He transferred after his junior season to Avon Old Farms Prep, where he spent 2 years and was a three-sport letterman.
He began wrestling as a senior and was named an All-American, winning the state and New England titles as a junior.
Anderson missed the 2005 season, after losing his football scholarship because of poor grades and off-the-field problems, which forced him to drop out of school.
As a senior in 2006, he returned after a year out of football, under the condition that he would pay all of his college expenses, so he took out a loan with the help of an aunt and lived during a semester in an abandoned locker room on the campus, until he was able to gain back his scholarship.
He suffered a pinched nerve in his neck that forced him to miss the season finale against the seventh-ranked Louisville.
He finished his college career after appearing in 47 games, starting all of the 26 contests that the team opened with a fullback personnel package.
[5] He was expected to be a difference maker on special teams and was given the nickname "cricket" after eating an insect on a dare during training camp.