Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Purdue
Joe Anderson
DL • 6'4" • 290 lbs • Murfreesboro, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Joe Anderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
16
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
9
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- South Carolina • Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Joe Anderson built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Murfreesboro, TN wearing No. 95, spending time with Purdue and South Carolina. The clearest part of Joe Anderson's career was...
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- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Joe Anderson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Purdue. Joe Anderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 49
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 1
Quick Answers
Joe Anderson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · DL
- Career Tackles
- 49
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 29 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Purdue
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Oakland · South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Oakland · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 95 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · DL 309th (top 31%) · Big Ten 251st (top 31%) · National 1,890th (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Carolina | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2021 Postseason | Purdue | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Purdue | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Purdue | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 11 | 22 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 12.9 |
Related Context
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Joe Anderson played DL for South Carolina and Purdue. Across 6 tracked seasons, Joe Anderson recorded 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Purdue paired 2 primary output with 15 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across South Carolina, Purdue.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.0
Efficiency
8.8
Usage
1.8
Consistency
3
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Notre Dame: 0. Oregon State: 0. Nebraska: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Illinois: 0.5. Oregon: 0. Northwestern: 0. Ohio State: 0. Penn State: 0. Michigan State: 0. Indiana: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 3 by 12.5. Illinois: 4 by 21.7. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 2 by 8.3. Indiana: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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First Half0.1 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
21.7 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/1 | @ Indiana | L 0-66 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Michigan State | L 17-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Penn State | L 10-49 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Ohio State | L 0-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Northwestern | L 20-26 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Oregon | L 0-35 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Illinois | L 49-50 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Wisconsin | L 6-52 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Nebraska | L 10-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/22 | @ Oregon State | L 21-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Notre Dame | L 7-66 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Joe Anderson story
Joe Anderson built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Murfreesboro, TN wearing No. 95, spending time with Purdue and South Carolina. The clearest part of Joe Anderson's career was his defensive production: 49 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 29 career games in the available record. That gives Joe Anderson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
South Carolina
2019-2020
Opening stop
- 2
Purdue
2021-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Carolina | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Purdue | 2 | 15 | 3.5 | 2 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Purdue | 2 | 15 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Purdue | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | -2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 2 | 7.9 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 0.5 | 8.8 | 1.8 | -1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northwestern
Week 12 · W 32-14 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
63.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Syracuse
Week 3 · L 20-35
1
Havoc Plays
52 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52 takeover score.
#3
@ Illinois
Week 7 · L 49-50 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
38.1 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 38.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Wisconsin
Week 4 · L 17-38 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
33.9 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 33.9 takeover score.
#5
vs Ohio State
Week 7 · L 7-41 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
31.4 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 31.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Purdue
2 primary output · 15 efficiency · 3.5 usage
38.8
#2
2021 Regular Season · Purdue
38.8
2 primary · 15 efficiency · 3.5 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · South Carolina
38.3
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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