Vincent Anthony

Senior defensive end for Duke. 2025: 7 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DE · Duke · Sr. · #7

6′6″ · 250 lb · Durham, NC

CFB Index 84 · #31 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to Duke for 2026

How he plays

Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.

Tackles for loss: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

13 TFL · 34 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 2.5 sacks, 2.5 TFL, 3 tackles, vs Illinois

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Duke. 2025: 7 sacks, 13 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Duke in 2022.

His career, year by year

Vincent Anthony

DE · Duke · Sr · #7

Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes. Vincent Anthony has played for three head coaches in four seasons at Duke. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Clemson — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Duke9-4HC: Manny Diaz · Pass-leaning

2025Duke9-5HC: Manny Diaz · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

84All-Conference level #31 of 420?

Medium confidenceSustained Ascent6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (98th percentile). Strength: sacks (98th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#42 / 2975 · 98th pct

13.0

Sacks#39 / 2975 · 98th pct

7.0

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1029 / 2975 · 64th pct

Tackles#1138 / 2975 · 61st pct

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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.3	0.9	0.6	0.3
Road7g	2.9	1.1	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	1.6	1.0	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

84 · #31 of 420 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #31 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #3 of 15 ACC DEs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Duke	34	20	13.0	7.0	2	--	--
2024	Duke	25	10	9.5	5.0	3	--	--
2023	Duke	17	8	4.0	2.0	1	--	--
2022	Duke	24	12	2.5	0.5	2	--	--
Career		100	50	29.0	14.5	8	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 15 · 2025

W 27–20

at Virginia

1 TFL · 2 TOT · 2 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With D. Mensah — 196 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 82.1 · K. Reynoldson — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 47 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-17vs Elon	6	3	2.0	1.0	—	1	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	L 19-45vs Illinois	3	2	2.5	2.5	—	0	2.5 sacks
Wk 3	L 27-34@ Tulane	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-33vs NC State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 38-3@ Syracuse	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 45-21@ California	5	3	3.0	1.5	—	0	3.0 TFL
Wk 8	L 18-27vs Georgia Tech	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 46-45@ Clemson	4	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 34-37@ UConn	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 17-34vs Virginia	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 32-25@ North Carolina	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 49-32vs Wake Forest	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 27-20@ Virginia	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		34	20	13.0	7.0	—	2

How he plays

Play style

Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

34Tackles

20Solo

13TFL

7Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

34 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 13 TFL.

Week 11 sack · 1 PD
Week 22.5 sacks
Week 31 sack
Week 61.5 sacks
Week 121 PD
Week 151 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Duke

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · Duke

Returning around him

3 Duke players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +2 net (19 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Duke · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #69 · 2026 recruiting class #71

DNA match

Player DNA

Finisher

Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kenyatta Jackson’s 2025 season.

Kenyatta Jackson

72%match

Ohio State · 2025

Jack Sawyer

Ohio State · 2022

NFL Rd 4

70%

Niles King

San Diego State · 2025

69%

Desmond Little

UAB · 2023

67%

J.T. Tuimoloau

Ohio State · 2024

66%

Matches Kenyatta on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Hurry rate

Differs from Kenyatta on

Weight (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Tyler Baron's senior season at Tennessee (2023).

Tyler Baron

80%match

Tennessee · 2023

NFL Rd 5

J.T. Tuimoloau

Ohio State · 2024

79%

Kenyatta Jackson

Ohio State · 2025

75%

Jordan Strachan

South Carolina · 2023

All-Sun Belt

65%

Noah Arinze

New Mexico State · 2024

65%

Matches Tyler on

Sack rate

Weight

Pressure-to-sack conversion

Differs from Tyler on

Hurry rate (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Vincent Anthony

Desmond Little

UAB · 2024

82%

Patrick Payton

LSU · 2025

81%

Isaac Smith

Michigan State · 2025

74%

Malakai Williams

Boise State · 2025

73%

Kenyatta Jackson

Ohio State · 2025

72%

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

202210 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Finisher

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