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: | Teaneck, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Plantation (FL) | ||||||||||
| College: | Temple | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2016 | ||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 11, 2016 | |||||||||||
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Robert "Robby" 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.
Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, where his father still resides, Anderson moved to South Florida as a child.[1]
College career
Anderson committed to Temple over offers from schools like Illinois, Indiana and Marshall.[2] After redshirting his first year in Philadelphia, Anderson saw time on special teams during his redshirt-freshman and practiced primarily as a defensive back. Following Matt Rhule's hiring as Temple's head coach, Anderson switched to wide receiver and had a breakout 2013 season where he caught 44 passes for 791 receiving yards and nine touchdowns. Anderson would go on to miss the 2014 season, however, due to academic eligibility issues. Anderson would spend 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. Anderson was selected to ECAC All-Conference team and third Team All-Conference team by Phil Steele in his senior season. Following his senior season, Anderson was selected to play in the East-West Shrine game.[3]
Professional career
New York Jets
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.[4] He went on to lead all players in the 2016 pre-season in receiving yards, earning him a spot on the Jets' final 53-man roster.
Following Eric Decker's season-ending injury, Anderson became one of the Jets' starting wide receivers.
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ http://owlsports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7911
- ↑ "Jets Sign 13 Undrafted Free Agents". newyorkjets.com. Retrieved May 5, 2016.