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Born: | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | September 1, 1996||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 361 lb (164 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Cary (Cary, North Carolina) | ||||||||
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Position: | Nose tackle | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 2019 | ||||||||
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Anthony Rush (born September 1, 1996) is an American former professional football nose tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL). [1] After playing college football for UAB, he was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2019. He was also a member of the Oakland Raiders, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Tennessee Titans, Atlanta Falcons, and Dallas Cowboys.
Rush is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina. [1] He attended Cary High School. [1] He played both defense and offense for his high school team, earning first-team All Southwest Wake Athletic Conference honors as a junior. [1]
Because of problems with academics coming out of high school Rush spent his first two years of college at Northeast Mississippi Community College where he recorded 73 tackles and 4 sacks. [2] In his two years at UAB, Rush recorded 77 tackles (20 for loss), 2 sacks and a interception returned for a touchdown. [3]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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6 ft 4+1⁄4 in (1.94 m) | 352 lb (160 kg) | 33+1⁄8 in (0.84 m) | 9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m) | |||||||||
All values from Pro Day [4] |
Rush signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent on April 28, 2019. [5] He was waived on July 27. [6]
Rush signed with the Oakland Raiders on August 1, 2019. [7] He was waived during final roster cuts on August 31, 2019, [8] but was re-signed to the team's practice squad on September 2. [9]
On October 21, 2019, Rush was signed by the Eagles off the Raiders' practice squad. [10] He was waived on September 5, 2020. [11]
On September 9, 2020, Rush was signed to the Seattle Seahawks practice squad. [12] He was elevated to the active roster on September 19 for the team's Week 2 game against the New England Patriots, and reverted to the practice squad after the game. [13] He was promoted to the active roster on September 23. [14] He was waived on October 27, 2020. [15]
On November 10, 2020, Rush was signed by the Chicago Bears to the active roster. [16] He was waived by the team on November 24. [17]
On November 25, 2020, Rush was claimed off waivers by the Green Bay Packers. [18] He was waived by the Packers on December 31, 2020, [19] and re-signed to the practice squad two days later. [20] On January 25, 2021, Rush signed a reserve/futures contract with the Packers. [21] He was waived on June 10, 2021. [22]
On July 26, 2021, Rush signed with the Tennessee Titans. [23] He was released on September 21, 2021. [24]
On September 23, 2021, Rush signed with the practice squad of the Atlanta Falcons. [25] On November 8, 2021, Rush was promoted to the active roster. [26] Rush made his first career NFL start in Week 11 against the New England Patriots.
On March 17, 2022, Rush signed a one-year contract with the Falcons. [27] He started the first four games before getting waived on October 6, 2022. [28]
On November 24, 2022, Rush was signed to the Eagles practice squad. He was released on December 6. [29]
On December 14, 2022, Rush was signed to the Dallas Cowboys practice squad, after defensive tackle Johnathan Hankins suffered a pectoral injury. On January 30, 2023, he was released.
Season | Team | GP | GS | Total | Solo | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | PD |
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2019 | PHI | 9 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | GB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SEA | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | TEN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ATL | 10 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 26 | 6 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Source: NFL.com and PFR.com |
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