In his only season as a full-time starter at OSU after backing up Thomas for two seasons, Sanders had one of the most dominant seasons in college football history in 1988, when he won the Heisman Trophy and was a unanimous All-American.
“If he were playing in today’s offenses, he very well could’ve rushed for 4,000 yards, easy,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy, who was the starting QB on that team, told ESPN in 2018.
He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004 after rushing for 15,269 yards in 10 NFL seasons.