Emanuel Zanders

{{Short description|American football player (born 1951)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2023}}

{{For|the wide receiver|Emmanuel Sanders}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Emanuel Zanders

| image =

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| number = 79

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|7|31}}

| birth_place = Demopolis, Alabama, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 248

| high_school = U.S. Jones (AL)

| college = Jackson State

| undraftedyear = 1974

| pastteams =

• Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1974}})*
• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|1974|1980}})
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|1981}})

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Emanuel Zanders (born July 31, 1951) is an American former professional football offensive lineman in the National Football League.{{cite web | url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/sports/college/jackson-state/2024/03/14/emanuel-zanders-jackson-state-football-nfl-career-new-orleans-saints/72944843007/ | title=How Jackson State football teammate's tip to a scout launched Emanuel Zanders' 8-year NFL career | work=Clarion-Ledger | date=March 14, 2024 | accessdate=21 January 2025 | author=Keith, J. T.}} He played for the New Orleans Saints from 1974 to 1980, and he played for the Chicago Bears in 1981. He played college football at Jackson State University.{{Cite web |title=Emanuel Zanders |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Z/ZandEm20.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013051732/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/Z/ZandEm20.htm |archive-date=2022-10-13 |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}

Zanders is a member of the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame 25 Years All-Time Team.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} He was a Saints captain from 1976 to 1979.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} In 1979, he was voted as the Saints Offensive Lineman of the Year.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} Other honors Zanders received in his professional career was the Soulful Saints, Inc. Offensive Player of the Year, 1978 and the National Sports Foundation Offensive Player of the Year, 1980.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

Zanders was inducted into the Jackson State University Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}