#24

Steven Anderson

Senior running back for Tulsa. 2022: 352 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 3 catches.

RB · Tulsa · Sr. · #24

6′2″ · 269 lb · Live Oak, FL

CFB Index 39 · #217 of 317 RBsHigh confidenceTulsa 2022 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Tulsa. 2022: 352 rushing yards, 6 rushing TD, 3 catches.

Transferred from Southern Miss to Tulsa in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Tulsa, 1,084 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20218 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2019

Philip Montgomery

Tulsa

2021–2022

Philip Montgomery

Tulsa

Played his entire career under Philip Montgomery.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Southern Miss6-5HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2019Southern Miss7-6HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2021Tulsa7-6HC: Philip Montgomery · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Tulsa5-7HC: Philip Montgomery · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #217 of 317?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (88th percentile). Concern: yards / carry (22nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#120 / 398 · 70th pct

8.6%

Success rate#213 / 398 · 46th pct

44.4%

EPA / carry#236 / 398 · 41st pct

0.12

TD rate#244 / 398 · 39th pct

3.7%

Yards / carry#310 / 398 · 22nd pct

4.4

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 244 · 88th pct

Rush TDs#107 / 346 · 65th pct

Carries#205 / 346 · 41st pct

Rec yards#218 / 338 · 35th pct

Rush yards#233 / 346 · 33rd pct

352

Yards / carry#266 / 346 · 21st pct

4.2

Long run#308 / 346 · 10th pct

Receptions#302 / 338 · 9th pct

Season trend

EPA / carry— first qualifying season

Success rate— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Yards / carry— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home4g	34.8	3.8	1.0
Road6g	35.5	4.1	0.3

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	39.3	3.4	0.8
Weeks 8+4g	29.0	4.7	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #217 of 317 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Tulsa	84	352	4.2	6	--
2021	Tulsa	45	219	4.9	2	--
2019	Southern Miss	62	195	3.1	3	--
2018	Southern Miss	76	318	4.2	6	--
Career		267	1,084	4.1	17	--

Season	Team
2022	Tulsa	3	56	18.7	0	--
2021	Tulsa	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Southern Miss	2	8	4.0	0	--
2018	Southern Miss	4	14	3.5	0	--
Career		9	78	8.7	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 54–17

vs Jacksonville State

32 rush yds (7 car) · 2 TD

Dominant 37-point win at home against Jacksonville State.

With D. Brin — 424 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.5 · -10 rush yds (3 car) · L. Wilson — 44 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 12 · South Florida · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +3.96Braylon Braxton pass complete to Steven Anderson for 40 yds to the SFla 28 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · South Florida · 4&1 · Q3 · EPA -3.69Steven Anderson run for no gain to the SFla 19
Week 13 · Houston · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.56Steven Anderson run for 21 yds to the Houst 35 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Houston · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.19Braylon Braxton pass complete to Steven Anderson for 14 yds to the Tulsa 44 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.02Steven Anderson run for 1 yd to the NoIll 46
Week 12 · South Florida · 2&1 · Q2 · EPA +1.90Steven Anderson run for 1 yd for a TD, (Zack Long KICK)
Week 8 · Temple · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.57Steven Anderson run for 5 yds to the Temp 45 for a 1ST down TEMPLE Penalty, Face Mask (15 yards) (Yvandy Rigby) to the Temp 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Wyoming · 3&2 · Q1 · EPA +1.54Steven Anderson run for 5 yds to the Tulsa 49 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Temple · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.45Steven Anderson run for 23 yds to the Tulsa 30 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.34Steven Anderson run for 9 yds to the Tulsa 49

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 37-40@ Wyoming	10	40	4.0	1	8
Wk 2	W 38-35vs Northern Illinois	18	58	3.2	1	9
Wk 3	W 54-17vs Jacksonville State	7	32	4.6	2	8
Wk 4	L 27-35@ Ole Miss	17	76	4.5	0	17	Season-high 76 yds
Wk 5	L 21-31vs Cincinnati	8	23	2.9	0	11
Wk 6	L 21-53@ Navy	5	7	1.4	1	3
Wk 8	W 27-16@ Temple	8	64	8.0	0	23
Wk 11	L 10-26@ Memphis	1	0	0.0	0	0
Wk 12	W 48-42vs South Florida	6	26	4.3	1	8
Wk 13	W 37-30@ Houston	4	26	6.5	0	21
Total		84	352	3.9	6	23

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