Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2023Akron
Drake Anderson
RB • 5'9" • 200 lbs • Chandler, AZ, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Drake Anderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 32.3 efficiency.
Impact Production
22
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
14
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Northwestern • Arizona • Akron
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UNLV
Player Story
Drake Anderson built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a running back from Chandler, AZ wearing No. 21, spending time with Akron, Arizona, and Northwestern. The clearest part of Drake Anderson's career was...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Drake Anderson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Northwestern. Drake Anderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 32.3 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,686
- Rushing yards
- 1,442
- Receiving yards
- 244
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Drake Anderson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Akron · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,686
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- UNLV
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Chandler · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Chandler · 58 FBS recruits · 8 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Junior
- 2023 Scrimmage yards rank
- 225 scrimmage yards · RB 333rd (top 48%) · Mid-American 74th (top 33%) · National 991st (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 34.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 12 | 661 | 633 | 28 | 3 | 65.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 7 | 284 | 256 | 28 | 2 | 40.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona | 11 | 480 | 385 | 95 | 1 | 50.1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 11 | 225 | 132 | 93 | 2 | 41 |
Related Context
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Drake Anderson played RB for Northwestern, Arizona, and Akron. Across 6 tracked seasons, Drake Anderson recorded 1,442 rushing yards, 244 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 661 primary output with 40.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 32.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Northwestern, Arizona, Akron.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Loss with 40 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · Akron
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
20.5
Efficiency
32.3
Usage
10.4
Consistency
68.1
Best Game by takeover score
Temple
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Temple: 40. Morgan State: 30. Kentucky: 19. Indiana: 27. Buffalo: 8. Northern Illinois: 26. Central Michigan: 13. Bowling Green: 35. Kent State: 3. Eastern Michigan: 2. Ohio: 22
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. Temple: 8 by 56.5. Morgan State: 7 by 46. Kentucky: 5 by 34.6. Indiana: 7 by 39.5. Buffalo: 2 by 33.3. Northern Illinois: 7 by 28. Central Michigan: 3 by 24.3. Bowling Green: 11 by 30.6. Kent State: 2 by 6.3. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 20.8. Ohio: 4 by 35.4
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins16.5 · Games = 2 · -4.8 vs Losses
Losses21.3 · Games = 9 · +4.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Temple
Best efficiency game
56.5 vs Temple
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | vs Ohio | L 14-25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 5.5 |
| Wed 11/15 | @ Eastern Michigan | L 27-30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Wed 11/1 | vs Kent State | W 31-27 | 1 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1.5 |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Bowling Green | L 14-41 | 9 | 25 | 2.80 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3.2 |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Central Michigan | L 10-17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4.3 |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Northern Illinois | L 14-55 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3.7 |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Buffalo | L 10-13 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Indiana | L 27-29 | 4 | 15 | 3.80 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 3.9 |
| Sat 9/16 | @ Kentucky | L 3-35 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3.8 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Morgan State | W 24-21 | 6 | 27 | 4.50 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4.3 |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Temple | L 21-24 | 7 | 40 | 5.70 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Player Story
Drake Anderson story
Drake Anderson built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a running back from Chandler, AZ wearing No. 21, spending time with Akron, Arizona, and Northwestern. The clearest part of Drake Anderson's career was his backfield work: 1,442 rushing yards, 355 carries, 7 rushing touchdowns, and 244 receiving yards across 43 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Northwestern. 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 244 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 43 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Akron, Arizona, and Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Drake 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Northwestern
2018-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona
2021-2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Akron
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201820192020202120222023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 36 | 30.4 | 10.4 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 661 | 40.2 | 22.5 | 625 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 284 | 37.8 | 16.4 | -377 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona | 480 | 38.9 | 15.4 | 196 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | — | — | -480 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Akron | 225 | 32.3 | 10.4 | 225 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UNLV
Week 3 · W 30-14
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
141
Scrimmage Yards
85.5 takeover
141 scrimmage yards and 41.9 usage.
#2
@ Washington State
Week 12 · L 18-44 · Conference game
92
Scrimmage Yards
80.3 takeover
Loss with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
92 scrimmage yards and 15.1 usage.
#3
vs Nebraska
Week 10 · W 21-13 · Conference game
89
Scrimmage Yards
78.9 takeover
Win with 89 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
89 scrimmage yards and 34.6 usage.
#4
vs Maryland
Week 8 · W 43-3 · Conference game
103
Scrimmage Yards
76.9 takeover
Win with 103 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
103 scrimmage yards and 13.2 usage.
#5
vs Northern Arizona
Week 3 · L 19-21
81
Scrimmage Yards
74.3 takeover
Loss with 81 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
81 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Northwestern
661 primary output · 40.2 efficiency · 22.5 usage
65.1
#2
2021 Regular Season · Arizona
50.1
480 primary · 38.9 efficiency · 15.4 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Akron
41
225 primary · 32.3 efficiency · 10.4 usage
Milestones
2
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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