Linebacker, Bowling Green, 2019–⁠23

Darren Anders

Number
No. 23
Height
6′0″
Weight
225 lb
Class (2023)
Senior
Hometown
North Olmsted, OH

Darren Anders played linebacker at Bowling Green (2019–⁠23).

At a glance

Best season
124
Tackles, 2021 (Bowling Green, 4–⁠8)
National rank
No. 10
In FBS in tackles, 2021

Career highs

14tackles, career hightwice; last at Tennessee, 20212sacks, career highvs. Akron, 2023

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2019Bowling Green20102.51000
2020Bowling Green55254.50010
2021Bowling Green124569.53121
2022Bowling Green693521.5042
2023Bowling Green854310.54.5021
Career3531692910194

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Bowling Green23LBYr 1
2020Bowling Green23LBYr 2
2021Bowling Green23LBYr 3
2022Bowling Green23LBYr 4
2023Bowling Green23LBSr. (Yr 5)6′0″225

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 Bowling Green 13 games, 85 tackles, 4.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2atLibertyL 24–⁠34630000
Sep 9vs.Eastern IllinoisW 38–⁠15600001
Sep 16atMichiganL 6–⁠31741100
Sep 23vs.OhioL 7–⁠38510.5000
Sep 30atGeorgia TechW 38–⁠27532000
Oct 7atMiami (OH)L 0–⁠27641100
Oct 14atBuffaloW 24–⁠14550000
Oct 21vs.AkronW 41–⁠14653200
Nov 1vs.Ball StateW 24–⁠211030.5000
Nov 8atKent StateW 49–⁠19930.50.500
Nov 14vs.ToledoL 31–⁠321152000
Nov 21atWestern MichiganW 34–⁠10760001
Dec 26 ✦vs.MinnesotaL 24–⁠30210000
2022 Bowling Green 12 games, 69 tackles, 1.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3atUCLAL 17–⁠45330000
Sep 10vs.Eastern KentuckyL 57–⁠59930000
Sep 17vs.MarshallW 34–⁠31420000
Sep 24atMississippi StateL 14–⁠45510000
Oct 1atAkronW 31–⁠28950.50.501
Oct 8vs.BuffaloL 7–⁠38420000
Oct 15vs.Miami (OH)W 17–⁠13741102
Oct 22atCentral MichiganW 34–⁠18110000
Nov 2vs.Western MichiganW 13–⁠9520000
Nov 9vs.Kent StateL 6–⁠401170001
Nov 15atToledoW 42–⁠35740.5000
Nov 22atOhioL 14–⁠38410000
2021 Bowling Green 12 games, 124 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2atTennesseeL 6–⁠381441100
Sep 11vs.South AlabamaL 19–⁠22851010
Sep 18vs.Murray StateW 27–⁠10731001
Sep 25atMinnesotaW 14–⁠10710000
Oct 2atKent StateL 20–⁠27861000
Oct 9vs.AkronL 20–⁠351081.5100
Oct 16atNorthern IllinoisL 26–⁠341271000
Oct 23vs.Eastern MichiganL 24–⁠551361100
Oct 30atBuffaloW 56–⁠441231000
Nov 10vs.ToledoL 17–⁠491250000
Nov 16atMiami (OH)L 7–⁠34840000
Nov 26vs.OhioW 21–⁠101341001
2020 Bowling Green 5 games, 55 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Nov 4atToledoL 3–⁠381161.5000
Nov 10vs.Kent StateL 24–⁠62940000
Nov 17vs.BuffaloL 17–⁠421461.5000
Nov 28atOhioL 10–⁠521351001
Dec 5atAkronL 3–⁠31840.5000
2019 Bowling Green 6 games, 20 tackles, 1 sack
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 29vs.Morgan StateW 46–⁠3211100
Oct 19vs.Central MichiganL 20–⁠38100000
Nov 2vs.AkronW 35–⁠6210000
Nov 13atMiami (OH)L 3–⁠44421000
Nov 19vs.OhioL 24–⁠66210000
Nov 29atBuffaloL 7–⁠49950.5000

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

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