Player Dossier

2020-2025

Duke

Anderson Castle

RB • 6'0" • 220 lbs • Boone, NC, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Anderson Castle leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.4 efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

14

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

1

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

25

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
App State • Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)

Player Story

Anderson Castle built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Boone, NC wearing No. 4, spending time with App State and Duke. The clearest part of Anderson Castle's career was his backfield...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8117

Watauga · Boone, NC

Committed To
App State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Anderson Castle, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke. Anderson Castle leans balanced backfield option traits and 45.4 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,776
Rushing yards
1,524
Receiving yards
252
Touchdowns
21

Quick Answers

Anderson Castle quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,776
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 49 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Duke
Top game
Miami (OH)
Recruit profile
3-star · Watauga · App State
High school pipeline
Watauga · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 4 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
599 scrimmage yards · RB 173rd (top 24%) · ACC 50th (top 14%) · National 365th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonApp State41041040032.7
2021 PostseasonApp State954540144.5
2021 Regular SeasonApp State91821820244.5
2022 Regular SeasonApp State818516718336.9
2023 PostseasonApp State61261197052.3
2023 Regular SeasonApp State619216428252.3
2024 Regular SeasonApp State833424688154.3
2025 PostseasonDuke1418180163.7
2025 Regular SeasonDuke145814701111163.7

Related Context

Anderson Castle played RB for App State and Duke. Across 6 tracked seasons, Anderson Castle recorded 1,524 rushing yards, 252 receiving yards, and 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Duke paired 599 primary output with 45.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 46.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 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 App State, Duke.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Troy

Win with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · App State

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

26

Efficiency

46.1

Usage

6.5

Consistency

48.9

Best Game by takeover score

Troy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Campbell: 42. Arkansas State: 6. UL Monroe: -2. Troy: 58

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Campbell: 8 by 54.7. Arkansas State: 2 by 31.3. UL Monroe: 2 by 0. Troy: 5 by 98.3

Split Comparison

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

First Half24 · Games = 2 · -4 vs Second Half
Second Half28 · Games = 2 · +4 vs First Half

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Troy

Best efficiency game

98.3 vs Troy

Result
Sat 11/28vs TroyW 47-1055811.60011.6
Sat 10/31@ UL MonroeW 31-132-2-10-1
Thu 10/22vs Arkansas StateW 45-1726303
Sat 9/26vs CampbellW 52-218425.3005.3

Player Story

Anderson Castle story

Anderson Castle built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a running back from Boone, NC wearing No. 4, spending time with App State and Duke. The clearest part of Anderson Castle's career was his backfield work: 1,524 rushing yards, 308 carries, 20 rushing touchdowns, and 252 receiving yards across 49 career games in the available record. His career also includes 252 receiving yards and 7 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Anderson Castle's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    App State

    2020-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Duke

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202020212021202220232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonApp State10446.16.5
2021 PostseasonApp State23649.28.8132
2021 Regular SeasonApp State23649.28.80
2022 Regular SeasonApp State185635.8-51
2023 PostseasonApp State31852.316.6133
2023 Regular SeasonApp State31852.316.60
2024 Regular SeasonApp State33455.414.116
2025 PostseasonDuke59945.416.4265
2025 Regular SeasonDuke59945.416.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Miami (OH)

Week 1 · W 13-9 · Postseason

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

126

Scrimmage Yards

87.4 takeover

126 scrimmage yards and 35.6 usage.

#2

@ Clemson

Week 2 · L 20-66

99

Scrimmage Yards

83.6 takeover

Loss with 99 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

99 scrimmage yards and 17.8 usage.

#3

vs No. 55 NC State

Week 4 · W 45-33 · Conference game

105

Scrimmage Yards

83.5 takeover

Win with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

105 scrimmage yards and 24.1 usage.

#4

vs Troy

Week 13 · W 47-10 · Conference game

58

Scrimmage Yards

74 takeover

Win with 58 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

58 scrimmage yards and 8.3 usage.

#5

vs Robert Morris

Week 9 · W 42-3

67

Scrimmage Yards

72.6 takeover

Win with 67 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

67 scrimmage yards and 14.1 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Duke

599 primary output · 45.4 efficiency · 16.4 usage

63.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · Duke

63.7

599 primary · 45.4 efficiency · 16.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · App State

54.3

334 primary · 55.4 efficiency · 14.1 usage

Milestones

1

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

4

2+ TD games