Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2014South Carolina
Rory Anderson
TE • 6'5" • Powder Springs, GA, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Rory Anderson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
22
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · South Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida
Player Story
Rory Anderson built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a tight end from Powder Springs, GA wearing No. 81, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Rory Anderson's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- South Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2015
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 37
- Overall
- No. 254
- NFL Team
- San Francisco 49ers
Rory Anderson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · South Carolina. Rory Anderson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 954
- Receptions
- 61
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Rory Anderson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Carolina · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 954
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2014 Regular Season · South Carolina
- Top game
- Florida
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · McEachern · South Carolina
- High school pipeline
- McEachern · 45 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2015 · Round 7 · Pick 37 · San Francisco 49ers
- Latest roster
- No. 81 · Class 2014
- 2014 Receiving yards rank
- 260 receiving yards · TE 55th (top 19%) · SEC 57th (top 26%) · National 491st (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | South Carolina | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 61.8 |
| 2011 Regular Season | South Carolina | 6 | 7 | 167 | 3 | 61.8 |
| 2012 Postseason | South Carolina | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 63.5 |
| 2012 Regular Season | South Carolina | 9 | 13 | 264 | 5 | 63.5 |
| 2013 Regular Season | South Carolina | 9 | 17 | 235 | 0 | 63.6 |
| 2014 Regular Season | South Carolina | 8 | 22 | 260 | 1 | 70.9 |
Related Context
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Rory Anderson played TE for South Carolina. Across 4 tracked seasons, Rory Anderson recorded 954 receiving yards and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with South Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
South Carolina paired 260 primary output with 79.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2014 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 79.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2014 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2014 Regular Season · South Carolina
Games
8
Receiving Yards / G
32.5
Efficiency
79.1
Usage
13
Consistency
65.2
Best Game by takeover score
Georgia
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 52. Georgia: 67. Vanderbilt: 9. Missouri: 21. Kentucky: 31. Furman: 24. Florida: 27. Clemson: 29
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. Texas A&M: 3 by 100. Georgia: 5 by 89.3. Vanderbilt: 1 by 60. Missouri: 5 by 28. Kentucky: 3 by 68.9. Furman: 1 by 100. Florida: 2 by 90. Clemson: 2 by 96.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins31.8 · Games = 4 · -1.5 vs Losses
Losses33.3 · Games = 4 · +1.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Georgia
Best efficiency game
100 vs Furman
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Clemson | L 17-35 | — | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 14.50 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Florida | W 23-20 | — | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 0 | 20 |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Furman | W 41-10 | — | 1 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Kentucky | L 38-45 | — | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 10.30 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 9/27 | vs Missouri | L 20-21 | — | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 4.20 | 0 | 8 |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Vanderbilt | W 48-34 | — | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Georgia | W 38-35 | — | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 13.40 | 1 | 20 |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Texas A&M | L 28-52 | — | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 17.30 | 0 | 29 |
Player Story
Rory Anderson story
Rory Anderson built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a tight end from Powder Springs, GA wearing No. 81, spending time with South Carolina. The clearest part of Rory Anderson's career was his receiving role: 61 catches, 954 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Rory Anderson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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South Carolina
2011-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Postseason | South Carolina | 188 | 95 | 9.1 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | South Carolina | 188 | 95 | 9.1 | 0 |
| 2012 Postseason | South Carolina | 271 | 83 | 9.1 | 83 |
| 2012 Regular Season | South Carolina | 271 | 83 | 9.1 | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | South Carolina | 235 | 72.3 | 10.8 | -36 |
| 2014 Regular Season | South Carolina | 260 | 79.1 | 13 | 25 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida
Week 12 · W 19-14 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
90.4 takeover
69 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs Georgia
Week 3 · W 38-35 · Conference game
67
Receiving Yards
89.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
67 receiving yards with a 89.3 efficiency score.
#3
vs East Carolina
Week 2 · W 48-10
90
Receiving Yards
86 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
90 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Clemson
Week 13 · W 34-13
57
Receiving Yards
82.6 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
57 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Texas A&M
Week 1 · L 28-52 · Conference game
52
Receiving Yards
75.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
52 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2014 Regular Season · South Carolina
260 primary output · 79.1 efficiency · 13 usage
70.9
#2
2013 Regular Season · South Carolina
63.6
235 primary · 72.3 efficiency · 10.8 usage
#3
2012 Postseason · South Carolina
63.5
271 primary · 83 efficiency · 9.1 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
1
2+ TD games
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