Player Dossier

2018-2023

Vanderbilt

BJ Anderson

CB • 6'1" • 195 lbs • Andalusia, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

BJ Anderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

30%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

34

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

32

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

49

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Player Story

BJ Anderson built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a cornerback from Andalusia, AL wearing No. 26, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of BJ Anderson's career was his defensive production: 76...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8255

Andalusia · Andalusia, AL

Committed To
Vanderbilt
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

BJ Anderson, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. BJ Anderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
76
TFL
0.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

BJ Anderson quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · CB
Career Tackles
76
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Top game
Hawai'i
Recruit profile
3-star · Andalusia · Vanderbilt
High school pipeline
Andalusia · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 26 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
8 tackles · CB 249th (top 60%) · SEC 325th (top 53%) · National 2,978th (top 50%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonVanderbilt22-0--037
2019 Regular SeasonVanderbilt10300.50-2027.2
2020 Regular SeasonVanderbilt11-0--036.4
2021 Regular SeasonVanderbilt33-0--037.1
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1132-112041.6
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt38-0-3043.3

Related Context

BJ Anderson played CB for Vanderbilt. Across 6 tracked seasons, BJ Anderson recorded 76 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Vanderbilt paired 3 primary output with 21.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

15.8

Usage

4.6

Consistency

12.1

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Elon: 0. Hawai'i: 1. Wake Forest: 1. Northern Illinois: 0. Alabama: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 0. South Carolina: 0. Kentucky: 1. Tennessee: 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. Elon: 8 by 33.3. Hawai'i: 4 by 26.7. Wake Forest: 1 by 14.2. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Alabama: 3 by 12.5. Ole Miss: 2 by 8.3. Georgia: 5 by 20.8. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 4 by 26.7. Tennessee: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

33.3 vs Elon

Result
Sun 11/27vs TennesseeL 0-5610000
Sat 11/12@ KentuckyW 24-2143001
Sat 11/5vs South CarolinaL 27-3811000
Sat 10/22@ MissouriL 14-1711000
Sat 10/15@ GeorgiaL 0-5553000
Sat 10/8vs Ole MissL 28-5221000
Sat 9/24@ AlabamaL 3-5532000
Sat 9/17@ Northern IllinoisW 38-2821000
Sat 9/10vs Wake ForestL 25-4510001
Sat 9/3vs ElonW 42-3184000
Sun 8/28@ Hawai'iW 63-1044010

Player Story

BJ Anderson story

BJ Anderson built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a cornerback from Andalusia, AL wearing No. 26, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of BJ Anderson's career was his defensive production: 76 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 7 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. That gives BJ Anderson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Vanderbilt

    2018-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonVanderbilt04.20.8
2019 Regular SeasonVanderbilt2.5152.62.5
2020 Regular SeasonVanderbilt04.20.6-2.5
2021 Regular SeasonVanderbilt04.20.90
2022 Regular SeasonVanderbilt415.84.64
2023 Regular SeasonVanderbilt321.11.8-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Hawai'i

Week 1 · W 63-10

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Tennessee

Week 13 · L 0-56 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#3

vs LSU

Week 4 · L 38-66 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

59.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Northern Illinois

Week 5 · W 24-18

1

Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Kentucky

Week 11 · W 24-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

3 primary output · 21.1 efficiency · 1.8 usage

43.3

#2

2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

41.6

4 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

37.1

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games