Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022Vanderbilt
Anfernee Orji
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Rockwall, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Anfernee Orji shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
99
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
69
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Player Story
Anfernee Orji built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Rockwall, TX, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Anfernee Orji's career was his defensive production: 248 tackles,...
Read the storyAnfernee Orji, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt. Anfernee Orji shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 248
- TFL
- 19.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Anfernee Orji quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · LB
- Career Tackles
- 248
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
- Top game
- Missouri
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 106 tackles · LB 26th (top 3%) · SEC 2nd (top 1%) · National 27th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 9 | 65 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 2 | 0 | 34.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 10 | 71 | 11.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 12 | 106 | 6.5 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 55.5 |
Related Context
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Anfernee Orji played LB for Vanderbilt. Across 4 tracked seasons, Anfernee Orji recorded 248 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Vanderbilt.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Vanderbilt paired 15.5 primary output with 45.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 44.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
44.9
Usage
11.5
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Missouri
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Elon: 1.5. Hawai'i: 0. Wake Forest: 0. Northern Illinois: 1.5. Alabama: 0. Ole Miss: 1. Georgia: 0. Missouri: 4.5. South Carolina: 2. Kentucky: 0. Florida: 0. Tennessee: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Elon: 13 by 65. Hawai'i: 3 by 12.5. Wake Forest: 11 by 45.8. Northern Illinois: 12 by 65. Alabama: 13 by 50. Ole Miss: 9 by 47.5. Georgia: 10 by 41.7. Missouri: 12 by 95. South Carolina: 6 by 45. Kentucky: 4 by 16.7. Florida: 8 by 33.3. Tennessee: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 7 · +0.5 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
Missouri
Best efficiency game
95 vs Missouri
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | vs Tennessee | L 0-56 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Florida | W 31-24 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Kentucky | W 24-21 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs South CarolinaSplash game | L 27-38 | 6 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Missouri10+ tackles · Splash game | L 14-17 | 12 | 7 | — | 2.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Georgia10+ tackles | L 0-55 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Ole Miss | L 28-52 | 9 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Alabama10+ tackles | L 3-55 | 13 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Northern Illinois10+ tackles | W 38-28 | 12 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Wake Forest10+ tackles | L 25-45 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Elon10+ tackles | W 42-31 | 13 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/28 | @ Hawai'i | W 63-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Anfernee Orji story
Anfernee Orji built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a linebacker from Rockwall, TX, spending time with Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Anfernee Orji's career was his defensive production: 248 tackles, 19.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Vanderbilt. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Anfernee Orji's production has multiple signals. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Vanderbilt.
The arc is straightforward: Anfernee Orji moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Vanderbilt
2019-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 2 | 7.5 | 3.5 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 4.5 | 34.6 | 7.7 | 2.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 15.5 | 45.1 | 17.1 | 11 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 10.5 | 44.9 | 11.5 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Missouri
Week 8 · L 14-17 · Conference game
Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
98.3 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 98.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Tennessee
Week 13 · L 21-45 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
93.6 takeover
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Tennessee
Week 15 · L 17-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#4
vs UConn
Week 5 · W 30-28
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Havoc Plays
78.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Ole Miss
Week 12 · L 17-31 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
71.5 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
15.5 primary output · 45.1 efficiency · 17.1 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
55.5
10.5 primary · 44.9 efficiency · 11.5 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
34.7
4.5 primary · 34.6 efficiency · 7.7 usage
Milestones
13
Impact games
8
Splash games
9
10+ tackle games
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