Robby Anderson
| No. 11 New York Jets | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 9, 1993 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Fair Lawn, New Jersey | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Plantation (FL) South | ||||||||
| College: | Temple | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2016 | ||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016 | |||||||||
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Robert Anderson (born May 9, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He played college football at Temple. Anderson was signed by the Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2016.
Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, where his father still resides, Anderson moved to South Florida as a child.[1]
College career
Anderson committed to Temple University to play college football for the Temple Owls over offers from other schools including Illinois, Indiana, and Marshall.[2] After redshirting his first year in Philadelphia, Anderson saw time on special teams during his redshirt-freshman season and practiced primarily as a defensive back. Following Matt Rhule's hiring as Temple's head coach, Anderson switched to wide receiver in 2013 and caught 44 passes for 791 receiving yards and nine touchdowns. In the 2013 season, Anderson set a Temple school-record for receiving yards in a game with 239 against SMU.[3] Anderson missed the 2014 season, however, due to academic eligibility issues. Anderson spent the 2014 taking classes at a community college in Florida. Anderson returned to Temple for his senior season in 2015 season and had 70 catches for 939 yards. Anderson's reception and yardage totals were the second most ever by a Temple player in school history. Anderson was selected to the Eastern College Athletic Conference All-Conference team and Third Team All-Conference team by Phil Steele in recognition of his senior season. Following his senior season, Anderson was selected to play in the 2016 East–West Shrine Game.[4]
Professional career
| Ht | Wt | 40‑yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20‑ss | 3‑cone | Vert jump | Broad | BP | |||||
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| 6 ft 3 in | 187 lb | 4.36 s | 1.59 s | 2.56 s | 4.27 s | 7.07 s | 36½ in | 10 ft 8 in | 8 reps | |||||
| All values from Temple's Pro Day[5] | ||||||||||||||
Despite running a 4.36-second 40-yard dash at Temple's pro day, Anderson went undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft. On May 5, 2016, Anderson signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent.[6] Anderson entered training camp competing against Jalin Marshall, Chandler Worthy, Jeremy Ross, and Charone Peake to be the Jets' fifth wide receiver.[7] He went on to lead all players in the 2016 pre-season in receiving yards with 264, and also had 13 catches and three touchdowns, which helped him earn a spot on the Jets' final 53-man roster and become their fifth wide receiver entering the regular season, behind Brandon Marshall, Eric Decker, Quincy Enunwa, and Jalin Marshall.[8]
He made his professional regular season debut in the New York Jets' season-opening 23-22 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. On September 25, 2016, Anderson made his first career reception on a 26-yard pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick and finished the 24-3 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs with a total of two receptions for 34 receiving yards.[9] The next game, Anderson was named the Jets' starting slot receiver against the Seattle Seahawks and finished the 27-17 loss with two catches for 12 receiving yards. Following Eric Decker's season-ending injury on October 12, 2016, Anderson became Jets' starting slot receiver. On December 5, 2016, he made four receptions for 61 yards and caught his first career touchdown on a 40-yard pass from Bryce Petty. The New York Jets went on to lose to the Indianapolis Colts 41-10.[10] The following week, Anderson had a season-high six catches and 99 receiving yards in a 23-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. In a Week 15 matchup against the Miami Dolphins, he led the Jets with 80 receiving yards, made four receptions, and caught a 40-yard touchdown pass from Petty as the Jets lost by a score of 34-13.[11]
He finished his rookie season with 42 receptions, 587 receiving yards, and two touchdowns in 16 games and eight starts.
Personal life
Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Anderson was raised in nearby Teaneck.[1]
On May 8, 2017, Anderson was arrested in Miami, Florida for resisting with violence. Anderson had an altercation with security at a Miami music festival, and was told to leave.[12][13]
References
- 1 2 Vasquez, Andy. "Jets: Rookie Anderson getting a shot", The Record (Bergen County), October 2, 2016. Accessed October 2, 2016. "Five months ago, Robby Anderson was an undrafted free agent just hoping for a spot on an NFL roster.... But there will be no wide-eyed walk into MetLife Stadium this morning for the 23-year-old Teaneck native."
- ↑ https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/25393
- ↑ Bump, Lary. "Temple builds 21 point lead but falls to SMU". Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ↑ http://owlsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7911
- ↑ "Robby Anderson, DS #19 WR, Temple: 2016 NFL Draft". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Jets Sign 13 Undrafted Free Agents". newyorkjets.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Ourlads.com: New York Jets' Depth Chart: 08/31/2016". ourlads.com. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ "Ourlads.com: New York Jets' Depth Chart: 09/29/16". ourlads.com. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ "NFL Game Center: Week 3-2016: New York Jets @ Kansas City Chiefs". nfl.com. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ "NFL Game Center: Week 13-2016: Indianapolis Colts @ New York Jets". NFL.com. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ "NFL Player Profile: Robby Anderson". NFL.com. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
- ↑ Bergman, Jeremy. "Robby Anderson arrested, charged with resisting arrest in Miami". NFL. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
- ↑ Cimini, Rich. " Jets WR Robby Anderson arrested at Miami music festival ", ESPN, May 8, 2017. Accessed May 8, 2017. " Anderson was arrested around 6 p.m. ET on a felony charge of resisting arrest with violence and an obstruction of justice charge."