(Center photos) Robby Anderson
playing in his final college season
with the Temple Owls.
– Photographer: Zamani Feelings
(Left) Robby Anderson
participating in 2016
Temple University Pro-Day.
– Photo Courtesy of Temple
University Athletics
also was playing a new position, cornerback.
His first year after being redshirted, he only
played in a few games on special teams. Then,
in early 2013 during the spring, he left the
team. He would later rejoin the team in time
for camp in the fall. When he came back, he
felt like he had something to prove.
“I always feel like I have something to prove.
Even when I do well, I still feel like I have
something to prove. I am never the type of
person that gets complacent because there is
always something to do better. Even when I
do something good, I always feel like there’s
something that I could do better. I always
play with a chip on my shoulder since I was
young because I always feel like I was over-
looked. I always played with an attitude.”
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Anderson would then make the most of his
2013 season. Although he did not play in the
first three games of the season, he would go
on to have a breakout year. Using his size and
speed, Anderson became a primary weapon
in the Temple offense. He finished the season
with 44 catches for 791 yards and nine touch-
downs, three of which came in the last game
against Memphis.
With his strong 2013 finish, it looked as if
Anderson was headed to new heights. How-
ever, some news blindsided him and the rest
of the football team. Anderson was ruled
academically ineligible. “It was crazy. I did
not see it coming. I feel like I had not hit my
peak. I was starting to reach the top in what
I was doing. I started to hit where I wanted
to be. Then I just hit rock bottom so quick. It