Colin Anderson drops his Anchor
From the state of Alabama. 85, 3-star linebacker Colin Anderson is the second commit for the class of 2017. Colin joins 87, 3-star quarterback Jacob Free from Brantley, Alabama (south-central Alabama) in the beginning stages of a potentially electric looking class.
Colin plays at Brooks High School in Killen, Alabama in Lauderdale County, which is the very top of the northwest part of the state. Colin is 6’2″, 210. He registered 78 tackles this season on a team that reached the Class 4A state quarterfinals and finished 11-2. There are 7 classes of football in Alabama. Brooks looks like they will be moving up to 5A ball in 2016. Not positive about that, but that looks to be the case from studying the Alabama High School Athletic Association website.
Watched Colin’s film and loved it. Somebody on the Vandy247 board called Colin, “Zach Cunningham 2.0,” and I agree with that and I’ll go even further and say he’s a Nigel Bowden-Zach 2.0. He’s got the best of both of those exceptional linebackers’ attributes. Colin is a super tackler who can really lay the lumber in the middle at middle linebacker. He’s fast, aggressive, tough and a major wood layer. Love his tackling. He’s all over the place. He’ll get bigger under strength coach James Dobson at VU, and he’ll be a heckuva player for us.
Colin chose us over offers from Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Michigan, Harbaugh might have satellited down to Killen knowing him, South Carolina, and Colin also had offers from 5 Ivy League schools. He scored a 29 on his ACT and has accumulated a 4.33 GPA. He played at Fairhope High School his sophomore year, which is in southwestern Alabama near Florida.
Colin told Al.com, the local paper, that “it was a no brainer. Love the staff, love the university, love the city.”
The city, the degree, the SEC drops another anchor with the addition of Colin Anderson to this class. Love it.