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Featured offensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Troy
Josh Anderson
RB • 5'11" • 250 lbs • Douglasville, GA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Josh Anderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.8 efficiency.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Troy
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Troy
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Player Story
Josh Anderson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a running back from Douglasville, GA wearing No. 33, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of Josh Anderson's career was his backfield work: 796...
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- Committed To
- Hudson Valley
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Josh Anderson, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Troy. Josh Anderson leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.8 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 992
- Rushing yards
- 796
- Receiving yards
- 196
- Touchdowns
- 11
Quick Answers
Josh Anderson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Troy · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 992
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Troy
- Top game
- North Texas
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · South Paulding · Hudson Valley
- High school pipeline
- South Paulding · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Class 2017
- 2017 Scrimmage yards rank
- 539 scrimmage yards · RB 187th (top 31%) · Sun Belt 40th (top 18%) · National 430th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Troy | 6 | 71 | 43 | 28 | 1 | 34.2 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Troy | 4 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27.8 |
| 2016 Postseason | Troy | 13 | 4 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 47.7 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Troy | 13 | 349 | 274 | 75 | 4 | 47.7 |
| 2017 Postseason | Troy | 13 | 119 | 113 | 6 | 2 | 58.3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Troy | 13 | 420 | 331 | 89 | 4 | 58.3 |
Related Context
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Josh Anderson played RB for Troy. Across 5 tracked seasons, Josh Anderson recorded 796 rushing yards, 196 receiving yards, and 11 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Troy.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Troy paired 539 primary output with 42.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 42.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: North Texas
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Troy
Games
13
Scrimmage Yards / G
41.5
Efficiency
42.8
Usage
15.6
Consistency
46
Best Game by takeover score
North Texas
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Texas: 119. Boise State: -3. Alabama State: 41. New Mexico State: 26. Akron: 2. LSU: 5. South Alabama: 36. Georgia State: 77. Georgia Southern: 96. Idaho: 21. Coastal Carolina: 58. Texas State: 29. Arkansas State: 32
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Texas: 23 by 53.7. Boise State: 3 by 0. Alabama State: 7 by 66.9. New Mexico State: 5 by 54.2. Akron: 1 by 20.8. LSU: 2 by 26. South Alabama: 6 by 45.8. Georgia State: 15 by 48.8. Georgia Southern: 15 by 66.7. Idaho: 6 by 36.5. Coastal Carolina: 9 by 67.1. Texas State: 7 by 39.8. Arkansas State: 7 by 30
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins46 · Games = 11 · +29.5 vs Losses
Losses16.5 · Games = 2 · -29.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
North Texas
Best efficiency game
67.1 vs Coastal Carolina
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/16 | @ North Texas100 rush yards · 2+ TD | W 50-30 | 22 | 113 | 5.10 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5.2 |
| Sun 12/3 | @ Arkansas State | W 32-25 | 4 | 7 | 1.80 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 4.6 |
| Fri 11/24 | vs Texas State | W 62-9 | 5 | 18 | 3.60 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 4.1 |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Coastal Carolina | W 42-17 | 9 | 58 | 6.40 | 1 | — | — | 6.4 |
| Fri 11/3 | vs Idaho | W 24-21 | 6 | 21 | 3.50 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Georgia Southern | W 38-16 | 15 | 96 | 6.40 | 1 | — | — | 6.4 |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Georgia State | W 34-10 | 13 | 57 | 4.40 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5.1 |
| Thu 10/12 | vs South Alabama | L 8-19 | 3 | 10 | 3.30 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 6 |
| Sat 9/30 | @ LSU | W 24-21 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 1 | — | — | 2.5 |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Akron | W 22-17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 |
| Sun 9/17 | @ New Mexico State | W 27-24 | 5 | 26 | 5.20 | 0 | — | — | 5.2 |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Alabama State | W 34-7 | 5 | 34 | 6.80 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5.9 |
| Sat 9/2 | @ Boise State | L 13-24 | 3 | -3 | -1 | 0 | — | — | -1 |
Player Story
Josh Anderson story
Josh Anderson built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a running back from Douglasville, GA wearing No. 33, spending time with Troy. The clearest part of Josh Anderson's career was his backfield work: 796 rushing yards, 169 carries, 10 rushing touchdowns, and 196 receiving yards across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 196 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Josh Anderson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Troy
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Troy | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Troy | 71 | 53.7 | 3.2 | 71 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Troy | 29 | 28.7 | 4.7 | -42 |
| 2016 Postseason | Troy | 353 | 48.7 | 8.8 | 324 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Troy | 353 | 48.7 | 8.8 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Troy | 539 | 42.8 | 15.6 | 186 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Troy | 539 | 42.8 | 15.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ North Texas
Week 1 · W 50-30 · Postseason
Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.
119
Scrimmage Yards
84.6 takeover
119 scrimmage yards and 37.1 usage.
#2
vs Georgia Southern
Week 9 · W 38-16 · Conference game
96
Scrimmage Yards
82.5 takeover
Win with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
96 scrimmage yards and 37.5 usage.
#3
vs Austin Peay
Week 1 · W 57-17
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Scrimmage Yards
73.2 takeover
Win with 68 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
68 scrimmage yards and 6.9 usage.
#4
@ Georgia State
Week 8 · W 34-10 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
68.2 takeover
Win with 77 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
77 scrimmage yards and 31.9 usage.
#5
vs Georgia State
Week 11 · W 45-21 · Conference game
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Scrimmage Yards
64.5 takeover
Win with 23 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
23 scrimmage yards and 4.8 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Troy
539 primary output · 42.8 efficiency · 15.6 usage
58.3
#2
2017 Regular Season · Troy
58.3
539 primary · 42.8 efficiency · 15.6 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Troy
47.7
353 primary · 48.7 efficiency · 8.8 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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