Colgate Senior WR Treyvhon Saunders Declares for 2026 NFL Draft

Treyvhon Saunders, Colgate senior and two-time captain wearing No. 9, announced via Instagram Saturday afternoon that he will declare for the 2026 NFL Draft. “With that being said, I’m excited to announce that I will be declaring for the 2026 NFL draft,” he wrote, closing a four-season Colgate career that produced 230 receptions for 2,675 yards and 15 touchdowns over 40 games.

Saunders’ declaration follows a 2025 campaign that was limited to six games after he suffered a season-ending lower leg injury on Oct. 11 at Richmond. Through those six games he recorded 50 receptions for 700 yards and six touchdowns, leading the FCS in catches and receiving yards through that span and ranking top 10 in touchdown catches at the time of his injury. He also noted gratitude to teammates in his Instagram post: “To all the coaches and teammates from old regime and new regime, thank you for trusting and believing in me,” and called his Colgate experience “a privilege and a blessing.”

Colgate’s all-time receptions leader, Saunders set the program mark with 230 catches across four seasons and earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors in 2023, 2024, and 2025. He was named to the Walter Payton Award watchlist in 2025, was a Third-Team Preseason FCS All-American in 2025, and made the FCS All-ECAC Team in 2024, achievements that reinforced his leadership role on the Raiders’ roster.

Pro scouting data lists Saunders at 5-09 and 190 pounds, with recorded 40-yard dash marks showing a low of 4.53, a listed 40 time of 4.58 and a high of 4.65; secondary role listings include kick returner. Scouting notes cite a slot build, reliable hands, good quickness, and value after the catch, adding that he shows “good initial burst and explosion” and “creates separation with an early burst and a quick change of direction,” while evaluators also flagged “some predictability in his route running.”

Saunders produced several high-impact games, including a Sept. 23, 2025 outing at Villanova when he caught 10 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown in a 24-17 loss to No. 12/13 Villanova, marking his second straight game with 100-plus receiving yards and double-digit receptions. Prospect lists and small-school watchlists have tracked Saunders throughout the post-season cycle, and he accepted an invitation to the invitation-only NFL-FCS showcase on Jan. 4 in Nashville, Tennessee.

If Saunders is selected in April, he would become Colgate’s first drafted player since Kenny Gamble in 1988 and the program’s first draftee in the modern NFL Draft era. The 2026 NFL Draft is scheduled for Apr. 23-Apr. 25, 2026, and Saunders enters the pre-draft calendar with a record-setting Colgate resume, a recent medical history to manage and measurable testing on file that teams will weigh as they evaluate his potential at the next level.