GREEN BAY, Wis. – T.J. Sanders’ biography at South Carolina notes he “also played basketball.”
He did more than “also” play basketball. At Marion (S.C.) High School, he was an all-state basketball player as a junior and the state’s defensive player of the year in football as a senior.
“I was a hooper. I wasn’t touching no football,” the NFL-bound defensive tackle, who had a predraft visit with the Green Bay Packers on Friday, according to a source, said at South Carolina’s pro day. “One minute you think you are going to the NBA and the next thing you are doing things for the NFL.