2026
2026 season · K · #19 · 9th season
Jason Sanders
Age 30 · 5'11" · 186 lb · New Mexico · Pick 229 overall (2018). The Jets' kicker on the depth chart, 8 games this season.
- How good+0.4 makes over what an average kicker would make from his distances, 13th of 31.
- RangeHis misses came from 40 and 54.
- Under pressureIn the fourth quarter or overtime of a one-score game: 4 of 4.
- Fantasy8.8 points a game, K11 of 32. Scoring is the same in every format.
- This weekWeek 9: at the Chiefs, Sunday, outdoors at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
How good is hehis kicks against the league, distance for distance
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field goal %made of tried | 89% | 12th of 31 | 63rd | |
| Over expectedmakes vs the league curve | +0.4 | 13th of 31 | 60th | |
| Over expected / tryper attempt | +0.02 | 15th of 31 | 53rd | |
| From 50+made | 3 | T-11th of 31 | 58th |
| Stat | Value | Rank | League | Pctl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg tryyards | 38.8 | T-24th of 31 | 23rd | |
| Extra point %made of tried | 93% | 22nd of 31 | 31st | |
| Kickoffstheir start, lower is better | 30.7 | T-19th of 31 | 39th | |
| Points a gameFG and extra points | 8.0 | T-11th of 31 | 65th |
| Yards | Made | His % | Expected | League | Over exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 30 | 1/1 | 100% | 98% | 98% | +0.0 |
| 30–39 | 10/10 | 100% | 93% | 97% | +0.7 |
| 40–49 | 3/4 | 75% | 88% | 79% | -0.5 |
| 50–54 | 3/4 | 75% | 70% | 67% | +0.2 |
| 55+ | 0/0 | – | – | 66% | – |
Expected is the chance an average kicker makes each of his tries, from a curve fitted to every field goal try of the three seasons before this one. A block counts as a miss. Over expected is his makes minus those chances added up.
Every kickwhere each try came from, and the ones that swung a game
17 of 19, and his tries average 38.8 yards, T-24th-longest among qualifying kickers. The ones that got away came from 40 and 54.
- 1Q2 2:44NYJWeek 1 at the Titans: 54 yards, no good, up 774% → 61%
- 2Q4 4:35NYJWeek 8 vs the Raiders: 31 yards, good, down 536% → 27%
- 3Q4 14:42NYJWeek 5 vs the Browns: 54 yards, good, up 161% → 68%
- 4Q4 9:01NYJWeek 7 vs the Dolphins: 33 yards, good, down 722% → 27%
- 5Q3 10:07NYJWeek 7 vs the Dolphins: 40 yards, no good, down 1414% → 9%
The change in his team's chance to win from the snap to the next play, from nflverse's model. A made kick can lower it: three points can be worth less than the touchdown chances the drive had.
Week by weekthe game log, with the conditions he kicked in
| Game | FG | Long | XP | Pts | Fant. | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 at TEN | 3/4 | 52 | 2/2 | 11 | 14 | 90°, wind 2 |
| Wk 2 vs GB | 1/1 | 32 | 2/2 | 5 | 5 | 69°, wind 7 |
| Wk 3 at DET | 1/1 | 42 | 1/1 | 4 | 5 | indoors |
| Wk 4 at CHI | 2/2 | 36 | 0/1 | 6 | 5 | 72°, wind 3 |
| Wk 5 vs CLE | 1/1 | 54 | 2/2 | 5 | 7 | outdoors |
| Wk 6 at NE | 4/4 | 42 | 1/1 | 13 | 15 | outdoors |
| Wk 7 vs MIA | 1/2 | 33 | 2/2 | 5 | 4 | outdoors |
| Wk 8 vs LV | 4/4 | 39 | 3/3 | 15 | 15 | outdoors |
Fantasy is ESPN standard: 3 points for a field goal up to 39 yards, 4 from 40–49, 5 from 50–59, 6 from 60+, minus 1 for a miss; 1 for an extra point, minus 1 for a miss. The same in every format.
Career8 seasons, 2 teams
His best year was 2020, 36 of 39 (92%) with a long of 56. This season he is 17 of 19 on field goals and 13 of 14 on extra points.
| Season | G | FG | % | Long | 50+ | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 MIA | 16 | 18/20 | 90% | 50 | 1/1 | 35/36 |
| 2019 MIA | 15 | 23/30 | 77% | 54 | 3/5 | 29/30 |
| 2020 MIA | 16 | 36/39 | 92% | 56 | 8/9 | 36/36 |
| 2021 MIA | 16 | 23/31 | 74% | 51 | 2/5 | 34/35 |
| 2022 MIA | 17 | 26/32 | 81% | 55 | 2/5 | 41/44 |
| 2023 MIA | 17 | 24/28 | 86% | 57 | 5/7 | 58/59 |
| 2024 MIA | 17 | 37/41 | 90% | 57 | 12/14 | 26/28 |
| 2026 so far NYJ | 8 | 17/19 | 89% | 54 | 3/4 | 13/14 |