SUNY Cortland Athletics

2024: Max was a first team All-Empire 8 honoree...Played in and started 11 games during the season for Cortland...Recorded 42 total tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, 10 quarterback hurries, three fumble recoveries, one forced fumble, and one pass breakup...Recorded 2.0 sacks, one forced fumble, and three quarterback hurries in a road win over Alfred...Posted six tackles, 0.5 sacks, and one quarterback hurry in a win over Ithaca in the 65th Cortaca Jug Game...Chipped in six tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss against Springfield in the third round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Had a season-high seven tackles in a home win over Morrisville...Made five tackles, had two quarterback hurries, and recovered a fumble in a win over Endicott in the second round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Recovered a fumble, had a pass breakup, and made four tackles in a road win over Susquehanna...Had a fumble recovery in a road victory over Hilbert...Team captain for the second straight season in 2024.

2023: First team All-Empire 8...Tied for fourth on the team with 49 tackles, including 24 solo stops...Totaled nine tackles for loss, including 4.5 sacks, along with two pass breakups, two fumble recoveries and a team-high 24 quarterback hurries...Recorded seven tackles each versus Susquehanna and in NCAA semifinals at Randolph-Macon...Five tackles in season opener versus Delaware Valley and four stops against Brockport...Team captain in 2023.

2022: Earned third team All-Empire 8 honors...Appeared in all 11 games with four starts...Recorded 26 tackles, six tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, two pass break ups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery...Second on the team with 19 quarterback hurries...Made five stops at Randolph-Macon in the first round of the NCAA playoffs...Registered four tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and half a sack in a victory at Utica...Had three tackles and a fumble recovery against Ithaca at Yankee Stadium...Made four tackles with half a tackle for loss in a win at Alfred.

2021: Saw the field in nine games with one start...Registered 16 tackles, six solo, 3.5 tackles for loss, one sack and four quarterback hurries...Made eight tackles and half a tackle for loss in a home win versus Ithaca...Had three solo tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack in a victory at Hartwick.

High School: Graduated from Sayville in 2021...Three-year starter in football...Team captain...Awarded the honorary 56 jersey...Received the Blue Collar Work Ethic Award, the 2021 Zellner Award and the 2021 Burnett Award...Two-time team Defensive MVP...Three-time all-county and two-time All-Long Island and all-state selection...Team was Rutgers Cup champion...Four-year member of the basketball team, three as a starter...Two-time team captain...Earned all-league honors two times and all-county honors once...Averaged a double-double in his career...Competed in track and field for one year...Earned all-league honors.

Parents: Melissa and John Anderson...Father is a Cortland graduate...Siblings: Emily.