Player Dossier

2019-2024

West Virginia

Anthony Wilson Jr.

S • 5'9" • 199 lbs • Columbia, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Anthony Wilson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

74%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

90

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

83

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

83

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Georgia Southern • West Virginia
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: James Madison

Player Story

Anthony Wilson Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Columbia, SC wearing No. 12, spending time with Georgia Southern and West Virginia. The clearest part of Anthony Wilson Jr.'s career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.7794

Spring Valley · Columbia, SC

Committed To
Georgia Southern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Anthony Wilson Jr., S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern. Anthony Wilson Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
419
TFL
11.5
Sacks
3
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
28
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Anthony Wilson Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
West Virginia · S
Career Tackles
419
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 10 entries · 63 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
Top game
James Madison
Recruit profile
2-star · Spring Valley · Georgia Southern
High school pipeline
Spring Valley · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
102 tackles · S 6th (top 2%) · Big 12 2nd (top 1%) · National 38th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern00-0--0-
2020 PostseasonGeorgia Southern12610--050.9
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern12611.50.5-7050.9
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern12774.5119066.3
2022 PostseasonGeorgia Southern130-0--061.2
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern139331.525061.2
2023 PostseasonWest Virginia139-0--033.9
2023 Regular SeasonWest Virginia13711.50-4033.9
2024 PostseasonWest Virginia137-0--034.2
2024 Regular SeasonWest Virginia1395-0-3234.2

Related Context

Anthony Wilson Jr. played S for Georgia Southern and West Virginia. Across 6 tracked seasons, Anthony Wilson Jr. recorded 419 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Georgia Southern paired 15.5 primary output with 39.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 39.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia Southern, West Virginia.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Troy

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

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2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

39.7

Usage

7.4

Consistency

64.4

Best Game by takeover score

Troy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Gardner-Webb: 0.5. Florida Atlantic: 0. Arkansas: 2. Louisiana: 1. Arkansas State: 1.5. Troy: 2. South Alabama: 1. Georgia State: 2. Coastal Carolina: 2. Texas State: 2. BYU: 1. App State: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Gardner-Webb: 6 by 30. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 12.5. Arkansas: 1 by 24.2. Louisiana: 8 by 43.3. Arkansas State: 5 by 35.8. Troy: 11 by 65.8. South Alabama: 5 by 30.8. Georgia State: 7 by 49.2. Coastal Carolina: 10 by 61.7. Texas State: 8 by 53.3. BYU: 9 by 47.5. App State: 4 by 21.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 9 · -0.1 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

Troy

Best efficiency game

65.8 vs Troy

Result
Sat 11/27@ App StateL 3-27430.5000
Sat 11/20vs BYUL 17-3498001
Sat 11/13@ Texas StateSplash gameW 38-3081002
Sat 11/6vs Coastal Carolina10+ tackles · Splash gameL 8-28103200
Sat 10/30vs Georgia StateSplash gameL 14-2174002
Thu 10/14@ South AlabamaL 14-4154001
Sat 10/9@ Troy10+ tackles · Splash gameL 24-27115110
Sat 10/2vs Arkansas StateW 59-33530.5001
Sat 9/25vs LouisianaL 20-2885001
Sat 9/18@ ArkansasSplash gameL 10-4511001
Sat 9/11@ Florida AtlanticL 6-3831000
Sat 9/4vs Gardner-WebbW 30-25640.5000

Player Story

Anthony Wilson Jr. story

Anthony Wilson Jr. built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a safety from Columbia, SC wearing No. 12, spending time with Georgia Southern and West Virginia. The clearest part of Anthony Wilson Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 419 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 63 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Georgia Southern. 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 Anthony Wilson Jr.'s production has multiple signals. With 63 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia Southern and West Virginia.

The arc is straightforward: Anthony Wilson Jr. 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

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

  1. 1

    Georgia Southern

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    West Virginia

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern0
2020 PostseasonGeorgia Southern1132.45.711
2020 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern1132.45.70
2021 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern15.539.77.44.5
2022 PostseasonGeorgia Southern12.539.48.2-3
2022 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern12.539.48.20
2023 PostseasonWest Virginia6.530.65.7-6
2023 Regular SeasonWest Virginia6.530.65.70
2024 PostseasonWest Virginia535.66.7-1.5
2024 Regular SeasonWest Virginia535.66.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs James Madison

Week 7 · W 45-38 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

91.9 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Troy

Week 6 · L 24-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 10 · L 8-28 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

87.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Cincinnati

Week 11 · W 31-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Texas Tech

Week 14 · L 15-52 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

15.5 primary output · 39.7 efficiency · 7.4 usage

66.3

#2

2022 Postseason · Georgia Southern

61.2

12.5 primary · 39.4 efficiency · 8.2 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

61.2

12.5 primary · 39.4 efficiency · 8.2 usage

Milestones

14

Impact games

12

Splash games

10

10+ tackle games