
Tight end, South Carolina, 2011–14
Rory Anderson
- Number
- No. 81
- Height
- 6′5″
- Hometown
- Powder Springs, GA
- Born
- Oct 2, 1992, in Powder Springs, Georgia
Wikipedia readers: about 253 a month over the past year
Rory Anderson played tight end at South Carolina (2011–14). The San Francisco 49ers took Anderson in round 7, No. 254 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
90receiving yards, career highvs. East Carolina, 20122receiving touchdowns, career highvs. East Carolina, 2012Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | South Carolina | 8 | 188 | 23.5 | 3 | 55 |
| 2012 | South Carolina | 14 | 271 | 19.4 | 5 | 51 |
| 2013 | South Carolina | 17 | 235 | 13.8 | 0 | 34 |
| 2014 | South Carolina | 22 | 260 | 11.8 | 1 | 29 |
| Career | 61 | 954 | 15.6 | 9 | 55 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | South Carolina | 81 | TE | |
| 2012 | South Carolina | 81 | TE | |
| 2013 | South Carolina | 81 | TE | |
| 2014 | South Carolina | 81 | TE | 6′5″ |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | South Carolina | 17 | 1.19 | – | – | 20.3 | – |
| 2014 | South Carolina | 40 | 0.30 | 17th (n=496) | 0.52 | 11.9 | 7% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2014 South Carolina 8 games, 22 catches, 260 yards, 1 TD
2013 South Carolina 9 games, 17 catches, 235 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | at | L 30–41 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 35–25 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 14 |
| Sep 28 | at | W 28–25 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 28 |
| Oct 5 | vs. | W 35–28 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 13 |
| Oct 12 | at | W 52–7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Oct 19 | at | L 21–23 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Oct 26 | at | W 27–24 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 23 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 34–16 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Nov 16 | vs. | W 19–14 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 34 |
2012 South Carolina 9 games, 14 catches, 271 yards, 5 TD
2011 South Carolina 6 games, 8 catches, 188 yards, 3 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 21–3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 19 |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 54–3 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 46 |
| Oct 29 | at | W 14–3 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 23 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 41–20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| Nov 26 | vs. | W 34–13 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 55 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. | W 30–13 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2015 | Combine or pro day 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′4⅝″ | |
| Weight | 244 lb | |
| Arm length | 32¼″ | |
| Hand size | 8¾″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.73 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | AAF | Birmingham Iron |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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