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Mike Anderson Biography


Mike Anderson played seven seasons in the NFL with the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens after a standout college football career at Mt. San Jacinto Junior College and the University of Utah. Anderson’s route to college was interesting in honorable, as he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps after not playing sports in high school. After serving with the 11th Marines at Camp Pendleton in California he was noticed by a recruiter at Mt. San Jacinto Junior College and went on to earn California State JUCO Player of the Year after rushing for 1,686 yards as a sophomore. He then signed to play at the University of Utah and earned allconference honors in consecutive years after posting a school high 102.4 rushing yards per game. In 2000 the Denver Broncos selected him in the sixth round of the NFL Draft, making him one of the rare NFL players to reach the league after not playing football in high school. During his first season with the Broncos he earned AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year honors and would go on to rush for 4,067 yards and 37 touchdowns

Mike Anderson (running back)

American football player and US Marine (born 1973)

American football player

Michael Moschello Anderson (born September 21, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah Utes and was selected by the Denver Broncos in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft.[1] He played five seasons with the Broncos, being named the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2000. After being waived by the Broncos in 2006, Anderson signed a four-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens; however, he played just two seasons with the Ravens before his contract was terminated in 2008, effectively ending his NFL career.

Prior to his football career, Anderson served four years in the United States Marine Corps, enlisting out of high school. He was assigned to the artillery battery of the 11th Marine Regiment and deployed overseas to Somalia and Kenya on peacekeeping missions. He was honorably discharged from the Marines in 1996 as a la

Remembering The Broncos: Mike Anderson

Welcome to PredominantlyOrange’s new series, “Remembering the Broncos”. In this series, we’ll go back in time and spotlight former players in Denver Broncos history who may not have been Hall of Famers but who were perhaps underrated and more than left their mark in the Bronco canon.

Oh, yeah. We’re talking about not only a former member of the Denver Broncos, but also of the United States Marine Corps.

Mike Anderson.

I loved this guy. I had 3 reasons to. He went to my alma mater, the University of Utah, served his country, and played for my beloved Broncos. And he did it all with aplomb.

Anderson came to the Denver Broncos via the 6th round of the 2000 NFL Draft. And then he blew the doors down.

A lot of people point to the Pro Bowl-caliber play of Brian Griese that year as the biggest reason why the Broncos made the playoffs as a Wildcard team. But I would put Anderson’s level of play that year above it.

Griese never was a game changer. Even his one Pro Bowl season, 2000, he did have a high QB rating (102.9) but nothing else about hi

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