Joseph Anderson holds the LDE · Backup spot in Iowa Hawkeyes’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Joseph Anderson is a 6'6" left defensive end from St. Louis, Missouri, who attends Westminster Christian Academy. A four-star recruit in the 2024 class, he was a four-year letterman in football and earned first-team all-state and all-conference honors as a senior. He recorded 76 tackles with 23 for loss and nine sacks during his final high school season. Anderson redshirted in 2024 and appeared in four games in 2025, registering his first career solo tackle in the win over Minnesota.

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