#12

Anthony Wilson

Former safety at West Virginia. 2024: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 102 tackles.

S · West Virginia · Sr. · #12

5′9″ · 199 lb · Columbia, SC

CFB Index 80 · #43 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceWest Virginia 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former safety at West Virginia. 2024: 2 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 102 tackles.

Transferred from Georgia Southern to West Virginia in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at West Virginia, 419 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202112 games

All-Sun Beltthird

202313 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

2 coaches

2020–2023

Neal Brown

West Virginia

2024

Chad Scott

West Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Neal Brown → Chad Scott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Georgia Southern8-5HC: Chad Lunsford · Run-heavy

2021Georgia Southern3-9HC: Kevin Whitley · Run-heavy

2022Georgia Southern6-7HC: Clay Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2023West Virginia9-4HC: Neal Brown · Run-heavy

2024West Virginia6-7HC: Chad Scott · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

80All-Conference level #43 of 537?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (98th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#38 / 2892 · 99th pct

102

Solo tackles#56 / 2892 · 98th pct

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Interceptions#132 / 862 · 74th pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Tackles for loss#2477 / 2892 · 7th pct

0.0

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	8.2	0.0	0.0	0.4
Road5g	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	9.3	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rich Rodriguez

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

80 · #43 of 537 safeties

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	West Virginia	102	52	0.0	0.0	3	2	--
2023	West Virginia	80	54	1.5	0.0	4	1	--
2022	Georgia Southern	93	59	3.0	1.5	5	1	--
2021	Georgia Southern	77	42	4.5	1.0	9	--	--
2020	Georgia Southern	67	42	2.5	0.5	7	1	--
Career		419	249	11.5	3.0	28	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 49–14

vs UAlbany

1 PD · 2 SOLO · 6 TOT

Dominant 35-point win at home against UAlbany.

With G. Greene — 236 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.2 · 68 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · C. Donaldson — 125 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 12-34vs Penn State	9	3	—	0
Wk 2	W 49-14vs UAlbany	6	2	—	1
Wk 3	L 34-38@ Pittsburgh	7	3	—	0
Wk 4	W 32-28vs Kansas	7	3	—	1
Wk 6	W 38-14@ Oklahoma State	4	1	—	0
Wk 7	L 16-28vs Iowa State	6	2	—	0
Wk 8	L 18-45vs Kansas State	6	3	—	0
Wk 9	W 31-26@ Arizona	8	5	—	0
Wk 11	W 31-24@ Cincinnati	11	6	1	0
Wk 12	L 35-49vs Baylor	15	9	—	0	Season-high 15 tackles
Wk 13	W 31-21vs UCF	10	5	—	1
Wk 14	L 15-52@ Texas Tech	6	6	1	0
Bowl	L 37-42vs Memphis	7	4	—	0
Total		102	52	2	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology