Lucian Anderson III

Redshirt junior quarterback who spent three years at Bowling Green State before transferring to South Carolina in January 2026… has played in 16 career games with two starts… has completed 31-of-53 passes for 277 yards with three touchdowns and four interceptions… also rushed 56 times for 256 yards and four scores.

2025 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in five games for BGSU including a pair of starts against Toledo and Central Michigan… completed 26-of-41 passes for 245 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions… rushed for 161 yards and one TD on 29 carries, averaging 5.5 yards per rush… sprinted 75 yards for a touchdown at Louisville, totaling 79 yards on the day… was 9-of-16 for 92 yards and two touchdowns, while rushing for 32 yards against Toledo… completed 17-of-25 passes for 153 yards and added 53 rushing yards against Central Michigan… injured his knee in his second start and missed the remainder of the season.

2024 (Redshirt Freshman)
Appeared in eight games for the Falcons… completed 5-of-12 passes for 32 yards with one touchdown and one interception while rushing 19 times for 67 yards and two scores… rushed two times for 27 yards and a touchdown in the season opener against Fordham.. completed his first career pass for two yards against the Rams… rushed two times for 24 yards, including a 19-yard scamper, in the victory at Akron… completed two passes for 10 yards and rushed for six yards against NIU… registered a two-yard rushing touchdown in the win vs. Kent State… notched his first career passing touchdown on a four-yard strike on fourth down late in the fourth quarter of the win at Ball State… also carried the ball five times for 20 yards against the Cardinals.

2023 (Freshman)
Enrolled at BGSU in January… appeared in three games and retained his redshirt… carried eight times for 28 yards and one touchdown… did not attempt a pass… made his collegiate debut against Akron, rushing four times for 13 yards… also appeared at Kent State, rushing three times for 10 yards and his first collegiate touchdown… rushed once for five yards against Minnesota in the Quick Lane Bowl.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Clarke Central High School in Athens, Ga… played quarterback for head coach David Perno… threw for 3,294 yards and 28 touchdowns in his career, while rushing for 936 yards and 19 scores… as a senior he passed for 1,382 yards and 10 touchdowns and rushed for 732 yards with 11 TDs… named a team captain in 2021 and 2022… earned 2022 GHSA Class 5A Region 8 first team honors… named to the 2022 Athens Banner-Herald all-area team… earned 2022 Recruit Georgia Class 5A all-state honorable mention… named the 2022 Clarke Central Offensive Player of the Year… led the 2022 Gladiators to a Region 8-5A trip to the 5A state playoffs… led the 2021 squad to an undefeated Region 8-5A Championship and a trip to the 5A State Playoff quarterfinals… named the 2021 GITV Offensive Player of the Year… earned the 2021 Clarke Central Billy Henderson Leadership Award… spent his freshman year of high school at Prince Avenue Christian School.

PERSONAL
Lucian Anderson III’s father, Lucian Jr., played football at Georgia.