Player Dossier

2014-2017

SMU

Anthony Rhone

LB • 6'0" • 233 lbs • Texarkana, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Anthony Rhone shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Player Story

Anthony Rhone built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Texarkana, TX wearing No. 48, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Anthony Rhone's career was his defensive production: 114...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7859

Texas High · Texarkana, TX

Committed To
SMU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Anthony Rhone, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · SMU. Anthony Rhone shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
114
TFL
5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Anthony Rhone quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · LB
Career Tackles
114
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · SMU
Top game
TCU
Recruit profile
2-star · Texas High · SMU
High school pipeline
Texas High · 29 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 48 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
67 tackles · LB 199th (top 19%) · American Athletic 38th (top 8%) · National 353rd (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonSMU00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonSMU10-0--043.5
2016 Regular SeasonSMU104710--021.8
2017 PostseasonSMU122-0--052.8
2017 Regular SeasonSMU126541.531052.8

Related Context

Anthony Rhone played LB for SMU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Anthony Rhone recorded 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

SMU paired 9.5 primary output with 30.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 30.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2017 Postseason · SMU

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

30.5

Usage

6.7

Consistency

24.4

Best Game by takeover score

TCU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana Tech: 0. Stephen F. Austin: 0. North Texas: 2. TCU: 2. Arkansas State: 0. UConn: 2. Houston: 0.5. Cincinnati: 0. Tulsa: 2. UCF: 1. Navy: 0. Tulane: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 8.3. Stephen F. Austin: 4 by 16.7. North Texas: 1 by 24.2. TCU: 8 by 53.3. Arkansas State: 5 by 20.8. UConn: 4 by 36.7. Houston: 6 by 30. Cincinnati: 7 by 29.2. Tulsa: 6 by 45. UCF: 5 by 30.8. Navy: 14 by 50. Tulane: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.9 · Games = 7 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

TCU

Best efficiency game

53.3 vs TCU

Result
Thu 12/21vs Louisiana TechL 10-5121000
Sat 11/25vs TulaneW 41-3852000
Sat 11/11@ Navy10+ tacklesL 40-431410000
Sat 11/4vs UCFL 24-3154100
Sat 10/28vs TulsaSplash gameW 38-3465100
Sat 10/21@ CincinnatiW 31-2871000
Sat 10/7@ HoustonL 22-35630.5000
Sat 9/30vs UConnSplash gameW 49-28430.500.501
Sat 9/23vs Arkansas StateW 44-2154000
Sat 9/16@ TCUSplash gameL 36-5685110
Sat 9/9vs North TexasSplash gameW 54-3211000
Sat 9/2vs Stephen F. AustinW 58-1441000

Player Story

Anthony Rhone story

Anthony Rhone built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Texarkana, TX wearing No. 48, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Anthony Rhone's career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Anthony Rhone's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    SMU

    2014-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonSMU0
2015 Regular SeasonSMU1201
2016 Regular SeasonSMU221.64.51
2017 PostseasonSMU9.530.56.77.5
2017 Regular SeasonSMU9.530.56.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ TCU

Week 3 · L 36-56

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#2

vs Tulsa

Week 9 · W 38-34 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#3

vs TCU

Week 4 · L 3-33

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Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Baylor

Week 2 · L 13-40

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Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#5

vs North Texas

Week 2 · W 54-32

2

Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · SMU

9.5 primary output · 30.5 efficiency · 6.7 usage

52.8

#2

2017 Regular Season · SMU

52.8

9.5 primary · 30.5 efficiency · 6.7 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · SMU

43.5

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games