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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2017Buffalo
Drew Anderson
QB • 6'5" • 230 lbs • Orinda, CA, USA
Balanced quarterback profileEfficient finisher
Drew Anderson is a balanced quarterback profile with 7.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Impact Production
75
High-end production for a quarterback
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Reliability
51
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Player Story
Drew Anderson built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a quarterback from Orinda, CA wearing No. 12, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Drew Anderson's career was his passing role: 1,039...
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Drew Anderson, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Buffalo. Drew Anderson is a balanced quarterback profile with 7.4 usage in the latest tracked season.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 1,131
- Passing yards
- 1,039
- Rushing yards
- 92
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Drew Anderson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · QB
- Career Total Offense
- 1,131
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Indian Rocks Christian School · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- Indian Rocks Christian School · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Class 2017
- 2017 Total offense rank
- 1,131 total offense · QB 141st (top 43%) · Mid-American 16th (top 12%) · National 177th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Buffalo | 4 | 1,131 | 1,039 | 92 | 11 | 58.3 |
Related Context
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Drew Anderson played QB for Buffalo. Across 2 tracked seasons, Drew Anderson recorded 1,039 passing yards, 92 rushing yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 1,131 primary output with 73.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 73.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Game with 119 yards of offense and 46.9 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
4
Primary Metric / G
282.8
Efficiency
73.2
Usage
7.4
Consistency
43.4
Best Game by takeover score
Kentucky
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All Games119 · Games = 1
Game Log
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Featured metric
Total Offense
Top game by takeover score
Kentucky
Best efficiency game
46.9 vs Kentucky
| Result | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/15 | @ Kentucky | — | 15 | 32 | 118 | 46.9 | 0 | 0 | 46.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Player Story
Drew Anderson story
Drew Anderson built his college career from 2016 through 2017 as a quarterback from Orinda, CA wearing No. 12, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Drew Anderson's career was his passing role: 1,039 passing yards, 10 touchdown passes, 107 attempts, and 92 rushing yards across 6 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Buffalo. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 92 rushing yards and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 6 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Buffalo.
The arc is straightforward: Drew 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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Buffalo
2016-2017
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Season Value Progression
20162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 33.3 | 0 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1,131 | 73.2 | 7.4 | 1,131 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Kentucky
Week 3
Game with 119 yards of offense and 46.9 efficiency.
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Total Offense
73.5 takeover
119 total offense with 46.9 efficiency.
#2
vs Western Michigan
Week 6 · L 68-71 · Conference game
610
Total Offense
63.6 takeover
Loss with 610 yards of offense and 70.6 efficiency.
610 total offense with 70.6 efficiency.
#3
@ Kent State
Week 5 · W 27-13 · Conference game
218
Total Offense
45.7 takeover
Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.
218 total offense with 76.2 efficiency.
#4
vs Northern Illinois
Week 7 · L 13-14 · Conference game
200
Total Offense
41.9 takeover
Loss with 200 yards of offense and 76.4 efficiency.
200 total offense with 76.4 efficiency.
#5
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 4 · W 34-31
103
Total Offense
30.1 takeover
Win with 103 yards of offense and 69.4 efficiency.
103 total offense with 69.4 efficiency.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Buffalo
1,131 primary output · 73.2 efficiency · 7.4 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Buffalo
44.4
0 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 0 usage
Milestones
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250+ passing yards
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300+ total offense
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3+ TD games
4
Above avg efficiency
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