Evan Anderson

Junior defensive lineman for Florida Atlantic. 2023: 2.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 51 tackles.

DL · Florida Atlantic · Jr. · #8

6′3″ · 356 lb · Orlando, FL

CFB Index 79 · #36 of 302 interior linemenLow confidenceAll-ConferenceFlorida Atlantic 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OG recruit

No. 2243 nationally · Signed with Florida Atlantic

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive lineman for Florida Atlantic. 2023: 2.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 51 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida Atlantic in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida Atlantic, 6 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20207 games

Signed with Florida Atlantic3-star out of Jones

202112 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

20227 games

All-Conference USAsecond

202312 games

All-AACthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2243 national

CFB

College

Florida Atlantic

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

5 honors · 1 category

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ALL-AAC

All-AAC mention (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020–2022

Willie Taggart

Florida Atlantic

2023

Tom Herman

Florida Atlantic

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Tom Herman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Florida Atlantic5-4HC: Willie Taggart · Run-heavy

2021Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Willie Taggart · Run-leaning

2023Florida Atlantic4-8HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

79All-Conference level #36 of 302?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (84th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (83rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#421 / 2842 · 84th pct

2.5

QB hurries#369 / 2842 · 83rd pct

Tackles#561 / 2842 · 80th pct

Tackles for loss#635 / 2842 · 76th pct

4.5

Solo tackles#1051 / 2842 · 62nd pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.5	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road6g	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	0.3	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	0.4	0.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

79 · #36 of 302 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #36 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Florida Atlantic	51	20	4.5	2.5	1	--	--
2022	Florida Atlantic	24	10	3.5	1.0	--	--	--
2021	Florida Atlantic	42	13	8.0	1.0	1	--	--
2020	Florida Atlantic	21	5	2.0	1.5	--	--	--
Career		138	48	18.0	6.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 42–20

vs Monmouth

1 TFL · 5 SOLO · 6 TOT

Dominant 22-point win at home against Monmouth.

With C. Thompson — 280 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 82.8 · 18 rush yds (3 car) · L. McCammon III — 125 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-20vs Monmouth	6	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 10-17vs Ohio	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 14-48@ Clemson	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 17-23@ Illinois	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 20-17vs Tulsa	6	1	1.0	0.5	—	0
Wk 7	W 56-14@ South Florida	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-36vs UTSA	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 9	W 38-16@ Charlotte	1	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 42-45@ UAB	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 7-22vs East Carolina	3	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 8-24vs Tulane	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 21-24@ Rice	5	1	0.5	0.0	—	1
Total		51	20	4.5	2.5	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Evan Anderson

20207 games

202112 games

20227 games

202312 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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