Age
25
Sep 2, 2001
Will Anderson Jr.
#51
HOU · 2023–presentACT
WillAndersonJr.#51EDGE
2025 Season
Latest productionTackles
54
2025
TFL
20
regular season
Sacks
12.0
regular season
QB Hits
23
regular season
FF
3
regular season
Snap %
67%
avg / game
Career
Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career
Career Path
2020 — Present · Includes honors2023–
Houston Texans · Edge Rusher
EDGE · 57 active weeks
2023Defensive Rookie of the Year · Pro Bowl
2025All-Pro (1st Team) · Pro Bowl
NFL
2020–2022
Alabama · LB
NCAA
Draft Profile
2023 DraftSelection
Round 1, Pick 3
#3 overall by Houston Texans
TeamHOU
Overall#3
Data Sources & Attribution
CreditsHeadshot — wikipediaTennessee Titans. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.