Nick Anderson

Agreed to terms, 4/30/23…Four-year letterman, two-year starter and team captain who played in 50 games with 25 starts, recording 283 tackles (177 solo), 29 stops for loss (tied for tenth all-time at Tulane)

Agreed to terms, 4/30/23…Four-year letterman, two-year starter and team captain who played in 50 games with 25 starts, recording 283 tackles (177 solo), 29 stops for loss (tied for tenth all-time at Tulane), 10.5 sacks, six passes defended, three forced fumbles, a fumble recovered and a blocked kick…As a senior in 2022, second-team All-AAC selection, started all 14 games and ranked second on the team in tackles with 113 (62 unassisted) and two forced fumbles and fourth on the team with seven stops for loss and two sacks. Total tackles also ranked eighth in the AAC as he was honored as AAC Defensive Player of the Week twice. Selected as a member of the National Football Foundation's 2023 Hampshire Honor Society and won Tulane Athletics Male Teammate of the Year award…As a junior in 2021, started all nine games he appeared in and finished with 56 tackles (third on team despite missing three games), 7.5 stops for loss, four sacks, one pass defensed, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery…As a sophomore in 2020, appeared in 12 games and posted 88 tackles (ranked second on the team), and added 10.5 stops for loss and 3.5 sacks for a loss of 19 yards…As a freshman in 2019, appeared in all 13 games with one start and finished with 26 tackles, two stops for loss, one sack and one pass defensed…Graduated with a degree in Homeland Security…Prior to Tulane spent a semester at Jones County Junior College, where he played with fellow Green Wave teammate Deuce Watts and two-time CFP National Champion Stetson Bennett. In his lone season, led the Bobcats with 74 tackles (58 solo) and ranked 43rd national in total tackles and 11th in the nation in solo tackles. Also added two sacks, 8.5 stops for loss and one forced fumble as he helped Jones to the MACJC championship game and a Mississippi Bowl win over Eastern Arizona. Received honorable mention NCJAA All-American honors and joined Tulane after just one semester in junior College…Played linebacker at Vicksburg (Miss.) High School, where he was a two-time Vicksburg Post Defensive Player of the Year…In 2017, he helped the defense lead the team to a playoff appearance with 114 tackles and 14 sacks. In 2016, he led the Gator defense with 136 tackles and five sacks and helped his team reach the playoffs with a 9-4 record…Mother once kept him out of football when he got a B+ in a class…Graduated third in his high school class…Grandfather George Flaggs Jr. is the mayor of Vicksburg…Born Jan. 27, 2000.