Kentucky Wildcats · S RoomS

#16 Jesse Anderson III

Class  RS JR/TRFrom  Pittsburgh (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'0" · 186 lbHometown  Fort Lauderdale, FL · Cardinal Gibbons

Depth-chart placement

Current role

FS2

Placement

Backup

Room

Safety

Experience

4-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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S room context

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Jesse Anderson III holds the FS · Backup spot in Kentucky Wildcats’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

SS · StarterTy BryantStarter

FS · StarterJordan CastellStarter

NB · StarterAaron GatesStarter

SS · BackupCyrus ReyesBackup

FS · BackupJesse Anderson IIIBackup

NB · BackupJaden SmithBackup

Transfer history

2026Pittsburgh→Kentucky Wildcats

Background & career

Jesse Anderson III is a 6'0", 186-pound free safety from Fort Lauderdale, FL, who attended Cardinal Gibbons High School. A three-star recruit in the 2023 class with a rating of 0.8622, Anderson transferred to Kentucky from Pittsburgh. He currently holds the number 16 jersey and is in his redshirt junior/transfer year with the Wildcats.

Pittsburghthrough 2025

Kentucky2026 — present

Previous schoolPittsburghRecruiting3-star · No. 1060 nationalOriginFort Lauderdale, FL · Cardinal Gibbons