{"id":48994,"date":"2020-03-02T08:06:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T12:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=48994"},"modified":"2020-03-02T08:16:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T12:16:26","slug":"prospect-preview-darius-anderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2020\/03\/02\/prospect-preview-darius-anderson\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospect Preview: Darius Anderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With some questions in the offensive backfield, Darius &#8220;Jet&#8221; Anderson is a prospect that the Jets should consider in the later rounds of the draft, possibly 6th or 7th round.\u00a0 This Horned Frog from TCU showcased a mix of talents as a running back, kick returner and was often utilized on 3rd down as a Scat back.\u00a0 Anderson was in a crowded backfield but still put up his best statistical season in 2019.\u00a0 Two areas where we saw quality improvement was in receiving and kick returning where he averaged 22.1 yards per return.\u00a0 He also finished his career rushing average with 5.6 yards per carry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Darius Anderson might fit in those rounds <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C79rOeD0gr\">https:\/\/t.co\/C79rOeD0gr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex V (@NYJetsLife24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYJetsLife24\/status\/1224096050736177157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Career total:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2,418 rushing yards with 18 touchdowns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>224 receiving yards on 43 receptions<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">93 yard TD Run by Darius Anderson \ud83d\udd25 and (15) TCU leads (4) Ohio State 14-10 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zvENULPS32\">pic.twitter.com\/zvENULPS32<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCAAF Nation (@NCAAFNation247) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAAFNation247\/status\/1041135046155878400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>Traits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Balance after contact<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Quick burst ability with track star like speed<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Good receiver with reliable hands<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Very shifty with change of direction<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Can plant and go without losing speed<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Darius Anderson (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TCUFootball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TCUFootball<\/a>) to the \ud83c\udfe0for the North!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seniorbowl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@seniorbowl<\/a> on NFL Network <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/odR1hDh8j1\">pic.twitter.com\/odR1hDh8j1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL Network (@nflnetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nflnetwork\/status\/1221172395265970177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><strong>NFL Combine Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>5&#8217;10&#8221; 208 Lbs.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>4.61 forty yard dash<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>19 Bench Reps of 225 lbs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a010&#8217;8&#8243; Broad Jump<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>36&#8243; Vertical Jump<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anderson is a classic example of a guy who plays faster than his 40 time indicates.\u00a0 This is a dynamic runner who can absorb contact, maintain balance and accelerate past defenders. The only major concern with his play style is blocking.\u00a0 Much will have to be improved in order for him to eventually become a starter.\u00a0 His role as a rookie should be as a complimentary running back in a change of pace role with the majority of his contributions coming on Special teams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NFL Draft Projection: 6th Round\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With some questions in the offensive backfield, Darius &#8220;Jet&#8221; Anderson is a prospect that the Jets should consider in the later rounds of the draft, possibly 6th or 7th round.\u00a0 This Horned Frog from TCU showcased a mix of talents as a running back, kick returner and was often utilized on 3rd down as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":49457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3061],"tags":[3168],"class_list":{"0":"post-48994","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-prospect-player-profiles","8":"tag-darius-anderson"},"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/dariusandersonpic.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peLffi-cKe","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48994"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49456,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48994\/revisions\/49456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}