Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2008-2011Nevada
Shane Anderson
WR • 6'1" • Glendale, AZ, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Shane Anderson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
53
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
58
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Nevada
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Nevada
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Player Story
Shane Anderson built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Glendale, AZ wearing No. 23, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Shane Anderson's career was his receiving role: 44...
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- Committed To
- Nevada
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
Shane Anderson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · Nevada. Shane Anderson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 566
- Receptions
- 44
- Touchdowns
- 3
Quick Answers
Shane Anderson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nevada · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 566
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2008 Regular Season · Nevada
- Top game
- Fresno State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Galena · Nevada
- High school pipeline
- Galena · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Class 2011
- 2011 Receiving yards rank
- 526 receiving yards · WR 160th (top 20%) · Western Athletic 14th (top 15%) · National 179th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Nevada | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Nevada | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 31.8 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Nevada | 2 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 39.6 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Nevada | 10 | 40 | 526 | 2 | 76.7 |
Related Context
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Shane Anderson played WR for Nevada. Across 4 tracked seasons, Shane Anderson recorded 41 rushing yards, 566 receiving yards, and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season
Nevada paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2011 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 75 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2011 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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2011 Regular Season · Nevada
Games
10
Receiving Yards / G
52.6
Efficiency
75
Usage
20
Consistency
64.8
Best Game by takeover score
Fresno State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oregon: 48. San José State: 29. Texas Tech: 52. Boise State: 4. UNLV: 92. New Mexico: 46. Fresno State: 90. New Mexico State: 94. Hawai'i: 42. Louisiana Tech: 29
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. Oregon: 5 by 64. San José State: 3 by 64.4. Texas Tech: 3 by 100. Boise State: 1 by 26.7. UNLV: 5 by 100. New Mexico: 2 by 100. Fresno State: 6 by 100. New Mexico State: 5 by 100. Hawai'i: 6 by 46.7. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 48.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins65.5 · Games = 6 · +32.3 vs Losses
Losses33.3 · Games = 4 · -32.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Fresno State
Best efficiency game
100 vs New Mexico State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/19 | vs Louisiana Tech | L 20-24 | — | 4 | 29 | 6.4 | 7.30 | 0 | 23 |
| Sun 11/13 | vs Hawai'i | W 42-28 | — | 6 | 42 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 11 |
| Sun 10/30 | @ New Mexico State | W 48-34 | — | 5 | 94 | 16.3 | 18.80 | 0 | 44 |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Fresno State | W 45-38 | — | 6 | 90 | 12.4 | 15 | 0 | 55 |
| Sat 10/15 | vs New Mexico | W 49-7 | — | 2 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 25 |
| Sat 10/8 | vs UNLV | W 37-0 | — | 5 | 92 | 15.3 | 18.40 | 1 | 32 |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Boise State | L 10-30 | — | 1 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Texas Tech | L 34-35 | — | 3 | 52 | 13.8 | 17.30 | 0 | 29 |
| Sat 9/17 | @ San José State | W 17-14 | — | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 0 | 12 |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Oregon | L 20-69 | — | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 9.60 | 0 | 16 |
Player Story
Shane Anderson story
Shane Anderson built his college career from 2008 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Glendale, AZ wearing No. 23, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Shane Anderson's career was his receiving role: 44 catches, 566 receiving yards, 3 touchdowns, and 41 rushing yards across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Nevada. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 41 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nevada.
The arc is straightforward: Shane Anderson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Nevada
2008-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2008200920102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Regular Season | Nevada | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2009 Regular Season | Nevada | 6 | 20 | 12.2 | 6 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Nevada | 34 | 70 | 6.1 | 28 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Nevada | 526 | 75 | 20 | 492 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Fresno State
Week 8 · W 45-38 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
90
Receiving Yards
98.6 takeover
90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ New Mexico State
Week 9 · W 48-34 · Conference game
94
Receiving Yards
91.9 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
94 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs UNLV
Week 6 · W 37-0
92
Receiving Yards
85.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
92 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ Texas Tech
Week 4 · L 34-35
52
Receiving Yards
74 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
52 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Idaho
Week 10 · W 63-17 · Conference game
28
Receiving Yards
71.7 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
28 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Regular Season · Nevada
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2011 Regular Season · Nevada
76.7
526 primary · 75 efficiency · 20 usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Nevada
39.6
34 primary · 70 efficiency · 6.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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