Darren Anders: LB · Bowling Green · #23.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Darren Anders
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Transferred to Bowling Green from Bowling Green. Another came in 2023: All-MAC. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Toledo — Week 12, 2023.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
85 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 85 | 43 | 10.5 | 4.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 69 | 35 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Bowling Green | 124 | 56 | 9.5 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2020 | Bowling Green | 55 | 25 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Bowling Green | 20 | 10 | 2.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 353 | 169 | 29.0 | 10.0 | 9 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-34@ Liberty | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-15vs Eastern Illinois | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-31@ No. 2 Michigan | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 7-38vs Ohio | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-27@ Georgia Tech | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 0-27@ Miami (OH) | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-14@ Buffalo | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-14vs Akron | 6 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | W 24-21vs Ball State | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-19@ Kent State | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 31-32vs Toledo | 11 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 34-10@ Western Michigan | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 24-30vs Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 85 | 43 | 10.5 | 4.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
85tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%10 TFLSack rate
5%4 sacksPD rate
2%2 pass breakups85 tackles · 10.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Scot Loeffler — 20-35 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road7g | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 8.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scot Loeffler
Pass share
46.0%
356 pass / 418 run
Plays / game
59.5
13 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
377 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Bowling Green, 353 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2021) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 48 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2023)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2023)
2 career weekly honors across 2 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Scot Loeffler.
