Skip to main content
All Sooners

Bengals Waive Rodney Anderson After Failed Physical

Anderson was dynamic when healthy in 2017, but his promising career has been derailed by multiple injuries
John E. Hoover|
Bengals Waive Rodney Anderson After Failed Physical
Bengals Waive Rodney Anderson After Failed Physical

A tough day for former Sooners in the NFL continued Monday when running back Rodney Anderson was waived by the Cincinnati Bengals.

Just an hour after Gerald McCoy announced he suffered a season-ending injury with the Dallas Cowboys, the Bengals reported that Anderson failed his physical.

He was a sixth-round pick of the Bengals in 2019. He only played in the preseason last year but was injured in the preseason finale and did not play in any regular season games.

Anderson’s career has been marred by injury since he arrived in Norman.

Two games into his freshman season in 2015, Anderson sustained a broken leg in a game against Tennessee. The following year, he went down with a fractured bone in his neck and missed the whole season.

Anderson broke out as a third-year sophomore in 2017, when he stayed healthy all season and amassed 205 touches for 1,442 yards from scrimmage and 18 touchdowns, including 188 carries for 1,161 yards and 13 TDs rushing.

The following year, however, Anderson again was injured in the second game of the year. He carried five times for 100 yards and scored two TDs against Florida Atlantic, then suffered a torn ACL after scoring a touchdown against UCLA.

To get the latest OU posts as they happen, join the SI Sooners Community by clicking “Follow” at the top right corner of the page (mobile users can click the notifications bell icon), and follow SI Sooners on Twitter @All_Sooners. 

Loading recommendations... Please wait while we load personalized content recommendations

Published
John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

Share on XFollow johnehoover
Home/Football