Khalil Anderson

2024 Played in 10 games in his first season with the Bears with a start in the season finale vs. South Dakota State (11/23/24) ... Erupted for 9 total tackles with 6 solos against eventual national champion North Dakota State (11/16/24) which earned him MSU's Defensive Grinder Award for the game ... Racked up 3 solo tackles in games at Murray State (11/9/24) and vs. South Dakota State (11/23/24) ... Tied for 12th on the team with 15 solo tackles on the season ... Presented MSU Special Teams Grinder honors for games vs. Lindenwood (9/14/24) and at Illinois State (10/12/24). ETSU 2023: Racked up 32 total tackles in 11 games as a redshirt sophomore in his only season at East Tennessee, including 25 solo stops, an interception, 7 pass breakups, and 2.0 tackles for loss ... Recorded an interception (14 yards) and first solo tackle in home win over Carson-Newman (9/9/23) ... Registered season-high 6 total stops at Furman (10/28/23) with 4 solos ... Posted 5 solo stops in games at Samford (9/30/23) and vs. Mercer (10/7/23) ... Logged 4 solos, a TFL and 5 total stops at Chattanooga (10/21/23) ... Also had a tackle for loss and 5 stops at Western Carolina (11/11/23). Pitt 2022: Did not play in any games as a redshirt freshman at University of Pittsburgh ... 2021: Played in two games (Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech), preserving a freshman redshirt ... Panthers won the ACC Championship. High School As a senior at Riverwood (Ga.) International Charter School in Atlanta, he scored 5 touchdowns on returns (three punts, one kickoff and one interception) in 2020 with nearly 700 all-purpose yards for coach Robert Edwards’ Raiders ... Earned Georgia Class 6A all-state honors in addition to 6A Region 7 Defensive Player of the Year and Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-Metro laurels ... Georgia Athletic Coaches Association (GACA) awarded him all-region honors ... Selected to play in the Florida vs. Georgia All-Star Game ... Rated as one of the country’s top 25 cornerback prospects by 247Sports and was tabbed as the No. 24 overall prospect in Georgia ... Also played baseball in high school. Personal Khalil Denard Anderson was born 10/1/02 East Point, Ga. ... Son of Barry and Mia Anderson of Atlanta ... Has two brothers, Khari and Khai ... Father played defensive back at NC State (1986-89) and is a longtime NFL official and was a member of the first all-Black crew to officiate an NFL game in NFL history ... Brother Khai, played defensive back at Georgia State (2015-19) ... Other brother, Khari, played baseball at Montevallo (2017-18) ... Cousin Steve Wallace, was an offensive lineman at Auburn who went on to win three Super Bowls while with the 49ers (1986-96) ... Majoring in General Studies.