Mike Anderson (running back)
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 21, 1973 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Winnsboro, South Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Fawn Grove (PA) Kennard-Dale | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Utah | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2000 / Round: 6 / Pick: 189 | ||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 4,067 |
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| Average: | 4.4 |
| Touchdowns: | 37 |
| Receptions: | 92 |
| Receiving yards: | 727 |
| Touchdowns: | 5 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Michael Moschello Anderson (born September 21, 1973) is a former American football running back and Marine. He was originally drafted by the Denver Broncos in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Utah.
Anderson, who earned the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award in 2000, has also played for the Baltimore Ravens in his career.
Anderson is a graduate of Kennard-Dale High School in York County, Pennsylvania, where he did not compete in sports.
Anderson spent four years in the United States Marine Corps upon completion of high school in order to earn educational benefits and in consideration of a possible military career. While in the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, he played on the 11th Marines contact football team, where he was seen by an assistant coach for Mt. San Jacinto Junior College.
Anderson attended Mt. San Jacinto Junior College for two years. As a freshman helped his team win the L.A. Bowl with 1,511 rushing yards. He won the California State JUCO Player of the Year after rushing for 1,686 yards as a sophomore. Anderson went on to become a two-time all-conference player at the University of Utah where he was a teammate of Baltimore Ravens star wide receiver Steve Smith. Anderson finished his two-year career with the best per-game rushing average in school history (102.4 avg.)
Anderson played five seasons for the Denver Broncos. In his first season in 2000, he ended up with 1,487 yards and received the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award. He set several franchise records on Dec 3 at New Orleans with 37 carries for 251 yards and four touchdowns. He also had games with 187 and 195 yards, the only rookie in NFL history with three 175+ yard games. He was plagued by injuries in the following years, not even playing in 2004, the result of tearing both groin muscles while blocking on a punt return in the waning moments of a preseason game. The 2005 NFL season was a good one for him. He rushed for 1,014 yards in 15 games. In reaching his second 1,000-yard rushing season, Anderson set several modern-day NFL records (longest stretch between seasons leading a team in rushing, longest stretch between a player's first and second 1,000-yard rushing seasons, and greatest number of seasons passed between 1,000-yard rushing seasons with no intervening seasons rushing for that distance). On March 1, 2006, Anderson was waived by the Broncos to avoid exceeding the salary cap.
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