Joe Anderson Season 2024

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PositionDL
Weight290 lbs
Height6-4
YearSenior
HometownMurfreesboro, Tenn.
Previous SchoolSouth Carolina
CAREER AT PURDUE
• Appeared in 33 games with 11 starts across his four seasons
• Totaled 45 tackles, 3.5 tackles-for-loss, one sack and one blocked field goal

2024 / AS A SIXTH-YEAR SENIOR
• Appeared in and started 11 games on the defensive line
• Finished with 22 tackles and 0.5 tackles-for-loss
• Had the first blocked field goal of his career at Wisconsin (Oct. 5)
• Recorded a season-high four tackles and his half-tackle-for-loss at No. 23 Illinois (Oct. 12)

2023 / AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR
• Appeared in all 12 games for the Boilermakers, making a tackle in 11 of them
• Made 16 tackles throughout the season, including nine solo and two tackles-for-loss
• Recorded a season-high two tackles five times

2022 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR 
Appeared in five games 
• Ended the season with one tackle, coming against Indiana (Nov. 26) 

2021 / AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
• Appeared in five games, making six tackles, three unassisted
• Recorded only sack against Northwestern at Wrigley Field (Nov. 20)

2020 / AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN
• Appeared in four games
• Had four tackles on the season

2019 / AS A FRESHMAN (At U of SC)
• Enrolled in January and went through spring drills
• Worked at defensive end
• Saw action in one game
• Appeared in the win over Charleston Southern
• Recorded one solo tackle in that contest
• Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL    
• Graduated from Oakland High School in Murfreesboro, Tenn. in December of 2018
• The Patriots finished 14-1 and were the Tennessee Division I Class 6A state champions in 2018 after allowing just seven total points in their final four playoff games
• Logged 60 tackles with 16 tackles for loss and three sacks as a senior despite dislocating his elbow in week one
• Played at Siegel High School for three years before transferring to Oakland
• Considered the second-best player in the state of Tennessee, the nation’s eighth-best strongside defensive end and No. 134 overall according to 247Sports Composite
• Ranked 102nd in the country by Rivals and 240th on the ESPN300

PERSONAL
• Parent(s): Teresa and Joe Anderson
• Sibling(s): Chris, Tiara, and Shawn
• Birthdate: April 2, 2001
• Major: Sociology
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Redshirt Senior
2023

DL
6-4 / 280 lbs
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Redshirt Junior
2022

DE
6-4 / 280 lbs
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Sophomore
2021

DE
6-4 / 280 lbs