Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | W 48-7vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 53-34vs NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#16
Jesse Anderson
Senior defensive back on Kentucky's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 185 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Transferred Pittsburgh → Kentucky for 2026
Recruiting
3★
ATH recruit
No. 1062 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh
Last played in 2025.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Senior defensive back on Kentucky's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2023.
- Transferred from Pittsburgh to Kentucky in 2026.
Jesse Anderson
He got to Kentucky by way of Pittsburgh. The receipt: 1 tackles against NC State — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of Cardinal Gibbons
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Pittsburgh
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Kentucky
2025Pittsburgh
2026Kentucky
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Pat Narduzzi, all balanced offenses — 15-11 over that span.
2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Stein
Pass share
43.9%
76 pass / 97 run
Plays / game
57.7
3 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
85 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
The secondary · Kentucky
- #14Ty Bryant76 tackles · 2025
- #5Jordan Castell54 tackles · 2025
- #20Terhyon Nichols18 tackles · 2025
- #30Grant Grayton16 tackles · 2025
- #16Jesse Anderson2 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · Kentucky team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology