Mario Anderson

Former running back at Memphis. 2024: 1,362 rushing yards, 18 rushing TD, 52 catches.

RB · Memphis · Sr. · #2

5′9″ · 208 lb · Summerville, SC

CFB Index 84 · #15 of 310 RBsHigh confidenceWatch-list name (model)Memphis 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

DL recruit

No. 882 nationally · Signed with Memphis

Statement game22 car · 183 yds · 4 TDvs North Texas (FBS) · W 52-44

Top 1% rushing TDs game since 2021.

Super Mario Andersonr/CFB game thread · ▲ 4His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former running back at Memphis. 2024: 1,362 rushing yards, 18 rushing TD, 52 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Memphis in 2023.
Transferred from South Carolina to Memphis in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Memphis, 2,069 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at South Florida.South Florida · W 21-32024

202311 games

Signed with Memphis3-star out of Katy Paetow

202413 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2024Memphis11-2HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

84All-Conference level #15 of 310?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: td rate (84th percentile). Strength: receptions (99th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#71 / 442 · 84th pct

7.8%

Yards / carry#129 / 442 · 71st pct

5.8

Explosive rate#148 / 442 · 67th pct

8.2%

Success rate#155 / 442 · 65th pct

47.9%

EPA / carry#158 / 442 · 64th pct

0.22

Box-score rates (7)

Receptions#4 / 330 · 99th pct

Rush TDs#7 / 335 · 98th pct

Rush yards#10 / 335 · 97th pct

1362

Carries#13 / 335 · 96th pct

236

Rec yards#17 / 330 · 95th pct

312

Yards / carry#62 / 335 · 80th pct

5.8

Long run#134 / 335 · 60th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / carry

20th → 64th percentile

Success rate

23rd → 65th percentile

Explosive rate

29th → 67th percentile

Yards / carry

56th → 71st percentile

TD rate

16th → 84th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Situational

Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)

Yardage DNA

232 carries

13%

Stuffed (≤0)

35%

Grind (1–3)

33%

Chunk (4–9)

19%

Explosive (10+)

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	128	6.2	1.7
Road6g	77.8	4.7	1.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	75.1	5.0	1.3
Weeks 8+6g	139	6.1	1.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Charles Huff

Pass share

38.2%

66 pass / 107 run

Plays / game

57.7

3 games

Team sack rate

5.2%

77 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Watch-list name (model)

Our Heisman model has him inside the top 25; he is not on a published award watch list yet.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #15 of 310 RBs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Memphis	236	1,362	5.8	18	--
2023	South Carolina	143	707	4.9	3	--
Career		379	2,069	5.5	21	--

Season	Team
2024	Memphis	52	312	6.0	3	--
2023	South Carolina	22	153	7.0	1	--
Career		74	465	6.3	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024

W 34–24

at Tulane

177 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD

With S. Henigan — 218 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.2 · 10 rush yds (11 car) · G. DeRosiers — 41 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Charlotte · 4&3 · Q4 · EPA -3.97Mario Anderson Jr. run for 2 yds to the CLT 6
Week 12 · UAB · 3&19 · Q3 · EPA +3.92Seth Henigan pass complete to Mario Anderson Jr. for 20 yds to the UAB 32 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Navy · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.68Mario Anderson Jr. run for 37 yds to the NAVY 36 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.61Mario Anderson Jr. run for 47 yds for a TD (Tristian Vandenberg KICK)
Week 11 · Rice · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.34Mario Anderson Jr. run for 34 yds to the RICE 28 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.29Mario Anderson Jr. run for 42 yds for a TD (Tristian Vandenberg KICK)
Week 8 · North Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.11Mario Anderson Jr. run for 53 yds to the UNT 17 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Middle Tennessee · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +3.09Seth Henigan pass complete to Mario Anderson Jr. for 23 yds to the MTSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Navy · 4&1 · Q4 · EPA +2.79Mario Anderson Jr. 1 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
Week 14 · Tulane · 2&12 · Q2 · EPA +2.68Mario Anderson Jr. run for 16 yds to the TULN 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 40-0vs North Alabama	10	46	4.6	2	17
Wk 2	W 38-17vs Troy	17	125	7.4	2	26
Wk 3	W 20-12@ Florida State	14	32	2.3	0	6
Wk 4	L 44-56@ Navy	17	117	6.9	3	37	3 rushing TDs
Wk 5	W 24-7vs Middle Tennessee	18	118	6.6	1	31
Wk 7	W 21-3@ South Florida	6	18	3.0	0	5
Wk 8	W 52-44vs North Texas	22	183	8.3	4	53	Season-high 183 yds
Wk 9	W 33-28vs Charlotte	32	141	4.4	1	16
Wk 10	L 36-44@ UTSA	12	53	4.4	1	16
Wk 11	W 27-20vs Rice	25	144	5.8	1	34
Wk 12	W 53-18vs UAB	22	138	6.3	1	16
Wk 14	W 34-24@ Tulane	24	177	7.4	1	47	177-yard day
Bowl	W 42-37@ West Virginia	17	70	4.1	1	19
Total		236	1362	5.5	18	53

How he plays

Play style

Deployed as a receiver as much as a runner. Value is in space, not between the tackles.

CFB Index positional classification

Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape

Steady, not spectacular

~ our read

232Carries

1346Yards

15.8%Top-5 share

13.4%Stuffed rate

Just 15.8% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 13.4% of his carries. 6 carries for 18 yds vs South Florida; 22 for 183 vs North Texas.

Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share

The closer

~ our read

55.0%Carry share

46.8%Q4-lead share

70.6%In competitive games

55.0% of carries overall (232/422) → 46.8% of Q4-with-lead carries (51/109) — 70.6% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.

Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration

Who gets the tough yard

fact

8/113rd/4th & short

19/38Inside-5 share