2017 Football Roster

Urbana Athletics
Urbana Athletics

4 Trevon Saunders

  • Class Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 5-8 / 162
  • Position WR
  • Hometown Columbus, Ohio
  • Highschool Africentric

Biography

  Rankings Among Active Career Leaders in NCAA II (entering 2017 season)
  All-purpose yards   3rd (4,099)
  Yards per catch   t-8th (16.0)
  Touchdowns   t-8th among WR's (24)
  Receiving yards/game   14th (64.1)
  Receptions/game   t-18th (4.0)









2016 (Junior Season): All-MEC Second Team selection ... Don Hansen Football Gazette's All-Super 1 Region Third Team as all-purpose player ... set UU single-season record for most touchdowns in a season (15), which tied him for seventh among NCAA leaders last season ... has 24 career receiving touchdowns and needs seven to break the all-time UU record ... also set game records for most receiving TD's (4) and receiving yards (232) in home win over Cincinnati Christian (10.8.16) ... produced the highest total of all-purpose yards by any MEC player in 2016 with 312 total yards at Fairmont St. (10.1.16) ... hauled a team-best 66 receptions for 961 yards on the season ... totaled 1,631 all-purpose yards ... recorded a season-high 131 receiving yards against UVa-Wise on nine catches and scored twice, despite not playing in the second half ... appeared on the MEC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll ... landed on AD's Fall Honor Roll.

2015 (Sophomore Season): Named All-MEC Honorable Mention...Started all 11 games at WR...Posted breakout year by leading the Blue Knights with a career-high eight receiving touchdowns...He produced team and career highs in receptions (48), receiving yards (878), average receiving yards per game (79.8), and average yards per catch (18.3)...Four games with at least 100 receiving yards...The 5-foot-8 speedster recorded the second-longest TD reception in MEC and school history, a 95-yarder in Week 9 at UVa-Wise...Also proved a huge threat in the return game...Finished second in the MEC with an average of 144.6 all-purpose yards per game...Registered at least 200 all-purpose yards in four games...Had career-high 273 all-purpose yards in Week 2 win at West Virginia State, including a career-long 50-yard rush and game-winning 38-yard touchdown reception with six seconds left...Recorded career-best 62-yard kickoff return at UVa-Wise...Totaled 22 kickoff returns for a total of 519 yards, with an average of 23.6 yards per return...Returned four punts for a total of 67 yards (16.8 avg) with career-high 36-yard return at West Liberty.

2014 (Freshman Season): Appeared in all 11 games this season for the Blue Knights...Played mostly wide receiver, Saunders recorded 18 catches for 276 yards and one touchdown...His longest reception went for 47 yards against Charleston...Saunders was also on kick return where he recorded 26 returns for 595 yards, his longest return was for 55 yards...He averaged 22.9 yards per kick return.

2013 (Redshirt Season): Redshirted his first season at Urbana University.

High School: Named First Team All-City and First Team All-District for Coach Eugene Barrett at Columbus Africentric High School...Led the team with 15 touchdowns and over 2,500 all-purpose yards as a senior...Five of his touchdowns came on kick returns.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2015Junior

    WR
    5'8" 153 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2016Junior

    WR
    5'8" 153 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2017Senior

    WR
    5'8" 162 lbs
    4