Mark Anderson (American football)
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Anderson during the 2011 NFL season.
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | May 26, 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Tulsa, Oklahoma | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 255 lb (116 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Tulsa (OK) Washington | ||||||||||||
| College: | Alabama | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2006 / Round: 5 / Pick: 159 | ||||||||||||
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| Tackles: | 175 |
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| Sacks: | 36.5 |
| INTs: | 0 |
| Passes defensed: | 9 |
| Forced fumbles: | 7 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Mark Anderson (born May 26, 1983) is a former American football defensive end. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Alabama.
Anderson also played for the Houston Texans, New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills.
Anderson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He attended Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, and was a letterman in football and basketball. He was a teammate in both sports of Robert Meachem and Felix Jones, both also current NFL football players. In football, he was an All-Metro selection and was named as a Big 12 Prep pick. Mark Anderson graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 2001. Anderson recorded 104 tackles and 9 sacks along with 9 receptions and 3 touchdowns during his senior season to help the Hornets to an 11-2 record. In his best game he notched 20 tackles, 3 sacks and 2 blocked punts in 1 game as a senior.
Anderson attended the University of Alabama (where he became a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity). He was a four-year letterwinner at Alabama (2001–05) starting 30 of 50 games, including the final 29 of his career, He finished with 141 career tackles, 13.5 sacks, 25 tackles for loss (TFL) (7th all-time at Alabama), 5 forced fumbles, 3 fumble recoveries and 2 passes deflected. He received second-team all-Southeastern Conference accolades as a senior after pacing Alabama with 7.5 sacks and 18 TFLs among 40 tackles while adding 1 forced fumble and 1 blocked field goal in 12 starts.
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