Lucian Anderson III

#15 · QB · South Carolina6′3″ · 216 lb · Athens, GA · Clarke Central

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Lucian Anderson III is a quarterback at South Carolina who has played in 2 of South Carolina's 8 games this season, most recently Sep 12.

South Carolina is 5-3, No. 23 in the AP poll (week 10).

Played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs.

24 passing yards · 0 passing TD · 5 rushing yards

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	South Carolina	2	2	100.0%	24	12.0	0	0	200.8
2025	Bowling Green	26	41	63.4%	245	6.0	2	3	115.1
2024	Bowling Green	5	12	41.7%	32	2.7	1	1	74.9
2023	Bowling Green	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		33	55	60.0%	301	5.5	3	4	109.4

Season	Team
2026	South Carolina	1	5	5.0	0	5
2025	Bowling Green	30	138	4.6	1	75
2024	Bowling Green	19	67	3.5	2	19
2023	Bowling Green	8	28	3.5	1	9
Career		58	238	4.1	4	75

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 2 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	CMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA	QBR	Note
Wk 1	W 57-0vs Kent State	2/2	24	0	0	12.0	—	Season-high 24 yds
Wk 2	W 45-9vs Towson	—	—	—	—	—	—
Total		2/2	24	0	0	12.0	—

Signature game

Week 1 · 2026

W 57-0

vs Kent State

24 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT

Dominant 57-point win at home against Kent State.

With L. Sellers — 270 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · J. Coleman — 77 rush yds (4 car) · 2 TD

Where he ranks

Stat	His	Nation	SEC
Passing yards	24	T-297th of 370	34th of 41
Yards an attempt	12.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Touchdown passes	0	—	—
Passer rating	200.8	Not ranked	Not ranked
Completion percentage	100.0	Not ranked	Not ranked
Rushing yards	5	T-246th of 370	T-29th of 41
Rushing touchdowns	0	—	—

Counting stats rank all FBS quarterbacks with a pass attempt; the rates rank those with at least 10 attempts a game. He has 2 attempts of the 80 needed after 8 games, so the rates are not ranked.

All SEC quarterbacks

Rk	Quarterback	Yards	TD	INT	Att	Y/A
1	Trinidad Chambliss	2,189	18	8	296	7.4
2	Sam Leavitt	2,171	17	8	256	8.5
3	Keelon Russell	2,057	15	5	221	9.3
4	Austin Simmons	1,935	16	2	239	8.1
5	Lanorris Sellers	1,849	16	7	243	7.6
6	John Mateer	1,835	13	7	247	7.4
7	Kenny Minchey	1,755	14	1	232	7.6
8	Arch Manning	1,730	15	7	217	8.0
9	KJ Jackson	1,673	7	5	249	6.7
10	Gunner Stockton	1,671	16	4	181	9.2
11	Byrum Brown	1,557	9	7	246	6.3
12	Jared Curtis	1,489	8	8	197	7.6
13	Kamario Taylor	1,460	17	4	159	9.2
14	Marcel Reed	1,388	8	8	222	6.3
15	Aaron Philo	1,367	9	5	156	8.8
16	George MacIntyre	728	2	3	103	7.1
17	Faizon Brandon	697	7	1	101	6.9
18	Tramell Jones Jr.	579	4	3	89	6.5
19	Parker Puckett	390	1	2	74	5.3
20	Blaze Berlowitz	386	1	1	53	7.3
21	Ryan Puglisi	252	2	0	31	8.1
22	Landen Clark	235	1	0	32	7.3
23	AJ Hill	181	1	0	28	6.5
24	Brady Hart	143	2	1	21	6.8
25	Tristan Ti'a	137	0	0	16	8.6
26	Cutter Woods	100	1	1	17	5.9
27	AJ Swann	97	0	0	15	6.5
28	Husan Longstreet	95	0	0	10	9.5
29	Matt Zollers	87	0	0	13	6.7
30	Deuce Knight	68	0	1	8	8.5
31	Ryan Montgomery	66	1	0	6	11.0
32	Karle Lacey Jr.	63	0	0	9	7.0
33	Ryan Staub	27	0	0	3	9.0
34	Lucian Anderson III	24	0	0	2	12.0
35	Austin Mack	23	0	0	4	5.8
36	Nick Evers	18	0	0	2	9.0
37	Whit Muschamp	18	0	0	2	9.0
38	Hezekiah Millender	17	0	0	1	17.0
39	Whitt Newbauer	6	0	0	1	6.0
40	Bowe Bentley	0	0	0	1	0.0
41	Callum Wither	0	0	0	1	0.0

Sorted by passing yards. Gray: under 10 attempts a game, so not ranked on yards an attempt.

Pass targets

Furrey saw 2 of the 2 charted throws.

Receiver	Targets, caught	Targets	Catches	Yards	Throw depth	After catch
Stone Furrey		2	2	24	-2.0	14.0

Play by play: 2 passes, 2 caught, 24 yards. Throw depth: average air yards per target. After catch: average yards after the catch per catch. Bar: targets; the blue part was caught.

Teams and coaches

2023Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Bowling Green7-6HC: Scot Loeffler · Balanced

2025Bowling Green4-8HC: Eddie George · Run-heavy

2026South Carolina5-3HC: Shane Beamer · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 34. Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort

Box-score percentiles

34Building sample?

2 metrics · season cumulative

Too few games for a verdict yet; the rows below are the season so far.

Box-score rates

Yards / att#1 / 159 · 100th pct

12.0

Completion %#1 / 159 · 100th pct

100.0%

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

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 2 games: 12.0 YDS/g, 0.0 TD/g, 12.0 YPA, 0.0 INT/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Shane Beamer

Pass share

46.2%

262 pass / 305 run

Plays / game

70.9

8 games

Scheme: Run-leaning.

South Carolina’s quarterbacks

Lucian Anderson III	Threw in 1 of 8 games · 2 of 2, 24 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · 12.0 yards an attempt on 2 attempts · ran for 5 yds, 0 TD
Lanorris Sellers	Threw in all 8 games · 152 of 243, 1,849 yds, 16 TD, 7 INT · 7.6 yards an attempt on 243 attempts · ran for 603 yds, 6 TD
Cutter Woods	Threw in 4 of 8 games · 11 of 17, 100 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT · 5.9 yards an attempt on 17 attempts · ran for 9 yds, 0 TD

Box score. Every quarterback on the team who has thrown a pass this season.

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Who threw in each quarter. Blue: Lucian Anderson III. Gray: Lanorris Sellers, Cutter Woods. From the play by play.

Q1Q2Q3Q4OTKent StateTowsonMississippi State@ AlabamaKentucky@ FloridaTennessee@ Oklahoma

Awards

Player standing · 2026

2 pass attempts and 1 carry in 2 games

Fewer passes and runs a game than most FBS quarterbacks who play every week.

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Lucian Anderson III

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Where he ranks

Pass targets

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

South Carolina’s quarterbacks

Who threw, quarter by quarter

Awards

2 pass attempts and 1 carry in 2 games

Four seasons, two schools

Moves

2023 3 games

2026