Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-3vs Tulane | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-27@ Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
#44
David Anderson
Junior defensive tackle on Duke's 2026 roster.
6′4″ · 290 lb · Hampton, VA · Kecoughtan
Returning to Duke for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
0.5 TFL · 3 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 0.5 TFL, 1 tackles, vs Tulane
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive tackle on Duke's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Duke in 2023.
David Anderson
Wins his gap play after play. Four seasons at Duke, two different head coaches: Trooper Taylor and Manny Diaz. The receipt: 2 tackles against Illinois — Week 2, 2026.
3 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Duke3-star out of Kecoughtan
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Duke
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coaches2023
Trooper Taylor
Duke
Coaching transition mid-career: Trooper Taylor → Manny Diaz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning
2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced
2026Duke2-0HC: Manny Diaz · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 1.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Manny Diaz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 31–27
at Illinois
2 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.
With W. Eget — 206 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 75.9 · -2 rush yds (1 car) · N. Sheppard — 147 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Duke
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive tackle · Duke
Returning around him
- 3 Duke players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +2 net (19 in / 17 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Duke · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #69 · 2026 recruiting class #71
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
IDL
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Daniel Lyons’s 2024 season.
80%match
Matches Daniel on
Weight
Sack rate
TFL rate
Differs from Daniel on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Tavion Gadson's sophomore season at Kentucky (2025).
Matches Tavion on
TFL rate
Weight
Sack rate
Player DNA
Players who play like David Anderson
Background
2026: Returning defensive tackle ... two-time Academic All-ACC selection (2024-25) … in 30 career games, has registered 26 tackles, 2.5 TFL, 1.0 sack, one fumble recovery, one PBU and two QB pressures ... recorded 2+ tackles in eight games, including a career-best four versus Ole Miss in the TaxS...
The defensive line · Duke
- #10Tyshon Reed3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #95Preston Watson3 tackles for loss · 2025
- #12Bryce Davis2 tackles for loss · 2025
- #15Kevin O'Connor1 tackle for loss · 2025
- #44David Anderson0.5 tackles for loss · 2025
12 more on the roster · Duke team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology