Deonte Anderson is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Mississippi State.
Anderson wins the gap play after play. The four seasons at Mississippi State span three head coaches: Mike Leach, Greg Knox and Jeff Lebby. On tape: 3 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Arizona State, Week 2, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mississippi State | 16 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | 18 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 38 | 10 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 74 | 16 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17@ Southern Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-20vs No. 12 Arizona State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 38-10vs Northern Illinois | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 9-31@ No. 6 Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-23@ Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-45vs No. 22 Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-41vs No. 5 Georgia | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-49@ Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-38vs No. 6 Ole Miss | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 29-43vs Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 24-20
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 4 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
6%1 TFLSack rate
6%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries16 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Pass share
41.8%
390 pass / 543 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
9.4%
413 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #187 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #31 of 60 SEC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mike Leach, Zach Arnett, and Jeff Lebby. Multi-era developmental context.
