Fallowing swimming collegiately at Auburn University, Anderson was selected in the first circular (10th overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft. He is presently in a middle of an 80-game sequentially run streak, the hanker by any Bengal or even todays NFL streaming video player. He was selected to represent a AFC in the 2004 and 2005 Pro Bowls, although he missed the 2nd game by using the knee injury.