Linebacker, Houston (from Ole Miss), 2014–21
Deontay Anderson
Lettered 2016 at Ole Miss (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 2
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Class (2021)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Houston, TX
- Born
- Nov 11, 1997
Deontay Anderson played linebacker at Ole Miss (2014–17) and Houston (2018–21).
Career highs
12tackles, career highvs. Temple, 2018Defense
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Ole Miss | 2 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2015 | Ole Miss | 2 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2016 | Ole Miss | 2 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2017 | Ole Miss | 2 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2018 | Houston | 2 | LB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2019 | Houston | 2 | LB | Yr 6 | ||
| 2020 | Houston | 2 | LB | Yr 7 | ||
| 2021 | Houston | 2 | LB | Sr. (Yr 8) | 6′2″ | 230 |
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
2021 Houston 14 games, 63 tackles, 0.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Texas Tech | L 21–38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | at Rice | W 44–7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs. Grambling | W 45–0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Navy | W 28–20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at Tulsa | W 45–10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | at Tulane | W 40–22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | vs. East Carolina | W 31–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | vs. SMU | W 44–37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | at South Florida | W 54–42 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | at Temple | W 37–8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Memphis | W 31–13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | at UConn | W 45–17 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 4 | at Cincinnati | L 20–35 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | vs. Auburn | W 17–13 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Houston 6 games, 26 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8 | vs.Tulane | W 49–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | vs. UCF | L 21–44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 7 | atCincinnati | L 10–38 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | vs.South Florida | W 56–21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 12 | atMemphis | L 27–30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 24 ✦ | vs. Hawai’i | L 14–28 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2019 Houston 11 games, 48 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | at Oklahoma | L 31–49 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Prairie View A&M | W 37–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | vs. Washington State | L 24–31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sep 19 | atTulane | L 31–38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | at North Texas | W 46–25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs.Cincinnati | L 23–38 | 9 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | atUConn | W 24–17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | vs.SMU | L 31–34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 2 | atUCF | L 29–44 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 23 | atTulsa | W 24–14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 30 | vs.Navy | L 41–56 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Houston 13 games, 72 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | atRice | W 45–27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Arizona | W 45–18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | atTexas Tech | L 49–63 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Texas Southern | W 70–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 4 | vs.Tulsa | W 41–26 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 13 | atEast Carolina | W 42–20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | atNavy | W 49–36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | vs.South Florida | W 57–36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 3 | atSMU | L 31–45 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | vs.Temple | L 49–59 | 12 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs.Tulane | W 48–17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | atMemphis | L 31–52 | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 22 ✦ | vs. Army | L 14–70 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Ole Miss 11 games, 32 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Florida State | L 34–45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Wofford | W 38–13 | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. Alabama | L 43–48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Georgia | W 45–14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Memphis | W 48–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | at LSU | L 21–38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Auburn | L 29–40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs. Georgia Southern | W 37–27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Texas A&M | W 29–28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | at Vanderbilt | L 17–38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs. Mississippi State | L 20–55 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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