Rory Anderson in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

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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

Best season
271
Receiving yards, 2012 (South Carolina, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 254
Round 7, 2015 NFL Draft (San Francisco 49ers)

Career highs

90receiving yards, career highvs. East Carolina, 20122receiving touchdowns, career highvs. East Carolina, 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2011South Carolina818823.5355
2012South Carolina1427119.4551
2013South Carolina1723513.8034
2014South Carolina2226011.8129
Career6195415.6955

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011South Carolina81TE
2012South Carolina81TE
2013South Carolina81TE
2014South Carolina81TE6′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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013South Carolina171.19––20.3–
2014South Carolina400.3017th (n=496)0.5211.97%

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
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 28vs.Texas A&ML 28–⁠52352029
Sep 13vs.GeorgiaW 38–⁠35567120
Sep 20atVanderbiltW 48–⁠341909
Sep 27vs.MissouriL 20–⁠2152108
Oct 4atKentuckyL 38–⁠45331015
Oct 18vs.FurmanW 41–⁠10124024
Nov 15atFloridaW 23–⁠20227020
Nov 29atClemsonL 17–⁠35229024
2013 South Carolina 9 games, 17 catches, 235 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 7atGeorgiaL 30–⁠41111011
Sep 14vs.VanderbiltW 35–⁠25330014
Sep 28atUCFW 28–⁠25234028
Oct 5vs.KentuckyW 35–⁠28218013
Oct 12atArkansasW 52–⁠71505
Oct 19atTennesseeL 21–⁠23125025
Oct 26atMissouriW 27–⁠24338023
Nov 2vs.Mississippi StateW 34–⁠161505
Nov 16vs.FloridaW 19–⁠14369034
2012 South Carolina 9 games, 14 catches, 271 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 8vs.East CarolinaW 48–⁠10490251
Sep 15vs.UABW 49–⁠61303
Sep 22vs.MissouriW 31–⁠10113113
Sep 29atKentuckyW 38–⁠17137037
Oct 6vs.GeorgiaW 35–⁠7114114
Oct 20atFloridaL 11–⁠44120020
Oct 27vs.TennesseeW 38–⁠35358126
Nov 10vs.ArkansasW 38–⁠20129029
Jan 1 ✦vs.MichiganW 33–⁠281707
2011 South Carolina 6 games, 8 catches, 188 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 24vs.VanderbiltW 21–⁠3221019
Oct 8vs.KentuckyW 54–⁠3146046
Oct 29atTennesseeW 14–⁠3123123
Nov 19vs.The CitadelW 41–⁠20120120
Nov 26vs.ClemsonW 34–⁠13257155
Jan 2 ✦vs.NebraskaW 30–⁠13121021

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2015Combine or pro day 2015
Height6′4⅝″
Weight244 lb
Arm length32¼″
Hand size8¾″
40-yard dash4.73 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

YearsLeagueTeam
2019AAFBirmingham 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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