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'{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}} {{Infobox college football player |image= |name=Barry J. Sanders (B.J. Sanders) |birth_name = Barry James Sanders |school=Stanford Cardinal |currentnumber= 28 |currentposition=[[Running back]] |class=[[File:Redshirt.svg|15px|Redshirt]] [[Sophomore year|Sophomore]] |major= |birth_date={{birth date and age|1994|4|10}} |birth_place=[[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]] |highschool=[[Heritage Hall School|Oklahoma City (OK) Heritage Hall]] |heightft=5 |heightin=10 |weight=198 |highlights= * [[Pacific-12 Football Championship Game|Pac-12 champion]] ([[2013 Pacific-12 Football Championship Game|2013]]) |pastschools= * [[Stanford University]] (2012–present) |espn=535298 }} '''Barry James Sanders'''<ref name="sanders_on_name">{{cite web|last=Sanders|first=Barry|title=@BarrySanders|url=https://twitter.com/barrysanders/status/139408024900079616|publisher=Twitter|quote=When the truth is - I have no middle name. Thus making my son, Barry James Sanders, not a Barry "junior".|accessdate=September 9, 2013|date= 23 November 2011}}</ref> (born April 10, 1994) is an American college [[American football|football]] [[running back]] for the [[Stanford Cardinal football]] team. ==Early life== Sanders was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a son of Hall of Fame running back [[Barry Sanders]]. He is often erroneously referred to as "Barry Sanders, Jr.", which is inappropriate since the use of [[Suffix (name)#Generational titles|generational titles]] such as "Junior" formally requires an identical full name, not just a matching [[given name|first name]] and [[surname]]. There is no identical full name in this case, since his middle name is James and his father's middle name is David.<ref name="sanders_on_name"></ref> Referring to him as "Barry Sanders, Jr." would be as inappropriate as referring to his father as "Barry James Sanders, Sr." He graduated from [[Heritage Hall School|Heritage Hall High School]] in [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>"Barry Sanders", ESPN.com, http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/101856/barry-sanders, Retrieved January 8, 2012</ref> As a freshman in 2008, Sanders ran for 742 yards and twelve touchdowns while helping Heritage Hall to the 2008 Oklahoma 2A state title,<ref>[http://okvarsity.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=986035 Barry Sanders'son looks like future star]</ref><ref>[http://www.finheaven.com/forums/f3/barry-sanders-jr-leads-team-to-perfect-record-258023.html video clips of Barry Sanders' son]</ref> and he was the only sophomore on the 2009 ''[[Tulsa World]]'' all-state team.<ref>Matt Baker, [http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/highschool/article.aspx?subjectid=227&articleid=20100830_227_B1_CUTLIN167931 "In his father's image: Barry James Sanders is familiar, but for more than his name"], ''[[Tulsa World]]'', August 30, 2010.</ref> ==College Career== On January 5, 2012, during the [[U.S. Army All-American Bowl]], Sanders announced that he had committed to playing football for [[Stanford Cardinal football|Stanford University]].<ref>"Barry J. Sanders commits the Stanford", ESPN.com, http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/7436402/espu-150-barry-j-sanders-commits-stanford-cardinal, Retrieved January 8, 2012</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208167717&DB_OEM_ID=30600 Stanford University football bio] {{Persondata | NAME = Sanders, Barry J. | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football player | DATE OF BIRTH = April 10, 1994 | PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]] | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Barry J.}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]] [[Category:Stanford Cardinal football players]] [[Category:American football running backs]] [[Category:1994 births]] {{Runningback-stub}}'