2021 Football Roster
Roster
Ruben Anderson
- Position:
- Punter/Kicker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lenexa, Kan.
- High School:
- Shawnee Mission West
Career: Tied for third in program history in career punts (207) ... ranked fifth in program history in career punting average (38.1) ... two-time Bucknell Special Teams MVP Award recipient.
2023 (Senior): Played in all 11 games, serving as team’s primary punter … punted 59 times, averaging 38.59 yards per punt … booted seven punts of 50 or more yards … landed 15 inside the 20-yard line … averaged over 40 yards per punt in five of the first six games … punted three times for 142 yards (47.33 avg.) against Lafayette … landed three punts inside the 20 in a win at Cornell and at Fordham … posted three punts of 50+ yards in season opener at James Madison … registered a season-long 56-yard punt at Lafayette … named Bucknell’s Special Teams MVP.
2022 (Junior): Served as the team’s primary punter for the third season in a row, playing in all 11 games … averaged 40.3 yards on 64 punts … landed 19 inside the 20 and had 21 go for fair catches … had nine punts of at least 50 yards … booted a season-long 58-yard punt against Towson … averaged 43.7 yards on six punts against Towson, landing three inside the 20 ... honored with Bucknell's Special Teams Award.
2021 (Sophomore): Served as Bucknell's primary punter for the second season in a row ... served as game captain against Lehigh ... averaged 37.2 yards on 63 punts ... landed 10 inside the 20 and had 24 go for fair catches ... had five sail for at least 50 yards ... posted season-long punt of 52 yards at Sacred Heart, then No. 11/12 Villanova and Army West Point ... six of season-high nine punts at Fordham went for fair catches ... had two punts of 50+ yards at Sacred Heart ... landed two punts inside the 20 at Sacred Heart, against Cornell, at Lafayette and at Colgate.
2021 Spring (Freshman): Served as Bucknell's primary punter ... averaged 33.2 yards on 21 punts ... landed six inside the 20 and had eight go for fair catches ... season-long punt of 56 yards came against Fordham ... also had a 52-yard kickoff against Holy Cross ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Shawnee Mission West High School: Lettered twice in football … 2019 All-Sunflower League second team punter … 2018 All-Sunflower League honorable mention punter … received a 4.5-star rating from Kohl's Kicking … as a senior, landed 10 punts inside the 20 … long punt was 56 yards … long field goal came from 46 yards out … helped the Vikings go 2-1 in district games and end a 20-game losing streak to rival Shawnee Mission South High School in 2019 … also lettered three times in baseball.
Personal: Ruben Neil Anderson … born November 27, 2001 in Overland Park, Kansas … son of Stan and Dawn Anderson … has two siblings: Jack and Maya … father played baseball at Hutchinson Community College … uncle Wade played baseball at Kansas State University … in 2019, organized a golf tournament for the DECA Community Giving Project that raised $5,000 for a local charity ... major is mechanical engineering.
