bowl
  • Two-time team captain
  • Two-time Team MVP (2017-18)
  • Also competed in baseball and lacrosse
  • Two-time league champion in lacrosse (2016-17)
  • 2017 all-league first team in lacrosse
  • 2016 all-league second team in lacrosse
  • 2015 league champion in baseball
  • Two-time all-league all-academic in football and lacrosse
  • 2017 all-league all-academic in baseball

Personal

  • Son of Susan and Richard Sanborn
  • Father was on the ski team and played rugby at Lyndon State College (Vt.)
  • Father also played lacrosse at Bentley University (Mass.)
  • Has an older sister, Caroline
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2019
Punter
6-3 / 205 lbs
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2020
Punter
6-3 / 195 lbs
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2021
Punter
6-3 / 200 lbs