Player Dossier

2016-2017

Buffalo

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.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

75

High-end production for a quarterback

lowelite

Reliability

51

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

lowhigh

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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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8325

Indian Rocks Christian School · Largo, FL

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

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonBuffalo1000044.4
2017 Regular SeasonBuffalo41,1311,039921158.3

Related Context

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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1 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Kentucky

Best efficiency game

46.9 vs Kentucky

Result
Sat 9/15@ Kentucky153211846.90046.911100

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

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonBuffalo033.30
2017 Regular SeasonBuffalo1,13173.27.41,131

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kentucky

Week 3

Game with 119 yards of offense and 46.9 efficiency.

119

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

58.3

#2

2016 Regular Season · Buffalo

44.4

0 primary · 33.3 efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

1

250+ passing yards

1

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

4

Above avg efficiency