[3] In basketball, he played at shooting guard, averaging 22 points and leading the county in scoring as a junior.
[4] As a sophomore in 1991, he struggled in the first seven games while splitting time with Gerry Collins and Shelly Hammonds.
[6] Anderson entered his junior season with Joe Paterno mentioning him as probably the most powerful of all the tailbacks he had coached.
[7] He posted 195 carries for 900 rushing yards (led the team), 19 total touchdowns (second highest in school history) and 116 points (second in the nation).
In the tenth game against the Green Bay Packers, he had 7 carries for 74 rushing yards, including a 55-yard run.
In 1996, he passed Brad Baxter on the depth chart and was named the regular starter at fullback.
In 1997, the Jets signed free agent fullback Lorenzo Neal, relegating Anderson to a platoon role.
[11] In 2001, he appeared in 16 games with 15 starts and contributed to Martin rushing for a franchise record 1,513 yards.
In 2003, the Jets chose to re-sign fullback Jerald Sowell and let Anderson leave in free agency.
On March 4, 2003, he signed as a free agent with the Dallas Cowboys, reuniting him with his former Jets head coach Bill Parcells.
[13] He registered career-highs with 70 carries and 306 rushing yards, while leading the team in receptions (69), even though he was a fullback.
He also lined up at running back, tight end, wide receiver and on special teams.
[14] A couple of his main highlights with the Cowboys, occurred when he threw a left-handed touchdown pass to Terry Glenn in a 2004 game against the Washington Redskins, and when he leaped 5 feet in the air over former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Troy Vincent.
On February 2, 2006, he signed a one-day contract to officially retired with the New York Jets, the team that drafted him.