Anthony Rhone: LB · SMU · #48.
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Anthony Rhone
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at SMU since. A game that shows it: 14 tackles against Navy — Week 11, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 58-14vs Stephen F. Austin | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 54-32vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 36-56@ No. 20 TCU | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-21vs Arkansas State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 49-28vs UConn | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-35@ Houston | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-28@ Cincinnati | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-34vs Tulsa | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-31vs No. 15 UCF | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 40-43@ Navy | 14 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 41-38vs Tulane | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 10-51vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 40 | 4.0 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
67tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups67 tackles · 4 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Chad Morris — 14-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 8.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Morris
Pass share
50.1%
485 pass / 483 run
Plays / game
74.5
13 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
523 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at SMU, 114 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: June Jones → Chad Morris. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
