Gene Anderson

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Class: Senior Hometown: Poplarville, Miss. Last College: Pearl River CC

Height / Weight: 6-0 / 205 Position: DB Birthdate: 12/25/1986

Two-year letterwinner for Head Coach Tim Hatten at Pearl River CC ... Started all 12 games as a senior, finishing with 82 tackles (fourth-best on the team), including four tackles for loss, 17 pass breakups, five interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), 100 yards in interception returns and one kickoff return for 34 yards ... Helped PRCC to a 10-2 record in 2006 and a No. 4 ranking in the nation, appearing in the 2006 Pilgrim's Pride Bowl in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, for the national championship ... Ranked No. 10 on The Clarion-Ledger's Top 25 Junior College list ... Earned Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges (MACJC) All-State and All-Region 23 ... Team's Juan Mariner honoree ... Member of the 2005 and 2006 MACJC state championship squads ... Finished No. 3 in 2005's final NJCAA Poll, also after starting out No. 1 ... Played in eight games as a freshman, collecting 25 tackles, including seven tackles for loss and four pass breakups ... Prepped at East Marion HS in Columbia, Miss., for Head Coach Leslie Peters ... Three-star rating by JCGridwire.com ... Three-star rating by rivals.com ... Three-star rating by Scout.com ... Three-star rating by SuperPrep.com ... Three-star rating by MagnoliaPreps.com ... Also recruited by Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Iowa State ... Son of Tommie Anderson ... Born Dec. 25, 1986.