#23
Illinois · 2026

Jordan Anderson

RBSenior6' 4", 240 lbsNaperville, IL
Illinois Fighting Illini5-3 · TDC #42
Snap share
20%
likely 15–44%
Rush yards
175
367th of 1519 in FBS
Yards / carry
4.6
Rush TD
2
266th of 683 in FBS
Receptions
2
1510th of 2089 in FBS
EPA / play
+0.11
41 plays

Efficiency & Role

EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS RB who qualifies

EPA per play by situation

41 plays · +4.7 total EPA · not enough plays to rank yet
All plays+0.11
Passing-0.14
Rushing+0.13
1st down-0.15
2nd down+0.41
3rd down+0.55
Standard downs-0.02
Passing downs+0.58
AndersonRB average

Share of team plays

How often the offense runs through this player. Pass = targets or dropbacks, rush = carries
All plays9%
Pass plays1%
Run plays18%
1st down10%
2nd down7%
3rd down12%
Standard downs11%
Passing downs6%
AndersonRB average

Advanced

Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume

RushingValueFBS rank
Carries38—
Success rate36.8%—
Explosive run rate10.5%—
Stuffed at the line13.2%—
First downs11—
Red-zone carries6—
Goal-line carries1—

Charting

Where Anderson's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play

Run direction38 carries

Left
21%
3.9 YPC · 38% succ.
Middle
61%
3.1 YPC · 35% succ.
Right
18%
10.3 YPC · 57% succ.
Share of carries by direction, as the play-by-play calls it. Success: 5+ yards on 1st/2nd down, 3+ on 3rd/4th, or a touchdown. QB scrambles excluded.
2025 charting · Illinois

Career

3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play

SeasonTeamGSnapsCarRush ydsY/CRush TDRush SR
2026 so farIllinois#42 · 5-3720%381754.6236.8%
2025Illinois#27 · 9-466%9414.6185.7%
2024Illinois#37 · 10-345%6122.00100.0%

Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Jordan Anderson's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.

Game Log

Jordan Anderson's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game

5.0 avg. game scoreBest: 6.1 vs Oregon (Week 8)0 of 4 games at 8.0+
Rushing
WkOpponentResultGame scoreCarYdsY/CTDLong
1UABW 42–23—351.704
2DukeL 27–31—no stats recorded
3Southern IllinoisW 48–10—3113.719
4@Ohio StateL 19–42—22010.0122
5PurdueL 17–244.24133.3010
6@Michigan StateW 38–373.66142.305
8OregonW 21–106.111676.1033
9@MarylandW 20–175.99455.0012
2026 · 7 games5.0381754.6233

2026 Season Stats

FBS rank among qualifying players

Rushing2026FBS rank
Carries38—
Yards175367th / 1519
Yards / carry4.6—
Touchdowns2266th / 683
Long33—
Receiving2026FBS rank
Receptions21510th / 2089
Yards91796th / 2074
Yards / catch4.5—
Touchdowns0—
Long9—

Snaps by Game

Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works

GameTeam playsEst. snapsPlays involvedSnap share
Wk 1 · UAB43~6 (2–12)314%
Wk 3 · Southern Illinois57~10 (2–19)318%
Wk 4 · Ohio State71~13 (3–25)218%
Wk 5 · Purdue65~14 (4–27)422%
Wk 6 · Michigan State69~15 (10–19)622%
Wk 8 · Oregon58~21 (14–27)1236%
Wk 9 · Maryland65~20 (14–26)1131%
Season49699 (72–216)4120%

Position Room

7 RBs on the Illinois roster, ordered by car

#PlayerPosClassCarYdsYPCTDRecEPA/play
21Aidan LaugheryRBSR895606.3210+0.16
Ca'Lil ValentineRB502254.513+0.10
23Jordan AndersonRBSR381754.622+0.11
24Javari BarnettRBFR251837.32—+0.19
20John ForsterRBSO——————
27Corey RashadRBSR——————
31Murphy ClementRBJR——————

Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 6+ plays per team game. Illinois depth chart →