Senior running back for UCF. 2020: 687 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 14 catches.
5′11″ · 174 lb · Jacksonville, FL
Recruiting
APB recruit
No. 886 nationally · Signed with UCF
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 running back for UCF. 2020: 687 rushing yards, 4 rushing TD, 14 catches.
Otis Anderson
Otis Anderson has played for two head coaches in four seasons at UCF. His first career honor landed in 2020: All-AAC. One game to point at: 170 rush yds, 11 rec yds against Houston — Week 9, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UCF, 2,182 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Frost → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: rush yards (84th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (11th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 66.0 | 5.4 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 87.5 | 5.6 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 66.0 | 4.2 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 87.5 | 6.8 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Frost
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2020
W 51–34
vs Tulane
46 rush yds (11 car)
Edged out Tulane at home in a shootout.
With D. Gabriel — 422 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · 19 rush yds (12 car) · G. McCrae — 162 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 49-21@ Georgia Tech | 18 | 88 | 4.9 | 1 | 23 | |
| Wk 4 | W 51-28@ East Carolina | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 5 | L 26-34vs Tulsa | 17 | 84 | 4.9 | 1 | 49 | |
| Wk 7 | L 49-50@ Memphis | 18 | 70 | 3.9 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 8 | W 51-34vs Tulane | 11 | 46 | 4.2 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 9 | W 44-21@ Houston | 16 | 170 | 10.6 | 1 | 46 | Season-high 170 yds |
| Wk 11 | W 38-13vs Temple | 10 | 83 | 8.3 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 12 | L 33-36vs Cincinnati | 12 | 51 | 4.3 | 0 | 22 | |
| Total | 109 | 614 | 5.5 | 4 | 49 |
Final Heisman position · 2020
Otis Anderson finished 226th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.