Furman University

Honors & Awards
2023 Preseason All-Southern Conference (2nd Team)
2022 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022 All-Southern Conference (2nd Team - Coaches)
2022 All-Southern Conference (2nd Team - Media)
2021 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2019 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team

2023 — Named to the Preseason All-Southern Conference 2nd Team as a return specialist by the coaches.

2022 — Fashioned a strong season as a key contributor in the receiving corps and special teams...logged starts at wide receiver in 10 games and recorded 39 catches for 396 yards and two touchdowns...receptions tally ranked fourth on the squad...voted second team All-SoCon as a return specialist by coaches and media...averaged 24.1 yards on 22 kickoff returns, which included a 97-yard touchdown bolt in a 47-40 win over Western Carolina...return average ranked second in the SoCon... played a pivotal role in Furman’s 10-3 season that featured a stretch of seven consecutive wins and an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs, where the Paladins claimed a 31-6 first round home win over Elon...10 wins represented the most by Furman since 2005...team finished a consensus 10th in final AFCA and Stats Perform Polls...caught passes in 12 of the Paladins’ 13 games...season high seven grabs for 64 yards (TD) came against Samford...had six receptions for 44 yards vs. FBS sixth-ranked Clemson...registered season high 74 yards on three catches against Wofford (63-28 win)...had a TD grab covering 12 yards against North Greenville (52-0 win)...other scoring reception covering seven yards came against 18th-ranked East Tennessee State (27-14 win)...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2022-23 school year.

2021 — Earned playing time in 10 games and made three starts at tailback following a mid-season injury to All-SoCon performer Devin Wynn...was also deployed as a slot receiver...ran for 236 yards and three touchdowns...top performance came in a 37-31 win over 20th-ranked VMI when he rushed nine times for 73 yards and a touchdown, which came on a season best 39-yard run...rushed 10 times for 48 yards against Western Carolina...caught eight passes for 72 yards. 

2020 — Saw action in all seven games (spring of ‘21), working as a backup to All-SoCon tailback Devin Wynn...caught eight passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns...scores came in Furman’s first two games and including a six-yard reception vs. Western Carolina (35-7 win) and 33-yard catch vs. VMI...registered four kickoff returns for 70 yards (17.5 avg.)..named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2020-21 school year.

2019 — Fashioned an impressive true freshman campaign, seeing action in 12 games and playing a key role in leading Furman to an 8-5 record, at-large berth to the FCS playoffs, and No. 19 ranking in the AFCA Coaches final poll...squad paced the SoCon in scoring offense (33.5 ppg)...ran 41 times for 305 yards and four touchdowns...averaged 7.4 yards per carry...top performance came in his collegiate debut against Charleston Southern (46-13 win) when he ran seven times for 90 yards and a touchdown, which went for a season high 66 yards...also had a 63-yard touchdown run against Wofford...caught 12 passes for 121 yards...also saw duty on kickoff returns, recording five attempts for 109 yards...named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team.

High School: 2018 graduate of Prosper (6A) High School...football coach was Brandon Schmidt...selected Furman from a pool of nine offers, including two from FBS schools....saw duty at running back and defensive back...served as team captain and earned first team all-district laurels as a running back in 2018 after rushing for 1,524 yards and 18 touchdowns on a 9-3 district runner-up team...also registered 314 receiving yards and two scores...tallied 25 tackles, four interceptions and second team all-district honors in 2017, his junior year, after helping Prosper to a 10-3, district championship season...in all ran for 2,224 yards and scored 25 touchdowns in his prep career...three-time academic all-district pick...clocked a school record 49.33 in the 400m in 2018 en route to winning area and district championships in the event.

Personal: Full name is Wayne Byron Anderson, Jr...born August 12, 2001, in Brooklyn, New York...son of LaTayna Evans and Wayne Anderson, Sr...mother ran track and field at St. John’s University...has two sisters, Cheyenne and Kailyn, and a brother, Myles...business administration major.