#21

Drake Anderson

Junior running back for Akron. 2023: 132 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 17 catches.

RB · Akron · Jr. · #21

5′9″ · 200 lb · Chandler, AZ

CFB Index 33 · #281 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceAkron 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 1449 nationally · Signed with Northwestern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 running back for Akron. 2023: 132 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 17 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2018.
Transferred from Northwestern to Arizona in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Akron, 1,442 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2018

Signed with Northwestern3-star out of Chandler

202111 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1449 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

4 coaches

2018

Terry Bowden

Akron

2019–2020

Tom Arth

Akron

era →

2021

Oscar Rodriguez

Akron

era →

2023

Joe Moorhead

Akron

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Terry Bowden, Tom Arth, Oscar Rodriguez, and Joe Moorhead. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Northwestern9-5HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2019Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy

2020Northwestern7-2HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Arizona1-11HC: Jedd Fisch · Balanced

2023Akron2-10HC: Joe Moorhead · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

33Below cohort / limited sample #281 of 310?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: carries (0th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#94 / 327 · 70th pct

Rec yards#140 / 327 · 57th pct

Rush TDs#271 / 333 · 11th pct

Long run#320 / 333 · 4th pct

Yards / carry#320 / 333 · 3rd pct

3.3

Rush yards#331 / 333 · 1st pct

132

Carries#331 / 333 · 0th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home5g	7.8	1.6	0.0
Road6g	15.5	3.1	0.2

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	14.7	3.3	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	7.2	1.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Joe Moorhead

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #281 of 310 RBs

Three-star recruit. Now #281 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Akron	40	132	3.3	1	--
2021	Arizona	87	385	4.4	1	--
2020	Northwestern	62	256	4.1	2	--
2019	Northwestern	154	633	4.1	3	--
2018	Northwestern	12	36	3.0	0	--
Career		355	1,442	4.1	7	--

Season	Team
2023	Akron	17	93	5.5	1	--
2021	Arizona	18	95	5.3	0	--
2020	Northwestern	4	28	7.0	0	--
2019	Northwestern	6	28	4.7	0	--
2018	Northwestern	--	--	--	--	--
Career		45	244	5.4	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023

W 24–21

vs Morgan State

27 rush yds (6 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With J. Undercuffler — 209 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · QBR 5.6 · -17 rush yds (3 car) · D. Jackson — 33 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 40 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Buffalo · 4&1 · Q1 · EPA +2.79Drake Anderson 1 Yd pass from DJ Irons (Owen Wiley Kick)
Week 8 · Bowling Green · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.22Drake Anderson run for 4 yds for a TD (Noah Perez KICK)
Week 13 · Ohio · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.09Jeff Undercuffler Jr. pass complete to Drake Anderson for 13 yds to the AKR 43 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Northern Illinois · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.04Tahj Bullock pass complete to Drake Anderson for 15 yds to the AKR 24 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Indiana · 3&7 · Q3 · EPA -1.01Drake Anderson run for no gain to the IU 33
Week 8 · Bowling Green · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA -0.98Drake Anderson run for no gain to the AKR 44
Week 7 · Central Michigan · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA -0.92Drake Anderson run for 1 yd to the AKR 40
Week 4 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +0.80Drake Anderson run for 8 yds to the AKR 28
Week 1 · Temple · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +0.72Drake Anderson run for 10 yds to the TEM 27 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Bowling Green · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA -0.71Drake Anderson run for 2 yds to the AKR 39

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-24@ Temple	7	40	5.7	0	15	Season-high 40 yds
Wk 2	W 24-21vs Morgan State	6	27	4.5	0	15
Wk 3	L 3-35@ Kentucky	3	9	3.0	0	5
Wk 4	L 27-29@ Indiana	4	15	3.8	0	8
Wk 5	L 10-13vs Buffalo	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 6	L 14-55vs Northern Illinois	5	10	2.0	0	4
Wk 7	L 10-17@ Central Michigan	2	2	1.0	0	3
Wk 8	L 14-41@ Bowling Green	9	25	2.8	1	7
Wk 10	W 31-27vs Kent State	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Wk 12	L 27-30@ Eastern Michigan	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 13	L 14-25vs Ohio	2	4	2.0	0	3
Total		40	132	2.5	1	15

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

Drake Anderson

2018

202111 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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