Derek Anderson

Derek Matthew Anderson

Position: QB Throws: Right

6-6, 235lb (198cm, 106kg)

Born: June 15, 1983 in Portland, OR

College: Oregon St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 23 (4884th overall since 1960)

High School: Scappoose (OR)

Draft: Baltimore Ravens in the 6th round (213th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

QBrec

20-29-0

Cmp%

54.3

Yds

10878

Y/A

6.5

Int

FantPt

583.8

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	QBR	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
2006	23	CLE	QB	3	5	3	0-3-0	66	117	56.4	793	5	4.3	8	6.8	37	66	6.8	4.6	12.0	158.6	63.1	42.2	8	66	6.4	5.82	3.74	1	1	2
2007*	24	CLE	QB	3	16	15	10-5-0	298	527	56.5	3787	29	5.5	19	3.6	185	78	7.2	6.7	12.7	236.7	82.5	62.6	14	109	2.6	6.80	6.29	2	2	14	AP CPoY-7, PB
2008	25	CLE	QB	3	10	9	3-6-0	142	283	50.2	1615	9	3.2	8	2.8	83	70	5.7	5.1	11.4	161.5	66.5	44.4	14	87	4.7	5.14	4.54	1	2	2
2009	26	CLE	QB	3	8	7	3-4-0	81	182	44.5	888	3	1.6	10	5.5	44	43	4.9	2.7	11.0	111.0	42.1	22.4	11	75	5.7	4.21	2.19	0	1	-4
2010	27	ARI	QB	3	12	9	2-7-0	169	327	51.7	2065	7	2.1	10	3.1	96	43	6.3	5.4	12.2	172.1	65.9	32.7	25	176	7.1	5.37	4.49	1	1	4
2011	28	CAR	QB	3	2	0		0	0		0	0		0			0				0.0		5.1	0	0						0
2012	29	CAR	QB	3	2	0		4	4	100.0	58	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	23	14.5	14.5	14.5	29.0	118.7	90.9	0	0	0.0	14.50	14.50			0
2013	30	CAR	QB	3	4	0		0	0		0	0		0		0	0				0.0		82.1	0	0						0
2014	31	CAR	QB	3	6	2	2-0-0	65	97	67.0	701	5	5.2	0	0.0	44	35	7.2	8.3	10.8	116.8	105.2	71.4	4	17	4.0	6.77	7.76			2
2015	32	CAR	QB	3	3	0		4	6	66.7	36	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	24	6.0	6.0	9.0	12.0	82.6	5.9	0	0	0.0	6.00	6.00			0
2016	33	CAR	QB	3	5	2	0-2-0	36	53	67.9	453	2	3.8	5	9.4	22	48	8.5	5.1	12.6	90.6	67.6	14.4	0	0	0.0	8.55	5.06			1
2017	34	CAR	QB	3	3	0		2	8	25.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	9	2.1	2.1	8.5	5.7	39.6	0.2	0	0	0.0	2.13	2.13			0
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	0-2-0	42	70	60.0	465	0	0.0	4	5.7	22	40	6.6	4.1	11.1	232.5	56.0	26.6	5	33	6.7	5.76	3.36			1
Career					78	49	20-29-0	909	1674	54.3	10878	60	3.6	64	3.8	539	78	6.5	5.5	12.0	139.5	70.4		81	563	4.6	5.88	4.92	5	7	22
7 yrs		CAR			25	4	2-2-0	111	168	66.1	1265	7	4.2	5	3.0	72	48	7.5	7.0	11.4	50.6	90.0		4	17	2.3	7.26	6.76			3
4 yrs		CLE			39	34	16-18-0	587	1109	52.9	7083	46	4.1	45	4.1	349	78	6.4	5.4	12.1	181.6	69.7		47	337	4.1	5.84	4.88	4	6	14
1 yr		ARI			12	9	2-7-0	169	327	51.7	2065	7	2.1	10	3.1	96	43	6.3	5.4	12.2	172.1	65.9		25	176	7.1	5.37	4.49	1	1	4
1 yr		BUF			2	2	0-2-0	42	70	60.0	465	0	0.0	4	5.7	22	40	6.6	4.1	11.1	232.5	56.0		5	33	6.7	5.76	3.36			1

Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Cmp%	TD%	Int%	Y/A	AY/A	Rate	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
2015	32	CAR	QB	1	0		0
2017	34	CAR	QB	1	0		1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.00	0.00
Career				2		0-0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.00	0.00

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Advanced Passing

Air Yards

Accuracy

Pressure

Play Type

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	IAY	IAY/PA	CAY	CAY/Cmp	CAY/PA	YAC	YAC/Cmp
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	42	70	465	618	8.8	291	6.9	4.2	174	4.1

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Bats	ThAwy	Spikes	Drops	Drop%	BadTh	Bad%	OnTgt	OnTgt%
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	42	70	465	0	1	0	3	4.3%	12	17.4%

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Sk	PktTime	Bltz	Hrry	Hits	Prss	Prss%	Scrm	Yds/Scr
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	42	70	465	5	2.4	18	14	5	24	32.0%	0

Advanced Passing Table
					Games		Passing			RPO						PlayAction
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Yds	Plays	Yds	PassAtt	PassYds	RushAtt	RushYds	PassAtt	PassYds
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	42	70	465	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+
2006	23	CLE	QB	3	5	3	0-3-0	117	99	97	78	79	87	103	41	100	76
2007*	24	CLE	QB	3	16	15	10-5-0	527	106	113	105	110	85	117	91	123	101
2008	25	CLE	QB	3	10	9	3-6-0	283	77	83	84	87	64	90	102	109	80
2009	26	CLE	QB	3	8	7	3-4-0	182	61	65	55	58	44	70	63	102	49
2010	27	ARI	QB	3	12	9	2-7-0	327	87	86	86	86	71	76	99	93	80
2014	31	CAR	QB	3	6	2	2-0-0	97	101	110	118	123	119	107	143	118	123
2016	33	CAR	QB	3	5	2	0-2-0	53	132	148	73	84	121	93	-26	150	69
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	0-2-0	70	89	90	60	63	87	52	44	100	55
Career					78	49	20-29-0	1674

Rushing & Receiving

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2006	23	CLE	QB	3	5	3	4	47	0	2	33	11.8	9.4	0.8					0							4	11.8	47	0	2
2007*	24	CLE	QB	3	16	15	32	70	3	12	11	2.2	4.4	2.0					0							32	2.2	70	3	5
2008	25	CLE	QB	3	10	9	25	55	0	6	15	2.2	5.5	2.5					0							25	2.2	55	0	9
2009	26	CLE	QB	3	8	7	10	8	2	6	3	0.8	1.0	1.3					0							10	0.8	8	2	5
2010	27	ARI	QB	3	12	9	5	25	0	2	11	5.0	2.1	0.4					0							5	5.0	25	0	6
2011	28	CAR	QB	3	2	0	2	-2	0		-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0					0							2	-1.0	-2	0	0
2013	30	CAR	QB	3	4	0	5	0	0	1	2	0.0	0.0	1.3					0							5	0.0		0	0
2014	31	CAR	QB	3	6	2	8	24	0	3	8	3.0	4.0	1.3					0							8	3.0	24	0	2
2015	32	CAR	QB	3	3	0	7	-2	0	0	2	-0.3	-0.7	2.3					0							7	-0.3	-2	0	1
2016	33	CAR	QB	3	5	2	1	4	0	0	4	4.0	0.8	0.2					0							1	4.0	4	0	1
2017	34	CAR	QB	3	3	0	2	-2	0	0	-1	-1.0	-0.7	0.7					0							2	-1.0	-2	0	0
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	1	-1	0	0	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0.5					0							1	-1.0	-1	0	3
Career					78	49	102	226	5	32	33	2.2	2.9	1.3					0							102	2.2	226	5	34
7 yrs		CAR			25	4	25	22	0	4	8	0.9	0.9	1.0					0							25	0.9	22	0	4
4 yrs		CLE			39	34	71	180	5	26	33	2.5	4.6	1.8					0							71	2.5	180	5	21
1 yr		ARI			12	9	5	25	0	2	11	5.0	2.1	0.4					0							5	5.0	25	0	6
1 yr		BUF			2	2	1	-1	0	0	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0.5					0							1	-1.0	-1	0	3

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2015	32	CAR	QB	1	0	2	-2	0	0	-1	-1.0	-2.0	2.0					0							2	-1.0	-2	0	0
Career				2		2	-2	0	0	0	-1.0	-1.0	1.0					0							2	-1.0	-2	0

Advanced Rushing & Receiving

since 2018

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2006	23	CLE	QB	3	5	3			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0
2007*	24	CLE	QB	3	16	15			0			0	5	1	-3	0	0.0
2008	25	CLE	QB	3	10	9			0			0	9	2	-13	0	0.0
2009	26	CLE	QB	3	8	7			0			0	5	2	-4	0	0.0
2010	27	ARI	QB	3	12	9			0			0	6	1	0	0	0.0
2014	31	CAR	QB	3	6	2			0			0	2	2	-10	0	0.0
2015	32	CAR	QB	3	3	0			0			0	1	1	0	0	0.0
2016	33	CAR	QB	3	5	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2			0			0	3	1	0	0	0.0
Career					78	49			0			0	34	10	-30	0	0.0
7 yrs		CAR			25	4			0			0	4	3	-10	0	0.0
4 yrs		CLE			39	34			0			0	21	5	-20	0	0.0
1 yr		ARI			12	9			0			0	6	1	0	0	0.0
1 yr		BUF			2	2			0			0	3	1	0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary

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Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2007*	24	CLE	QB	3	16	15	3	3		18	1.1
2009	26	CLE	QB	3	8	7	2	2		12	1.5
Career					78	49	5	5	0	30	.4
7 yrs		CAR			25	4			0	0	0.0
4 yrs		CLE			39	34	5	5	0	30	.8
1 yr		ARI			12	9			0	0	0.0
1 yr		BUF			2	2			0	0	0.0

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012	29	CAR	QB	3	2	0	9	7%	0	0%	0	0%
2013	30	CAR	QB	3	4	0	15	6%	0	0%	0	0%
2014	31	CAR	QB	3	6	2	178	43%	0	0%	0	0%
2015	32	CAR	QB	3	3	0	25	12%	0	0%	0	0%
2016	33	CAR	QB	3	5	2	86	26%	0	0%	0	0%
2017	34	CAR	QB	3	3	0	15	8%	0	0%	0	0%
2018	35	BUF	QB	3	2	2	118	98%	0	0%	0	0%
Career							446		0		0
6 yrs		CAR			23	4	328		0		0
1 yr		BUF			2	2	118		0		0

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