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2022 Football Roster

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8 Drake Anderson

  • Position Running Back
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 200
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Chandler, Ariz.
  • High School Chandler HS
  • Prev School Northwestern

Biography

2022: Did not make an appearance during the 2022 season.

2021: Played in 11 games and made three starts in his first season at Arizona … Was Arizona’s leading rusher with 410 yards on 87 carries … In his Wildcat debut vs. BYU, he had eight carries for 35 yards and six receptions for 28 yards … Carried the ball 12 times for 72 yards vs. NAU … Toted the ball 21 times for 67 yards at Oregon, where he scored his first touchdown in an Arizona uniform … Had 92 rushing yards on just eight carries at Washington State where he set up a scoring drive with his 71-yard rush, the longest rush of any Wildcat this season.

Before Arizona: Played three seasons at Northwestern collecting 228 carries, 926 yards and five touchdowns while also catching 10 passes for 56 yards… Member of 2020 Doak Walker Award Watch List… Career best game came versus UNLC in 2019 season with 26 attempts for 141 yards and a touchdown… 2020 season-best mark was 103 yards on just 10 carries with a touchdown against Maryland (10-24-2020), which included second longest career rush of 37 yards… Northwestern’s leading rusher in 2019… Helped guide Chandler to 6A Arizona State Championship in senior season of high school, amassing 2,009 yards and 37 touchdowns on the ground… 6A All-Conference First Team and Conference Offensive Player of the Year… Member of head coach Jedd Fisch’s first recruiting class at Arizona.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2021Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'11" 194 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2022Junior

    Running Back
    5'11" 200 lbs
    8
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