'Dogs headed for the draft

Position: Left Tackle
Height: 6-4
Weight: 307
40-yard dash: 5.06 seconds
Vertical: 31 1/2 inches
Bench reps: 21

Logan Mankins was a force his senior season with Fresno State. It was somewhat common for him to knock a defender off his feet and then plow him again before he could get up.

Mankins did not allow a sack the entire 2004 season and tallied a school-record 82 pancake blocks.

The left tackle, who might play guard in the NFL, started all 14 games during his 2001 freshman campaign, protecting David Carr’s blindside. He again started all 14 games in 2002.

But in 2003, Mankins was forced to sit out the entire season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.
Mankins came to Fresno State as a walk-on out of Mariposa High. He is ranked as the No. 7 offensive lineman by NFL.com.


Position: Strong Safety
Height: 5-10
Weight: 207
40-yard dash: 4.68 seconds
Vertical: 36 1/2 inches
Bench reps: 16

James Sanders opted to leave Fresno State one year early to enter the NFL Draft. He was selected first-team all-WAC in his sophomore and junior seasons. The strong safety is ranked fifth at his position by NFL.com.

Sanders, a former Monache High standout, had 238 tackles in his three years at Fresno State. He was third on the Bulldogs with 63 tackles last season, three behind team-leader Dwayne Andrews.

The hard-hitting junior also had four sacks, seven interceptions and 24.5 tackles for losses. He had three interceptions last season, returning one for a touchdown in the opener at Washington. Sanders redshirted in 2001.

—reports compiled by Eddie Hughes