Senior linebacker for Stanford. 2025: 6 tackles.
6′0″ · 220 lb · Temecula, CA
The story
4 linebacker for Stanford. 2025: 6 tackles.
Anson Pulsipher
Anson Pulsipher has been at Stanford through two head coaches in two seasons. The receipt: 2 tackles against SMU — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Troy Taylor → Frank Reich. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tavita Pritchard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 20–13
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With A. Flintoft — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 48 AVG · C. Tabb — 118 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | L 10-34@ SMU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 20-13vs Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-35vs Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 15-20@ North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-10vs California | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Stanford
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Stanford
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Stanford · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #50 · 2026 recruiting class #37