Player Dossier

2007-2009

Michigan State

Andre Anderson

RB • 5'9" • Barrington, IL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Andre Anderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 20.9 efficiency.

Usage / Role

76%

Major offensive role

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Impact Production

8

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

8

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Michigan State • Tulane
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Andre Anderson built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a running back from Barrington, IL wearing No. 27, spending time with Michigan State and Tulane. The clearest part of Andre Anderson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2007 · Rating 0.84

Barrington · Barrington, IL

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2007

Andre Anderson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Michigan State. Andre Anderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 20.9 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
155
Rushing yards
160
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Andre Anderson quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
155
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
Best season
2007 Regular Season · Michigan State
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Barrington · Michigan State
High school pipeline
Barrington · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 27 · Class 2009
2009 Scrimmage yards rank
4 scrimmage yards · RB 439th (top 98%) · Big Ten 186th (top 98%) · National 2,013th (top 96%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonMichigan State21116-5149.7
2007 Regular SeasonTulane243430049.7
2008 Regular SeasonMichigan State797970040.8
2009 PostseasonMichigan State3000016.6
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan State3440016.6

Related Context

Andre Anderson played RB for Michigan State and Tulane. Across 3 tracked seasons, Andre Anderson recorded 160 rushing yards, -5 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2008 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 54 primary output with 58.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 27.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Michigan State, Tulane.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Win with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

7

Scrimmage Yards / G

13.9

Efficiency

27.3

Usage

6.6

Consistency

16.8

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. California: -3. Eastern Michigan: 75. Florida Atlantic: 0. Indiana: 5. Iowa: 9. Northwestern: 10. Michigan: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. California: 1 by 0. Eastern Michigan: 8 by 89.1. Florida Atlantic: 5 by 0. Indiana: 1 by 52.1. Iowa: 5 by 18.8. Northwestern: 5 by 20.8. Michigan: 1 by 10.4

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins16.7 · Games = 6 · +19.7 vs Losses
Losses-3 · Games = 1 · -19.7 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

89.1 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Sat 10/25@ MichiganW 35-2111101
Sat 10/11@ NorthwesternW 37-20510202
Sat 10/4vs IowaW 16-13591.8001.8
Sat 9/27@ IndianaW 42-2915505
Sat 9/13vs Florida AtlanticW 17-050000
Sat 9/6vs Eastern MichiganW 42-108759.4009.4
Sun 8/31@ CaliforniaL 31-381-3-30-3

Player Story

Andre Anderson story

Andre Anderson built his college career from 2007 through 2009 as a running back from Barrington, IL wearing No. 27, spending time with Michigan State and Tulane. The clearest part of Andre Anderson's career was his backfield work: 160 rushing yards, 37 carries, and 1 rushing touchdown across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Andre Anderson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Michigan State

    2007-2009

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Tulane

    2007

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20072007200820092009
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonMichigan State5458.87.3
2007 Regular SeasonTulane5458.87.30
2008 Regular SeasonMichigan State9727.36.643
2009 PostseasonMichigan State420.91.2-93
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan State420.91.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 2 · W 42-10

Win with 75 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

75

Scrimmage Yards

75.3 takeover

75 scrimmage yards and 12.9 usage.

#2

vs UTEP

Week 11 · W 34-19 · Conference game

43

Scrimmage Yards

68.3 takeover

Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

43 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.

#3

vs Montana State

Week 1 · W 44-3

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Scrimmage Yards

45.4 takeover

Win with 3 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

3 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.

#4

vs UAB

Week 1 · W 55-18

11

Scrimmage Yards

26.7 takeover

Win with 11 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

11 scrimmage yards and 12.9 usage.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 5 · W 42-29 · Conference game

5

Scrimmage Yards

21 takeover

Win with 5 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

5 scrimmage yards and 1.5 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Regular Season · Michigan State

54 primary output · 58.8 efficiency · 7.3 usage

49.7

#2

2007 Regular Season · Tulane

49.7

54 primary · 58.8 efficiency · 7.3 usage

#3

2008 Regular Season · Michigan State

40.8

97 primary · 27.3 efficiency · 6.6 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games