Willie Anderson (American football)

This article is about the offensive tackle. For the wide receiver named Willie Anderson, see Flipper Anderson.
For other people named Willie Anderson, see Willie Anderson (disambiguation).

Willie Anderson
No. 71, 79
Position:Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1975-07-11) July 11, 1975 (age 49)
Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:340 lb (154 kg)
Career information
High school:Vigor
(Prichard, Alabama)
College:Auburn (1993–1995)
NFL draft:1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 10
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:195
Games started:184
Fumble recoveries:4
Player stats at PFR

Willie Aaron Anderson (born July 11, 1975) is an American former football offensive tackle who played for the Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Auburn Tigers and was selected by the Bengals 10th overall of the 1996 NFL draft. A four-time Pro Bowler and three-time first-team All-Pro selection, Anderson played his first 12 seasons with the Bengals.

The 11 quarterback pressures Anderson allowed in 2006 were the fourth-fewest pressures allowed by an offensive tackle in a season between 2006 and 2019.[1] He was the first right tackle to be named a first-team All-Pro in three straight seasons since Dan Dierdorf, Ron Yary, and Rayfield Wright all did it in the 1970s, and the first right tackle to be named to the Pro Bowl in four straight seasons since Jackie Slater; no right tackle has accomplished those feats since Anderson.[2]

In 2021, Willie Anderson was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.[3]

That following year, he became a member of the Ring of Honor induction class of 2022 for the Bengals, joining Paul Brown, Anthony Muñoz, Ken Anderson, and Ken Riley.[4]

He trains offensive linemen from high school to the NFL at the Willie Anderson Lineman Academy.[5]

  1. ^ @PFF (May 5, 2020). "Fewest pressures allowed by OT in a single season since 2006" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Heltman, Russ (January 4, 2023). "Willie Anderson Named 2023 Pro Football Hall Of Fame Finalist". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on January 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "ASHOF Inductees - Alabama Sports Hall of Fame". February 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "Curtis, Anderson set to be inducted into Bengals' Ring of Honor".
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ajc was invoked but never defined (see the help page).