Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11/51Inside-5 share
11 of the team's 51 inside-the-5 carries (21.6%).
Christian Anderson
Christian Anderson: QB · Army · #4.
Christian Anderson
Three seasons in the Army quarterback room to date. On tape: 175 passing yards and 3 rushing yards against Air Force, Week 10, 2021.
Style of play
Style of play
Fans
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Army in the news
Where to follow
Career stats
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Game log
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-10@ Georgia State | 1/2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 56.3 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-35vs Western Kentucky | 5/6 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 12.8 | 87.0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 52-21vs UConn | 2/2 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 | 94.8 | |
| Wk 4 | W 23-10vs Miami (OH) | 0/5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 99.9 | |
| Wk 8 | L 56-70vs No. 16 Wake Forest | 1/1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 75.6 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-14vs Air Force | 7/12 | 175 | 1 | 0 | 14.6 | 39.5 | Season-high 175 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 63-10vs Bucknell | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-17vs Massachusetts | 2/12 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 5.1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-16@ Liberty | 3/4 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 25.5 | 59.4 | |
| Wk 15 | L 13-17vs Navy | 7/15 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 56.4 | |
| Total | 28/59 | 653 | 5 | 0 | 11.1 | — |
Signature game
Week 4 · 2021
W 23-10
vs Miami (OH)
236 rush yds (15 car) · 2 TD
With Z. Harding — 49.8 yards per punt · 5 punts · 1 inside the 20 · C. Talley — 5 points · 21 long · 100 percent on field goals
Signature plays
The plays that mattered most
- Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 3rd and 5 · Q1 · EPA +6.81Christian Anderson run for 72 yds for a TD (Cole Talley KICK)
- Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +6.08Christian Anderson run for 75 yds for a TD (Cole Talley KICK)
- Week 15 · Navy · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +4.11Christian Anderson run for 56 yds for a TD (Cole Talley KICK)
- Week 2 · Western Kentucky · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.79Christian Anderson pass complete to Braheam Murphy for 40 yds for a TD (Cole Talley KICK)
- Week 13 · Liberty · 2nd and 9 · Q2 · EPA +3.74Christian Anderson pass complete to Tyrell Robinson for 51 yds to the Liber 3 for a
- Week 8 · Wake Forest · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.45Christian Anderson pass complete to Brandon Walters for 39 yds to the ARMY 36 for a WAKE FOREST Penalty, Roughing Passer (Ja'Sir Taylor) to the WFrst 21 for a
4 more plays
- Week 10 · Air Force · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.29Christian Anderson pass complete to Isaiah Alston for 48 yds to the AFA 26 for a
- Week 12 · Massachusetts · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA −3.22Christian Anderson run for 1 yd to the UMass 18 ARMY Penalty, illegal block (Mason Kolinchak) to the UMass 33
- Week 4 · Miami (OH) · 3rd and 18 · Q3 · EPA +3.20Christian Anderson run for 42 yds to the Army 46 for a
- Week 1 · Georgia State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.19Christian Anderson pass complete to Tyrell Robinson for 40 yds for a TD (C. Talley Run For Two-point Conversion)
Passing profile
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
60 of 63 attempts matched to play-by-play
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 60 passing plays (29 completions) against the box score's 63 attempts (31 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
12.062 of 204 QBsSack rate
6.0%107 of 204 QBsSacked on 6.0% of dropbacks (107 of 204) — and still 2 of 204 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 yds34%of completions
10 comp7.8 yds avg
Middle
10–19 yds24%of completions
7 comp13.6 yds avg
Deep
20+ yds41%of completions
12 comp37.4 yds avg4 TD
Overall 49.2% completion on 63 attempts · 12 deep completions averaging 37.4 yds.
Teams and coaches
3 seasons under Jeff Monken, all run-heavy offenses — 23-15 over that span.
2019Army5-8HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy
2020Army9-3HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy
2021Army9-4HC: Jeff Monken · Run-heavy
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 48.0 | 0.3 | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 71.0 | 1.0 | 22.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 46.8 | 0.8 | 16.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 77.7 | 0.3 | 18.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Pass share
12.8%
110 pass / 752 run
Plays / game
71.8
12 games
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Starter
108 carries and 63 pass attempts in 10 games, fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Five seasons at Army
- 2021 Army MonkenYear 5 · 10 games
- 2020 Army MonkenYear 4 · 6 games
- 2019 Army MonkenYear 3 · 6 games
- 2018 Army MonkenYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2017 Army MonkenYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- High school Cardinal HayesBronx, NY · Class of 2017Three-star, No. 2,174 in the 2017 class. Signed with Army.Also from Cardinal Hayes: Henry Belin IV (Missouri State), Jayden Mann (Syracuse), Aiden Howard (Buffalo) and 2 more.
How it ended
Three seasons at Army, 1,063 passing yards — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 22 games over three seasons.
2017
- Signed with ArmyThree-star, out of Cardinal Hayes
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coach2017–2021
Army
Played every college season under Jeff Monken.