Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-45@ Penn State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 28-26vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#16
Kendell Anderson
Junior safety on Marshall's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 208 lb · Silver Spring, MD
Returning to Marshall for 2026
The story
3 safety on Marshall's 2026 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearKendell Anderson
The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Middle Tennessee, Week 2, 2026.
2 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
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Career arc
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2026Marshall1-1HC: Tony Gibson · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
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: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tony Gibson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Marshall | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 28–26
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With C. Heimbach — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 54 LONG · C. Del Rio-Wilson — 92 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.2 · 43 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Marshall
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Marshall
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +6 net (28 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Marshall · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #97 · 2026 recruiting class #123
Background
HERD FILE: Appeared in 11 games for Morgan State in the 2025 season, recording 11 tackles with a pass breakup and a forced fumble. As a defensive back, Anderson boasted of the fewest yards allowed per snap in coverage in the MEAC in 2025. Played for the Bears for two seasons. He appeared in one g...
The secondary · Marshall
- #1Boogie Trotter73 tackles · 2025
- Cameron Smith66 tackles · 2025
- #17Daytione Smith50 tackles · 2025
- #11Joshua Pierre-Louis33 tackles · 2025
- #16Kendell Anderson2 games · 2026
25 more on the roster · Marshall team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology