Butte's Colt Anderson to be inducted in Montana Pro Football Hall of Fame

As a player in the NFL, Anderson was a rotational safety whose impact was felt most on special teams. He played in 84 career games (seven starts), recording 109 tackles, one interception and two forced fumbles on defense, along with 58 tackles on special teams. Anderson’s final NFL stop as a player was in Buffalo in the 2016-17 seasons. Injuries limited him to just seven games over two seasons with the Bills, but he still managed five special teams tackles and when healthy was considered a core special teams player. Prior to Buffalo, Anderson spent two seasons (2014-15) with Indianapolis, where he totaled 16 special team tackles and a forced fumble. His first NFL game action came with the Philadelphia Eagles, racking up 37 special teams tackles over four seasons (2010-13). He entered the NFL as a college free agent signee of the Vikings in 2009, spending the majority of his first two seasons on Minnesota’s practice squad before being signed to the Eagles’ active roster in November 2010.

After his NFL playing career, Anderson spent one season (2019) as a volunteer coach at Butte High School, where he focused mainly on defense and special teams. He joined Cincinnati in 2020 and is in his third season with the Bengals.

In his first season in Cincinnati, Anderson helped oversee a Cincinnati kicking game that ranked sixth in the league in average drive start on offense (26.4-yard line), and sixth in average yards allowed per punt return.

In 2021, Anderson helped guide special teams units that particularly excelled in the kicking game, including rookie kicker Evan McPherson, who led the league during the regular season in field goals made from 50+ yards (9), while ranking 12th in total field goals (28), seventh in extra points made (46) and 11th in points scored (130). Anderson also worked with 13th-year veteran punter Kevin Huber, who had 22 punts downed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line and enters 2022 with the fifth-most career inside-20 punts among active punters (337).

Outside football, Anderson and his brother, Beau, own the Missoula Club restaurant in Montana called the Missoula Club. He and his other brother, Luke, own a clothing company called Uptop. He and his wife, Keelie, also founded the Colt Anderson Dream Big Foundation, a non-profit is focused on implementing “programs and experiences that will involve our youth, getting them excited about investing in their future.”

Anderson was born Oct. 25, 1985, in Butte. His bachelor’s degree from Montana is in business information systems, and he also earned a teaching certificate in secondary education. He and his wife have four sons — Cage, Krew, Coye and Kace.

Tickets for the MTFHOF Induction Banquet on June 24 are on sale at all Universal Athletic Stores and online at mtfootballhof.com.

COLT ANDERSON’S FOOTBALL HISTORY

2004-08 — Played safety at Montana.

2009-10 —P layed safety with Minnesota Vikings (practice squad).

2010-13 — Played safety with Philadelphia Eagles (signed off Vikings practice squad in November 2010).