Anthony Solomon

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
LB
Height:
6-1
Weight:
212
Hometown:
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
High School:
St. Thomas Aquinas

CAREER HIGHS

• Tackles: 2 - at Minnesota (Oct. 24, 2020)
• Solos: 1 - at Minnesota (Oct. 24, 2020)
• Asst: 2 - vs. Wisconsin (Nov. 14, 2020)
• TFLs: none
• Sacks: none
• Int: none
• FR: none
• PBUs: none

At Michigan
• Three-year letterman (2019-20-21)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2020)
• Has appeared in 24 career games including six on defense

Junior (2021)
• Appeared in eight games on special teams including one at linebacker to earn his third varsity letter
• Played linebacker and contributed on special teams against Western Michigan (Sept. 4)
• Played on special teams at Wisconsin (Oct. 2), at Nebraska (Oct. 9), at Penn State (Nov. 13)
• Played on special teams against Iowa in the Big Ten Championship Game (Dec. 4) and against Georgia in the Capital One Orange Bowl/CFP Semifinal (Dec. 31)

Sophomore (2020)
• Appeared in five games and played viper in four; made five tackles to earn his second varsity letter
• Academic All-Big Ten honoree
• Saw action at viper and made two tackles at Minnesota (Oct. 24)
• Assisted on one stop playing viper and contributing on special teams against Michigan State (Oct. 31)
• Contributed on special teams at Indiana (Nov. 7)
• Assisted on two tackles playing viper against Wisconsin (Nov. 14)
• Earned snaps at viper against Penn State (Nov. 28)

Freshman (2019)
• Appeared in 11 games on special teams and made one solo tackle to earn his first varsity letter
• Named Scout Team Defensive Player of the Week for his role in helping to prepare the offense for Rutgers
• Contributed on special teams against Middle Tennessee State (Aug. 31), Army (Sept. 7), Iowa (Oct. 5), Michigan State (Nov. 16), Ohio State (Nov. 30), at Illinois (Oct. 12), at Penn State (Oct. 19) and at Maryland (Nov. 2), at Indiana (Nov. 23)
• Recorded his first career tackle playing special teams against Rutgers (Sept. 28)

Prep
• Attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School (2019) coached by Roger Harriott

Key Statistics
• Contributed 63 tackles, seven tackles for loss, three sacks, three fumble recoveries and one forced fumble during his senior year
• Recorded 77 tackles, one tackle for loss, two sacks and one fumble recovery as a junior
• Tallied 39 stops, four pass breakups and one fumble recovery as a sophomore

Honors and Rankings
• Holds a 247Sports Composite ranking of four-stars, the nation’s 193rd overall prospect, the 10th-best outside linebacker recruit and the No. 28 player in Florida
• 247.com four-star prospect, ranked No. 402 overall prospect nationally, the No. 23 outside linebacker recruit and the No. 41 player in Florida
• ESPN four-star recruit, ranked the No. 83 prospect in the country, the nation’s No. 8 outside linebacker and the No. 13 player in Florida
• Rivals four-star prospect, rated the 39th-best prospect in Florida and the No. 16 inside linebacker recruit in the country
• Invited to play in the Under Armour All-American Game
• Preseason South Florida Sun Sentinel Super 11 pick in 2018
• Earned first-team All-Broward County as a senior

Personal
• Anthony Solomon was born Feb. 27, 2001
• Son of Hugh and Kaleith Solomon