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2024 Football Roster

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16 Anthony Roussos

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 225
  • Hometown New Port Richey, Fla.
  • Previous School River Ridge
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Political Science

Biography

2024: Second Team All-Ivy League … FCS ADA Academic All-Star … Winner of team’s David W. Smyth Memorial Cup … Started all 10 games … Led squad with 76 tackles … Posted 10 tackles in win over Cornell to help Columbia secure Ivy League title … Notched seven tackles in win at Brown … Compiled 12 tackles in win over Yale … Chipped in 12 tackles to help Lions win at Penn for first time since 1996 … Registered 10 tackles at Georgetown … Posted seven tackles and recovered a fumble in win over No. 18 Lafayette.

2023: First Team All-Ivy League … Second leading tackler in the Ivy League, posting 93 on the year … His 5.7 solo tackles per game put him in the top 10 of the FCS and added 10.5 tackles for a loss … Posted double-figure tackles in five games, including a career-high 13 against Brown on Nov. 11 … Had 12 tackles at Dartmouth and against Penn … Registered seven tackles to go with forced fumble in shutout win over Marist … Began season with 12 tackles, 2.5 for a loss and a sack at Lafayette.

2022: Played in 10 games, making four starts … Recorded 37 tackles, including 3.5 TFLs … Posted nine tackles (seven solo) in season-finale against Cornell … Had eight tackles with 1.5 TFLs at Harvard … Registered nine tackles at Penn.
 
2021: Saw action in one game as a sophomore linebacker and on special teams … Contributed primarily on the scout team.
 
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of River Ridge High School in New Port Richey, Fla., where he earned three varsity letters for Head Coach Ryan Benjamin … FloridaHSFootball.com Second Team Class 5A All-State selection … Three-time All-Conference selection as a linebacker … Named an All-Conference running back as a senior … Served as football team captain as a senior in 2019 … Named River Ridge Most Valuable Player … Selected to play in the Pasco All-Star Game … Over three-year career, rushed for 1,599 yards, scored 30 touchdowns and accumulated 1,937 all-purpose yards and totaled 179 tackles, 13.0 sacks and 45.0 total tackles for loss … Rushed for over 1,500 yards and 17 touchdowns during senior year … Averaged over 100 yards rushing per game … Named Suncoast News Player of the Week after rushing for 218 yards and four touchdowns vs. Wesley Chapel … Rushed for 200 yards and three touchdowns in helping the Royal Knights clinch a district title with a win over Zephryhills … Led the Royal Knights to a Class 5A District 11 championship in 2019 … Earned five total varsity letters … Also played two years of varsity soccer … Competed in weightlifting … Led the Royal Knights to a 9-5-2 overall record in soccer as a senior … National Honor Society member … Honor Roll student all eight semesters … Involved in community service as he volunteered each summer at the Energy Marine Center … Homecoming Court member …
 
PERSONAL: Older brother Mike Roussos is an All-American special teams player at Columbia...Enrolled at Columbia College.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2020First Year

    Linebacker
    6'0" 210 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2021Sophomore

    Linebacker
    5'11" 220 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2022Junior

    Linebacker
    5'11" 225 lbs
    38
  • 16

    2023Senior

    Linebacker
    5'11" 230 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2024Senior

    Linebacker
    5'11" 225 lbs
    16