Alex Anzalone in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Florida, 2013–⁠16

Alex Anzalone

Number
No. 34
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Wyomissing, PA
Born
Sep 22, 1994, in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania

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Alex Anzalone played linebacker at Florida (2013–⁠16). The New Orleans Saints took Anzalone in round 3, No. 76 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

Career highs

12tackles, career highat Tennessee, 2016

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksPDHur
2016Florida53224326

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloTkl
20131022

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Florida34LB
2014Florida34LB
2015Florida34LB
2016Florida34LB6′3″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2016 Florida 8 games, 53 tackles, 3 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksPD
Sep 3vs.MassachusettsW 24–⁠763111
Sep 10vs.KentuckyW 45–⁠7651.51.50
Sep 17vs.North TexasW 32–⁠020000
Sep 24atTennesseeL 28–⁠38125000
Oct 1atVanderbiltW 13–⁠663001
Oct 15vs.MissouriW 40–⁠1480100
Oct 29vs.GeorgiaW 24–⁠10510.50.50
Nov 5atArkansasL 10–⁠3185000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2017 Senior Bowl (South team, won 16–⁠15).

DrillCombine 2017
Height6′2⅞″
Weight241 lb
Arm length32⅛″
Hand size9⅛″
Wingspan76⅜″W
40-yard dash4.63 s
10-yard split1.57 sW
Vertical jump30½″
Broad jump9′8″
Bench press16 reps
3-cone drill6.88 s
20-yard shuttle4.25 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

10 seasons, 111 games with a stat; latest team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2017New Orleans Saints41610
2018New Orleans Saints155521
2019New Orleans Saints2710
2020New Orleans Saints144100
2021Detroit Lions127311
2022Detroit Lions17981.51
2023Detroit Lions1611530
2024Detroit Lions105610
2025Detroit Lions16952.51
2026 (so far)Tampa Bay Buccaneers52711
NFL career111583145

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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