2024 Football Roster

Knox College
Carla Wehmeyer

23 Hunter Anderson

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Position Linebacker
  • Hometown Paxton, Ill.
  • Height 5-10
  • High School Paxton-Buckley-Loda
  • Major Biology

Biography

FAVORITES
Movie Grown Ups
TV Show Reba
Male and Female Actor Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Aniston
Actor who would portray me John Cena
Musical Artist/Group Luke Combs
Song Chicken Fried by the Zac Brown Band
Book The Cat in the Hat
Author Dr. Seuss
Video Game CFB25
App SPYPOINT
Food Grandma’s Cinnamon Rolls
Five people I would like to meet Christian McCaffery, Toby Keith, Stan Marshall, Troy Polamalu, John Cena
Academic All-Midwest Conference (2021)

2024
Moved to the other side of the ball as a linebacker and was third on the team with 47 tackles and tied for third with 1.5 sacks … posted a season-high 11 tackles to lead the team in the 17-13 victory at Beloit to open Midwest Conference play … three of those 11 stops were for a loss, including a two-yard sack … provided eight tackles at Lake Forest … helped out on a sack at Ripon … broke up a fourth-down pass in Prairie Fire territory on the first play of the second quarter at Lawrence, setting up Knox’s first touchdown in an eventual 35-34 triumph.

2023
Ran 71 times for 272 yards, both of which ranked third on the team, and cross the goal line twice for touchdowns … had his second career 100-yard game in the 31-14 victory over Beloit, taking the handoff 20 times for 102 yards and a score … hauled in a 30-yard pass against Cornell College … longest run of the year came in the finale versus Monmouth, a 39-yard romp … also recovered a fumble against the Fighting Scots.

2022
Third on the Prairie Fire with 74 rushes, 258 rushing yards, two rushing TDs, eight receptions and 120 receiing yards … recorded 145 all-purpose yards in the season opener against Westminster, including a 76-yard kickoff return and a 28-yard run to the end zone … collected a career-high 64 receiving yards with a touchdown versus Chicago … also had a 26-yard scoring scamper in a 31-27 triumph over Cornell College.

2021
Earned Academic All-Midwest Conference honors … featured running back was second on the team in carries (116), carries (533) and rushing touchdown (6) behind QB Kaile Williams … also caught 10 passes for 109 yards and a score, third on the squad in each category … ran for two touchdowns in the win over Beloit and two more in a close loss to Illinois College … racked up a career-high 139 yards on the ground on just 17 carries with a 69-yard score on the first play from scrimmage in the victory over Grinnell … caught a season-high three passes in his collegiate debut versus Ripon.

2020
No season due to COVID-19 pandemic.

HIGH SCHOOL
Three-sport athlete at Paxton-Buckley-Loda, earning three letters in football, two in baseball and two more in wrestling … ran for 1,370 yards on 138 carries with 16 touchdowns, plus racked up 104 tackles in senior campaign … IHSA 3A All-State Football Team, PBL Offensive MVP and first-team all-conference on both offense and defense that year.

PERSONAL
Son of Jennifer Harrison has one brother, Jordan, who was in the Knox Class of 2019 … born on Jan. 10, 2002 … minoring in environmental sciences and business management … plans to apply to be a game warden in July, but will look for work in ag business until then … considers Knox to be the best place financially to connect his academic and athletic success while connecting with great people who have graduated … his brother once threw a pass to Jerry Rice.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2020First Year

    RB
    5'9" 195 lbs
    23
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    2021Sophomore

    RB
    5'9" 0 lbs
    23
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    2022Junior

    RB
    5'9" 0 lbs
    23
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    2023Senior

    RB
    5'9" 0 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2024Fifth Year

    Linebacker
    5'10" 0 lbs
    23