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Cord Sandberg Season 2020

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Cord Sandberg Season 2020

PositionQB
Weight222 lbs
Height6-3
ClassSophomore
HometownBradenton, Fla.

2020: Reserve quarterback … pass completion in the Citrus Bowl … SEC academic honor roll

2019: Backup quarterback … saw first action vs. Kent State … 5-7 passing vs. Samford, with TD passes to Zach Farrar of 27 and 4 yards; also rushed for 31 yards ... SEC academic honor roll

2018: Backup quarterback who arrived in August after a stint in minor league baseball … saw first action vs. Alabama State, rushing for 35 yards and throwing a 22-yard pass to Cedric Chambers ... SEC first-year academic honor roll

Before Auburn: Played six seasons in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system as an outfielder, posting a .243 career batting average and rising as high as Class AA … 2015 minor league Gold Glove winner … he was a third-round pick of the Phillies in the 2013 draft out of Manatee (Fla.) High

High School: 2012 HTPreps Football Player of the Year and Class 7A State Player of the Year at Manatee High for Coach Joe Kinnan … passed for 2,735 yards and 35 touchdowns with 1 interception in 264 attempts … also ran for 600 yards on 96 carries, a 6.25 average, with 10 TD … for his three-year career,  572-786 (73%) for 7,829 yards with 79 touchdowns and 11 interceptions and rushed for 1,991 yards and 31 touchdowns … top 4% of class academically

Personal: Birthday is January 2 … son of Chuck and Kelsie Sandberg … father played baseball at Florida and in the Red Sox organization … has a brother, Chase, and a sister, Callee ... married to Haley Gray, who played golf at Findlay and works in sports marketing … studying in the College of Liberal Arts ... also enjoys golf