#96

Kiante Anderson

Defensive lineman for East Carolina. 2017: 4.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

DL · East Carolina · #96

6′4″ · 243 lb · Greenville, NC

East Carolina 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OT recruit

No. 2108 nationally · Signed with East Carolina

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive lineman for East Carolina. 2017: 4.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, 35 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to East Carolina in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at East Carolina, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with East Carolina3-star out of Mundy's Mill

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2108 national

CFB

College

East Carolina

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Scottie Montgomery, all pass-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 6-18 over that span.

2016East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017East Carolina3-9HC: Scottie Montgomery · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#42 / 2682 · 98th pct

Sacks#172 / 2682 · 93rd pct

4.5

Tackles for loss#386 / 2682 · 84th pct

6.5

Solo tackles#1036 / 2682 · 60th pct

Tackles#1135 / 2682 · 57th pct

Forced fumbles#69 / 715 · 45th pct

Passes defended#1669 / 2682 · 19th 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

2017 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Harrell

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2017

W 48–20

vs Cincinnati

4 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS

Dominant 28-point win at home against Cincinnati.

With G. Minshew — 444 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 92.8 · 5 rush yds (2 car) · T. Brown — 9 rec · 270 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week