Is T.J. Sanders related to Shedeur? What to know about Bills' rookie defensive tackle

Billy Heyen

Is T.J. Sanders related to Shedeur? What to know about Bills' rookie defensive tackle image

The Buffalo Bills have a new defensive tackle. His last name is Sanders.

His first name? T.J.

And he's a big guy.

There are four Sanders rookies in the NFL this season, somehow, including Shedeur, Shilo and Raheim. And T.J.

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Is T.J. Sanders related to Shedeur?

No, Buffalo Bills rookie T.J. Sanders isn't related to Browns rookie QB Shedeur Sanders.

Shedeur and Shilo Sanders are brothers, and they're the sons of Deion Sanders.

The Bills picked T.J. in the second round out of South Carolina.

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He's listed at 6-foot-4 and 297 pounds.

And he's crucial for Buffalo this season, with a young defense including multiple rookie DTs along with Ed Oliver.

He'll get to make a name for himself.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle