Kiante Anderson: DL · East Carolina · #96.
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Kiante Anderson
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the East Carolina defensive front. On tape: 6 tackles against UConn, Week 4, 2017.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | East Carolina | 35 | 22 | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| 2016 | East Carolina | 20 | 8 | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| Career | 55 | 30 | 11.0 | 5.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-34vs James Madison | 6 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 20-56@ West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-64vs No. 16 Virginia Tech | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-38@ UConn | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-61vs No. 18 South Florida | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-34vs Temple | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31vs Tulane | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-20vs Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-70@ No. 17 Memphis | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 22 | 6.5 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
19%6 TFLSack rate
13%4 sacksHurry rate
20%7 hurries35 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Scottie Montgomery, all pass-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scottie Montgomery
Pass share
58.0%
541 pass / 391 run
Plays / game
77.7
12 games
Team sack rate
2.6%
571 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
More tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at East Carolina, 5 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ruffin McNeill → Scottie Montgomery. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
