Anthony Cioffi: DB · Rutgers · #31.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Anthony Cioffi
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at Rutgers: Kyle Flood and Chris Ash. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Penn State — Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
63 tackles. 4 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 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.
The Detroit News Oct 29
247Sports Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-48@ No. 14 Washington | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-14vs Howard | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-28vs New Mexico | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-14vs Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 0-58@ No. 2 Ohio State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 0-78vs No. 4 Michigan | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-24vs Illinois | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 32-34@ Minnesota | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-33vs Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 0-49@ Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-39vs No. 9 Penn State | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 13-31@ Maryland | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
63tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL63 tackles · 4 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Ash
Pass share
40.6%
329 pass / 481 run
Plays / game
67.5
12 games
Team sack rate
8.9%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
63 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Rutgers, 63 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kyle Flood → Chris Ash. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
