Bradley Central’s Austin SandersDynamite Dozen
No. 2 Austin SandersBradley Central — tackle• Schools recruiting: Has committed to Tennessee.• Why do you wear No. 52?”I just liked it. I wanted to be different [for a tackle]. I’ve worn it since my freshman year.”
If the high school football jamboree last weekend was any indication, Bradley Central will be running a lot to its left this season.
Bears tackle Austin Sanders showed why he is No. 2 on the Times Free Press Dynamite Dozen with 10 knockdown blocks in 11 offensive plays. And on one of those knockdowns he took out two defenders.
“He has really turned up the intensity in practice,” Bradley coach Damon Floyd said. “He’s a big, strong kid who is very athletic for his size.”
The University of Tennessee coaching staff saw the same things and collected a commitment from Sanders before his junior season, making him the team’s first commitment for the 2013 signing class. He will be the first Chattanooga-area player to sign with UT since 2011 when the Vols landed Calhoun’s Da’Rick Rogers and Nash Nance.