Safety, Ole Miss (from Liberty), 2021–23
Daijahn Anthony
- Number
- No. 3
- Height
- 6′0″
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Class (2023)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Richmond, VA
- Born
- Sep 9, 2000
Daijahn Anthony played safety at Liberty (2021–22) and Ole Miss (2023). The Cincinnati Bengals took Anthony in round 7, No. 224 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
15tackles, career highat Mississippi State, 2023Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
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
2023 Ole Miss 13 games, 61 tackles, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Mercer | W 73–7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | at Tulane | W 37–20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 48–23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 23 | at Alabama | L 10–24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. LSU | W 55–49 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Arkansas | W 27–20 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 21 | at Auburn | W 28–21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 33–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Texas A&M | W 38–35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | at Georgia | L 17–52 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. UL Monroe | W 35–3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | at Mississippi State | W 17–7 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Penn State | W 38–25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 Liberty 9 games, 19 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Southern Miss | W 29–27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at Wake Forest | L 36–37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Akron | W 21–12 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | at Old Dominion | W 38–24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | at Massachusetts | W 42–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Gardner-Webb | W 21–20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs. BYU | W 41–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nov 5 | atArkansas | W 21–19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Virginia Tech | L 22–23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Liberty 9 games, 14 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | at Troy | W 21–13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs.Old Dominion | W 45–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 41–13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 16 | atUL Monroe | L 28–31 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Oct 23 | at North Texas | W 35–26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | at Ole Miss | L 14–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | vs. Louisiana | L 14–42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Army | L 16–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 18 ✦ | vs. Eastern Michigan | W 56–20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2024 | Combine or pro day 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0″ | |
| Weight | 195 lb | |
| Arm length | 32½″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| Wingspan | 76⅜″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.55 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.51 s | |
| Vertical jump | 37″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′8″ | |
| Bench press | 10 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.89 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.19 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 7 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Cincinnati Bengals | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Cincinnati Bengals | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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