2026 Football Roster
Roster
Anthony Bynum
- Position:
- Outside Linebacker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 255
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Covington, Ga.
- High School:
- Newton
- Prev School:
- Middle Tennessee
- Major:
- Interdisciplinary Studies
2025 - All-CUSA Second Team (Phil Steele)
2024 - All-CUSA Fourth Team (Phil Steele)
2024 - CUSA All-Freshman Team (Phil Steele)
2025-26: One of four players to start all 12 games for Middle Tennessee… A Second-Team All-CUSA selection by Phil Steele … Ended the year second on the team with a career-best 63 tackles, including 6.0 TFLs and 2.5 sacks, four pass breakups and a team-high eight hurries … Had the third-best PFF grade on defense with a 73.7 in 774 snaps played … Tallied six stops and a hurry in loss to APSU … Had five tackles, including half a TFL, in a win over Nevada … Registered five stops and a pass breakup against Marshall … Turned in four tackles at KSU and his 71.4 PFF grade was tops on the team among players with 10 or more snaps… Collected three stops, including a sack and 1.5 TFLs, to go with a forced fumble, a pass breakup and a hurry against Missouri State (had a 86.8 PFF grade to lead defense) … Shared the team high with nine tackles at Delaware, including a sack and 1.5 TFLs, a breakup and three hurries (had top defensive PFF grade on the team at 77.6) … Had seven tackles to go with a pass breakup and a hurry against Jax State … Led the team with nine stops, including a TFL, and a hurry against FIU … Collected six tackles, including a TFL and a hurry in win over Sam Houston … Transferred to Georgia Southern in the spring.
2024-25: Played in all 12 games and had 11 starts … Finished the year third on the team with 60 tackles, including a team-best 6.5 TFLs and 2.5 sacks, with a pass breakup and a hurry … His 614 total snaps played was third most on defense and led all linemen … Named to the CUSA All-Freshman Team … A Fourth-Team All-CUSA selection by Phil Steele … Collected three tackles, including a half TFL, and a hurry in win over Tennessee Tech … Had five tackles, including four solo stops at Ole Miss … Collected five tackles, including a TFL, against WKU … Had two stops, including a half sack, against Duke … Turned in three stops and a pass breakup at Memphis … Collected five tackles at LA Tech … Had six stops against KSU, including 2.0 TFLs and a sack … Turned in seven tackles at Jax State … Registered eight stops at home against Liberty … Collected a personal-best 11 tackles against NMSU, including 2.5 TFLs and a sack … Named to the CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2023-24: Played in four games and was redshirted … Ended the year with two solo tackles and played 26 snaps … Had a solo tackle against Murray State … Also had a solo stop at Liberty.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Coach Camiel Grant at Newton High … Rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports … Lettered in football and baseball … Earned first-team all-region in 2022 (Class 7 Region 4) and All-Covington News first team honors … In his last two years, he tallied 78 tackles, including 16 TFL and 11 Sacks, four deflected passes and a fumble recovery … As a junior, he totaled 41 tackles, including two sacks, and a forced fumble in eight games … Was all-region and All-Covington News in baseball … Was on the All A’s Honor Roll his senior year.
PERSONAL: Born Anthony Levar Bynum on August 12 … Son of Levar and Nadia Bynum.
MAJOR: Interdisciplinary Studies
