Anfernee Orji: LB · Vanderbilt.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Anfernee Orji
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. The four seasons at Vanderbilt span two head coaches: Derek Mason and Clark Lea. First career honor, 2022: All-SEC. A game that shows it: 13 tackles against Alabama — Week 4, 2022.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
106 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 106 | 52 | 6.5 | 1.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 71 | 43 | 11.5 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 65 | 30 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 248 | 127 | 19.5 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-10@ Hawai'i | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 42-31vs Elon | 13 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 25-45vs No. 23 Wake Forest | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-28@ Northern Illinois | 12 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-55@ No. 2 Alabama | 13 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-52vs No. 9 Ole Miss | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-55@ No. 1 Georgia | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-17@ Missouri | 12 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 10 | L 27-38vs South Carolina | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-21@ Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24vs Florida | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-56vs No. 9 Tennessee | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 106 | 52 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
106tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%6 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups106 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 9.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 10.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
44.1%
346 pass / 438 run
Plays / game
65.3
12 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
336 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
106 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #156 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Vanderbilt, 248 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Derek Mason → Clark Lea. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
