#95

Joseph Anderson

Former defensive lineman at Purdue. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

DL · Purdue · Sr. · #95

6′4″ · 290 lb · Murfreesboro, TN

CFB Index 35 · #202 of 285 interior linemenLow confidencePurdue 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 135 nationally · Signed with South Carolina

Last played in 2024.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Purdue. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to South Carolina in 2019.

The full story, with sources

How it ended

Six seasons at Purdue, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2019

Signed with South Carolina4-star out of Oakland

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#135 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2022

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

2023–2024

Ryan Walters

Purdue

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeff Brohm → Ryan Walters. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Purdue	22	11	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Purdue	16	9	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Purdue	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Purdue	6	3	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2020	South Carolina	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	South Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		49	25	3.5	1.0	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 3	L 7-66vs Notre Dame	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 4	L 21-38@ Oregon State	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 10-28vs Nebraska	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 6-52@ Wisconsin	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 7	L 49-50@ Illinois	4	1	0.5	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 8	L 0-35vs Oregon	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 20-26vs Northwestern	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 0-45@ Ohio State	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 10-49vs Penn State	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 17-24@ Michigan State	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 0-66@ Indiana	2	2	0.0	—
Total		22	11	0.5	—

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019South Carolina4-8HC: Will Muschamp · Balanced

2020South Carolina2-8HC: Will Muschamp · Run-leaning

2021Purdue9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2022Purdue8-6HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2023Purdue4-8HC: Ryan Walters · Run-leaning

2024Purdue1-11HC: Ryan Walters · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

35Below cohort / limited sample #202 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#1833 / 2892 · 35th pct

Solo tackles#1877 / 2892 · 33rd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

Tackles for loss#2296 / 2892 · 18th pct

0.5

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.

Defensive profile

Defender profile · Production by role

Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet

22 tkl · 0 TFL

TFL rate

2%0 TFL

Sack rate

0%0 sacks

Hurry rate

0%0 hurries

22 tackles · 0 for loss.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

Pass share

50.2%

107 pass / 106 run

Plays / game

71.0

3 games

Team sack rate

6.6%

122 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #202 of 285 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #202 at the position.

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

Joseph Anderson

2019

Career stats

Game log

2024 snapshot

Defensive profile

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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