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Derek Matthew Anderson (born June 15, 1983 in Portland, Oregon) is an American football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State. more...

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High school

Anderson grew up in Scappoose, Oregon, and led the Scappoose Indians to one of their record three consecutive state football championships in Class 3A football (coached by Sean McNabb '83, a fellow Scappoose High School alumni). He also excelled at basketball in high school and was named state player of the year in both football and basketball his senior year.

Anderson has received some notoriety for his large feet as he wore size 17 shoes by the time he reached 10-years old. His parents had to special order the shoes from Arvydas Sabonis of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Collegiate career

Anderson is the second player in Pac-10 history to throw for over 4,000 yards in a single season, setting an Oregon State Beavers football record at 4,058 yards in the 2003 season. He also ranks second in the Pac-10 for career touchdown passes, at 79 (also an Oregon State record). He is the 6th person to ever throw for 10,000 yards in a career in the Pac-10, and holds the Oregon State record for career passing yards at 11,249.

At 6'6" Anderson was not the prototypical quarterback. In fact, many believed he would play basketball in college instead of football. Still, he was recruited nationwide and his dominating performance as a quarterback in high school helped in his decision stay with football.

Raised in a small Northwest Oregon town, Anderson was a Beaver fan growing up and always wanted to play for Oregon State. His decision to play for the school was celebrated by fans who envisioned he would rapidly develop and become a dominate quarterback in college.

At the start of his sophomore year (2002), Anderson was thrust into the starting role as QB and handed the reins of a rapidly improving program. Unfortunately, his early performances showed inexperience and poor passing. This lead to an early streak of losses for the team. Fortunately, the team's lack of competition for the quarterback spot that year made him a lock for the starting position.

His early entry into the starting role came on the heels of Oregon State's most successful period to date. Capped by a Fiesta Bowl win over Notre Dame (Notre Dame Fighting Irish football), the team went 11 and 1 in 2000 and ranked 4th in the nation under head coach Dennis Erickson. Expectations were exceptionally high by 2002 and the monumental task ahead would have been daunting for any young quarterback.

Despite these challenges, Anderson helped the Beavers record an 8 and 5 season. His work was also good enough to give the Beavers entry into the 2002 Insight Bowl. However, the young team was no match for a then well-seasoned University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh Panthers football). The Beavers lost 38 to 13 and coach Erickson left for a NFL head coaching position with the San Francisco 49ers.

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