Sunday, June 27, 2004

Player Profile - Tabugbo Anyansi

Class: Senior
Hometown: Austell, Ga.
High School: Pebblebrook
Height / Weight: 6-1 / 225
Position: Linebacker
Birthdate: 10/04/1981

AT TECH: Backup linebacker with very good speed . . . Has played both outside and middle linebacker . . . Also plays on special teams . . .

2003: Credited with seven tackles in 2003 . . . Had a career-high three tackles in Tech’s win over North Carolina . . . Hampered by nagging injuries during the first half of the 2002 season but returned to become a special teams contributor . . . Played in seven games and made three tackles . . . Was pressed into action as a true freshman in 2001 . . . Played most of the game against Duke following injuries to Daryl Smith and Ather Brown . . . Had a tackle for loss against Duke . . . Also saw some action on special teams.

HIGH SCHOOL: Named to the Marvelous Metro 11, the Super Southern 100 and the Top 50 in Georgia by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . . . Tabbed to Max Emfinger’s Super 20 in Georgia . . . Ranked among the Top 100 players in the South by BorderWars.com . . . All-Southeast Region by Prep Star . . . First-team all-state (Class AAAA) by the AJC and the Augusta Chronicle . . . Collected 81 tackles, four sacks, four fumble recoveries and two interceptions as a senior . . . Also punted 26 times for a 40-yard average . . . As a junior had 80 tackles, six sacks and two blocked punts . . . Four-year letterwinner for coach Chuck Stines at Pebblebrook High . . . Chosen for the Georgia-Florida All-Star Game.

PERSONAL: Tabugbo Anyansi . . . Pronounced tie-BOO-bo on-YON-zee . . . Native of Nigeria . . . Parents are Ikebudu and Louisa Anyansi . . . Born October 4, 1981 . . . Majoring in Industrial Engineering.