Cedric Saunders
{{Short description|American football player and executive (born 1972)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Cedric Saunders
| number = 49, 85
| position = Tight end
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|9|30}}
| birth_place = Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 240
| high_school = Sarasota (Sarasota, Florida)
| college = Ohio State (1990–1993)
| undraftedyear = 1994
| pastteams =
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1995}})
- Scottish Claymores ({{NFLE Year|1997}})
| pastexecutive =
- Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1999|2000}})
Area scout - Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2001|2005}})
Director of player development - Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2006}})
Assistant to the head coach / football operations - Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2007|2014}})
Vice president of football operations - Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2015}})
Senior vice president of football operations
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 3
| pfr = SaunCe20
}}
Cedric Randall Saunders (born September 30, 1972) is the vice president of Goal Line Football.
Football career
Saunders attended the Ohio State University and was a four-year starter there as a receiver and posted 68 career receptions for a total of 853 yards. As a senior in 1993, he recorded 27 catches and earned second-team All-Big 10 honors; he was honorable mention selection as a junior. Saunders went along to play pro with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he spent three seasons in training camp from (1994–96) and saw action on both the practice squad and the active roster as a tight end in 1995. He also played with the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe in 1997.{{cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/s/saun00200.html|title=Cedric Saunders|website=profootballarchives.com|access-date=August 1, 2024}}
Family
Saunders and his wife, Bashi, have four children together: two daughters, Reegan and CharlieBleu, and two sons, Cayden and Kai.
Occupation history
In 1999-2000, he became an area scout for the Kansas City Chiefs, and then a director of player development in 2001-05 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.{{cite web|url=https://pro-football-history.com/coach/2664/cedric-saunders-bio|title=Cedric Saunders|website=pro-football-history.com|access-date=August 1, 2024}} He joined the Detroit Lions in 2006 and has moved up in the administration.{{cite web |last=Klonke |first=Chuck |url=http://www.detroitlions.com/team/staff/cedric-saunders/8f225644-dc28-4f48-981c-679fea62d48e |title=Cedric Saunders |publisher=Detroit Lions |date=November 7, 2010 |accessdate=November 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072618/http://www.detroitlions.com/team/staff/cedric-saunders/8f225644-dc28-4f48-981c-679fea62d48e |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead }} He eventually served as senior vice president of football operations, until he was fired in January of 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/14627801|title=Lions fire VP of football operations, source says|date=2016-01-22|website=ESPN.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-09}} Saunders is now an NFLPA Certified Contract Advisor and vice president at Goal Line Football.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goallinefootball.com/|title=goallinefootball|website=goallinefootball|language=en|access-date=2019-08-09}}{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/sports/2020/08/28/cedric-saunders-nfl-college-football-agent-sarasota-high/5642390002/|title=Former Sarasota High football star Saunders a not-so-secret agent man|website=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|first=Doug|last=Fernandes|date=August 28, 2020|access-date=August 1, 2024}}
References
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Category:Players of American football from Sarasota, Florida
Category:American football tight ends
Category:Sarasota High School alumni
Category:Ohio State Buckeyes football players
Category:Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
Category:Scottish Claymores players
Category:Kansas City Chiefs scouts
Category:Tampa Bay Buccaneers executives