Joseph Anderson: DL · Purdue · #95.
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Joseph Anderson
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches across six seasons and two programs. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Illinois, Week 7, 2024.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Purdue | 22 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | Purdue | 16 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | Purdue | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 | Purdue | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | South Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 49 | 25 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 7-66vs No. 18 Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-38@ Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-28vs Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 6-52@ Wisconsin | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 49-50@ No. 23 Illinois | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 0-35vs No. 2 Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-26vs Northwestern | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 0-45@ No. 3 Ohio State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-49vs No. 4 Penn State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-24@ Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-66@ No. 10 Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 11 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
2%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries22 tackles · 0.5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Walters
Pass share
48.8%
328 pass / 344 run
Plays / game
56.0
12 games
Team sack rate
9.2%
338 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #202 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at South Carolina and Purdue, 1 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Will Muschamp, Mike Bobo, Jeff Brohm and Ryan Walters.
