Dane Sanzenbacher

Dane Sanzenbacher

Sanzenbacher runs behind Justin Boren for Ohio State. vs Navy.
No. 18     Chicago Bears
Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: October 13, 1988 (1988-10-13) (age 23)
Place of birth: Toledo, Ohio
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Weight: 182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
College: Ohio State
Undrafted in 2011
Debuted in 2011 for the Chicago Bears
Career history
Chicago Bears (2011–present)
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
2010 1st team All-Big Ten honors 2010 Team MVP 2010 Team Most Inspirational Player
Stats at NFL.com

Dane Sanzenbacher (born October 13, 1988) is an American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was signed by the Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Ohio State.

High school career

Sanzenbacher played high school football at Central Catholic High School (Toledo, Ohio). Sanzenbacher holds the school record for multiple categories including career receiving yards with 2,808, career receptions with 151, and career all purpose yards with 4,079. He is fourth in career scoring with 167 points.^[1] He helped guide Central Catholic to the 2005 state championship with two touchdown receptions. He was a two-time Toledo City League player of the year. His junior year, Dane earned first-team all-state.

As a junior, Dane grabbed 71 receptions for 16 touchdowns and 1,424 yards. He also played defensive back and had 11 interceptions. HIs senior season, Dane had 61 receptions for 1,079 yards and 11 touchdowns. In seven career playoffs games, he recorded 40 receptions for 842 yards and nine touchdowns in addition to 40 solo tackles and eight interceptions.

Sanzenbacher also ran track and was all-state in the 400-meter dash.

He committed to Ohio State in July 2006 and was ranked as the No. 12 overall prospect in Ohio.

College career

Statistics

	Receiving
Year	Rec	Yds	Yd/Rec	Tds
2007	12	89	7.4	1
2008	21	272	13.0	1
2009	36	570	15.8	6
2010	55	948	17.2	11
Total	121	1820	15.0	19
Source: Big Ten Network[2]

2007 (Freshman)

Sanzenbacher had 12 catches for 89 yards as a true freshman. He caught a touchdown on his very first college reception, a three yard reception from Todd Boeckman in the Youngstown State win. He received a letter for the year.

2008 (Sophomore)

Sanzenbacher was among OSU's top three receivers. For the year, he had 21 receptions for 272 yards and 1 touchdown. His season long reception went for 53 yards.

2009 (Junior)

Sanzenbacher was the Buckeye's second leading receiver for the year. He grabbed 36 receptions for 570 yards and 6 touchdowns. He had a career long 76 yard reception. When the Buckeyes played his hometown team, the Toledo Rockets, Dane had a career game with 5 receptions going for 126 yards and 2 touchdowns.

2010 (Senior)

Sanzenbacher finished his senior season as the Buckeyes leading receiver. He led all Buckeyes with 55 receptions, 948 receiving yards, and 11 receiving touchdowns. In week 4, Sanzenbacher had a break-out game with four receiving touchdowns against Eastern Michigan, tying the OSU record for most receiving touchdowns in a game. Sanzenbacher earned first-team All-Big Ten honors. At the team banquet, Sanzenbacher was voted as the team’s most valuable player as well as the Bo Rein Award winner as the team’s most inspirational player. Coach Jim Tressel revealed that, for the first time he could recall, one player won both of the team’s top awards and won them by a landslide.

Professional career

Chicago Bears

Sanzenbacher was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent following the 2011 NFL Draft on July 26, 2011. On August 10, 2011, the Chicago Bears released their first depth chart, with Sanzenbacher at the third string wide receiver position. He eventually joined the 53-man roster. In a game against the New Orleans Saints, Sanzenbacher scored his first touchdown. As of the Vikings game on October 16, Sanzenbacher has scored 3 touchdowns.

References

1. ^ http://cchsfightingirishfootball.com/records.html
2. ^ [1]

External links

• Scout.com profile
• Ohio State Bio