Mario Anderson

* 2022 First-Team Division II All-American (Associated Press)
* 2022 Second-Team Division II All-American (Conference Commissioners Association)
* 2022 First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference
* 2022 Harlon Hill Trophy Finalist
* 2022 Piedmont Division Offensive Player of the Year
* 2021 First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference

Transfer running back who joined the squad in January… expected to compete for a starting role in his first season with the Gamecocks… played the last three seasons at Division II Newberry College where he accumulated 3,301 yards rushing, third in school history, and 35 rushing touchdowns… earned first-team All-America honors and was a finalist for the Harlon Hill Trophy… carried the pigskin 513 times for an average of 6.4-yards per tote during his career… rushed for over 100 yards in 16 of 29 games… coached by Todd Knight.

2022 (Redshirt Junior)
Named first-team All-America by the Associated Press, second-team All-America by the Division II Conference Commissioners Association, and first-team All-South Atlantic Conference… one of nine finalists for the Harlon Hill Trophy… named the Piedmont Division Offensive Player of the Year after rushing for a school record 1,560 yards, the sixth-highest mark in conference history… carried 211 times (7.4 per rush) with 19 touchdowns (second in school history and sixth in the country) in 10 games for Newberry… averaged 156.0 yards per game on the ground, third in the country… added six receptions for 25 yards… rushed for over 200 yards against both Catawba (246) and Lenoir-Rhyne (243) and had nine games of 100 or more yards rushing… set a new NCAA record for rushing yards in a quarter with 201 posted against Lenoir-Rhyne in the fourth quarter of that contest… scored a rushing touchdown in every game played… the Wolves posted a 9-2 record and won the conference championship.

2021 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Earned first-team All-South Atlantic Conference honors after rushing for 1,237 yards on 233 carries in 13 games for the Wolves… scored 12 rushing touchdowns and averaged 5.3-yards per carry… also caught 12 passes for 91 yards… Newberry posted a 10-3 record and reached the second round of the Division II playoffs.

2020 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in all six games for Newberry… rushed 69 times for 504 yards, an average of 7.3-yards per carry… scored four rushing touchdowns… added three receptions for 19 yards… the Wolves posted a 5-1 record while playing in the spring of 2021, due to COVID-19.

2019 (Freshman)
Redshirted as a true freshman at Newberry.