Player Dossier

2019-2024

Purdue

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.

Usage Score

1.8

Efficiency

8.8

Consistency

3

Season Value

3.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · South Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
7
Program Path
South Carolina • Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Joe Anderson, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · South Carolina. Joe Anderson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.

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: 2020 Regular Season

South Carolina paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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

Indiana

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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

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. 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

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

Losses0.0 · Games = 11
First Half0.1 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs First Half
All Games0.0 · Games = 11

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@ IndianaL 0-6622000
Sat 11/23@ Michigan StateL 17-2421000
Sat 11/16vs Penn StateL 10-4922000
Sat 11/9@ Ohio StateL 0-4521000
Sat 11/2vs NorthwesternL 20-2631000
Sat 10/19vs OregonL 0-3511000
Sat 10/12@ IllinoisL 49-50410.5000
Sat 10/5@ WisconsinL 6-5232000
Sat 9/28vs NebraskaL 10-2810000
Sun 9/22@ Oregon StateL 21-3810000
Sat 9/14vs Notre DameL 7-6610000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    South Carolina

    2019-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Purdue

    2021-2024

    Final stop

Season Progression

2019202020212021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina04.20.9
2020 Regular SeasonSouth Carolina06.310
2021 PostseasonPurdue2153.92
2021 Regular SeasonPurdue2153.90
2022 Regular SeasonPurdue04.20.6-2
2023 Regular SeasonPurdue27.92.22
2024 Regular SeasonPurdue0.58.81.8-1.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Northwestern

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.4 takeover score.

#2

Syracuse

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.9 takeover score.

#3

Illinois

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 25.7 takeover score.

#4

Wisconsin

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.8 takeover score.

#5

Ohio State

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Regular Season · South Carolina

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage

35.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · South Carolina

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Purdue

34.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2019 · Rating 0.9412

Oakland · Murfreesboro, TN

Committed To
South Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Career Facts

2

Career teams

7

Seasons tracked

49

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 29 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.