Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024West 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.
Impact Production
95
Top-tier box-score impact for a safety
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Reliability
89
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
84
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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 12 | 61 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | 7 | 0 | 50.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 12 | 77 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 66.3 |
| 2022 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 13 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 61.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 13 | 93 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 61.2 |
| 2023 Postseason | West Virginia | 13 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 13 | 71 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 33.9 |
| 2024 Postseason | West Virginia | 13 | 7 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | West Virginia | 13 | 95 | - | 0 | - | 3 | 2 | 34.2 |
Related Context
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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
2022 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 39.4 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: James Madison
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Postseason · Georgia Southern
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
39.4
Usage
8.2
Consistency
56.4
Best Game by takeover score
James Madison
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Buffalo: 0. Morgan State: 2. Nebraska: 1. UAB: 1. Ball State: 0.5. Coastal Carolina: 1. Georgia State: 0. James Madison: 3. Old Dominion: 1. South Alabama: 0. Louisiana: 1. Marshall: 2. App State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Morgan State: 3 by 32.5. Nebraska: 5 by 30.8. UAB: 7 by 39.2. Ball State: 8 by 38.3. Coastal Carolina: 9 by 47.5. Georgia State: 9 by 37.5. James Madison: 11 by 75.8. Old Dominion: 9 by 47.5. South Alabama: 5 by 20.8. Louisiana: 7 by 39.2. Marshall: 9 by 57.5. App State: 11 by 45.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 7 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
James Madison
Best efficiency game
75.8 vs James Madison
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/27 | @ Buffalo | L 21-23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/26 | vs App State10+ tackles | W 51-48 | 11 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs MarshallSplash game | L 10-23 | 9 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 11/11 | @ Louisiana | L 17-36 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs South Alabama | L 31-38 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Old Dominion | W 28-23 | 9 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs James Madison10+ tackles · Splash game | W 45-38 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Georgia State | L 33-41 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Coastal Carolina | L 30-34 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Ball State | W 34-23 | 8 | 6 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ UAB | L 21-35 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Nebraska | W 45-42 | 5 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Morgan StateSplash game | W 59-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
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
Georgia Southern
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
West Virginia
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 11 | 32.4 | 5.7 | 11 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 11 | 32.4 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 15.5 | 39.7 | 7.4 | 4.5 |
| 2022 Postseason | Georgia Southern | 12.5 | 39.4 | 8.2 | -3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Georgia Southern | 12.5 | 39.4 | 8.2 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | West Virginia | 6.5 | 30.6 | 5.7 | -6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 6.5 | 30.6 | 5.7 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | West Virginia | 5 | 35.6 | 6.7 | -1.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | West Virginia | 5 | 35.6 | 6.7 | 0 |
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
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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
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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
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