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Damien Anderson

School: Northwestern
Position: RB

Career Rushing: 935 Att, 4336 Yds, 4.6 Avg, 37 TD
Career Kick Returns: 11 Ret, 284 Yds, 25.8 Avg, 0 TD
Career Passing: 0 Cmp, 1 Att, 0 Yds, 0 TD
Career Scoring: 30 TD, 180 Pts

Consensus All-America: 2000
Heisman Voting: 5th in 2000

Rushing & Receiving

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Year School Conf Class Pos Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1998 Northwestern Big Ten RB 164 537 3.3 4 10 79 7.9 0 174 616 3.5 4
1999 Northwestern Big Ten RB 306 1128 3.7 3 16 184 11.5 0 322 1312 4.1 3
2000 Northwestern Big Ten SR RB 293 1914 6.5 22 15 120 8.0 0 308 2034 6.6 22
2001 Northwestern Big Ten SR RB 172 757 4.4 8 13 107 8.2 0 185 864 4.7 8
Career Northwestern 935 4336 4.6 37 54 490 9.1 0 989 4826 4.9 37

Kick & Punt Returns

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Kick Ret Punt Ret
Year School Conf Class Pos Ret Yds Avg TD Ret Yds Avg TD
1998 Northwestern Big Ten RB 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 Northwestern Big Ten RB 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 Northwestern Big Ten SR RB 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 Northwestern Big Ten SR RB 11 284 25.8 0 0 0 0
Career Northwestern 11 284 25.8 0 0 0 0

Passing

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Passing
Year School Conf Class Pos Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate
1998 Northwestern Big Ten RB 0 0 0 0 0
1999 Northwestern Big Ten RB 0 0 0 0 0
2000 Northwestern Big Ten SR RB 0 0 0 0 0
2001 Northwestern Big Ten SR RB 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0
Career Northwestern 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0

Scoring

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Touchdowns Kicking
Year School Conf Class Pos Rush Rec Int FR PR KR Oth Tot XPM FGM 2PM Sfty Pts
1998 Northwestern Big Ten RB 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 Northwestern Big Ten RB 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 Northwestern Big Ten SR RB 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 132
2001 Northwestern Big Ten SR RB 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 48
Career Northwestern 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 180

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Career leaders since 2000 ▪ Tackles, passes defended, and forced fumbles since 2005

Awards and Honors

2000 Consensus All-America

Heisman Voting

2000 101 Points (5th)

Rush Attempts

2000 NCAA 293 (4th)
2000 Big Ten 293 (2nd)
2001 Big Ten 172 (10th)

Rushing Yards

2000 NCAA 1914 (2nd)
2000 Big Ten 1914 (1st)
2001 Big Ten 757 (9th)
Career Big Ten* 2671 (22nd)

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

2000 NCAA 6.5 (9th)
2000 Big Ten 6.5 (2nd)
Career Big Ten* 5.7 (10th)

Rushing Touchdowns

2000 NCAA 22 (2nd)
2000 Big Ten 22 (1st)
2001 Big Ten 8 (8th)
Career Big Ten* 30 (17th)

Plays From Scrimmage

2000 NCAA 308 (3rd)
2000 Big Ten 308 (1st)
2001 Big Ten 185 (9th)

Yards From Scrimmage

2000 NCAA 2034 (2nd)
2000 Big Ten 2034 (1st)

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

2000 NCAA 22 (2nd)
2000 Big Ten 22 (1st)
Career Big Ten* 30 (21st)

Touchdowns

2000 NCAA 22 (2nd)
2000 Big Ten 22 (1st)
Career Big Ten* 30 (21st)

Points

2000 NCAA 132 (2nd)
2000 Big Ten 132 (1st)

Kickoff Return Yards

2001 Big Ten 284 (10th)

Kickoff Return Yards Per Return

2001 Big Ten 25.8 (4th)