Position: Wide receiver High school: Plantation (FL) South Undrafted: 2016 Height 1.91 m | Place of birth: Fair Lawn, New Jersey College: Temple Weight 86 kg Education Temple University | |
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Date of birth: (1993-05-09) May 9, 1993 (age 23) Current team New York Jets (#11 / Wide receiver) Parents Kim Shubert, Jason Anderson Similar Bryce Petty, Quincy Enunwa, Bilal Powell, Jalin Marshall, Charone Peake Profiles | ||
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.
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Born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, where his father still resides, Anderson moved to South Florida as a child.
College career
Anderson committed to Temple University to play college football for the Temple Owls over offers from schools like Illinois, Indiana, and Marshall. 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 in 2013 and caught 44 passes for 791 receiving yards and nine touchdowns. Anderson missed the 2014 season, however, due to academic eligibility issues. Anderson spent 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 the Eastern College Athletic Conference 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 2016 East–West Shrine Game.
Professional career
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. Anderson entered training camp competing against Jalin Marshall, Chandler Worthy, Jeremy Ross, and Charone Peake to be the Jet's fifth wide receiver. He went on to lead all players in the 2016 pre-season in receiving yards with 264, and also had 13 catches and three touchdowns, which helped him earn a spot on the Jets' final 53-man roster and become their fifth wide receiver entering the regular season, behind Brandon Marshall, Eric Decker, Quincy Enunwa, and Jalin Marshall.
He made his professional regular season debut in the New York Jet's season-opening 23-22 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. On September 25, 2016, Anderson made his first career reception on a 26-yard pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick and finished the 24-3 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs with a total of two receptions for 34 receiving yards. The next game, Anderson was named the Jets' starting slot receiver against the Seattle Seahawks and finished the 27-17 loss with two catches for 12 receiving yards. Following Eric Decker's season-ending injury on October 12, 2016, Anderson became Jet's starting slot receiver. On December 5, 2016, he made four receptions for 61-yards and caught his first career touchdown on a 40-yard pass from Bryce Petty. The New York Jets went on to lose to the Indianapolis Colts 41-10. The following week, Anderson had a season-high six catches and 99 receiving yards in a 23-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. In a Week 15 macthup against the Miami Dolphins, he led the Jets with 80 receiving yards, made four receptions, and caught a 40-yard touchdown pass from Bryce Petty as the Jets lost 34-13.
He finished his rookie season with 42 receptions, 587 receiving yards, and two touchdowns in 16 games and eight starts.