Boris Anyama

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Boris Anyama
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born:September 13, 1991
Houston, TX
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school: Stafford (Stafford, Texas)
College: Louisiana-Lafayette
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Boris Anyama (born September 13, 1991) is a former American football linebacker for the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent Anyama played college football at Louisiana-Lafayette. [1] [2]

Linebacker defensive position in American football

A linebacker is a playing position in American football and Canadian football. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen, and therefore "back up the line". Linebackers generally align themselves before the ball is snapped by standing upright in a "two-point stance".

National Football League Professional American football league

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High school career

Boris Anyama attended Stafford High School in Stafford, Texas.

Stafford Municipal School District

Stafford Municipal School District (SMSD) is a school district based in Stafford, Texas, United States in Greater Houston. The district covers all of the city of Stafford and is controlled by the city, making it the only school district in Texas that is not an independent school district operated by an independent school board.

Stafford, Texas City in Texas, United States

Stafford is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County, with a small portion in Harris County. As of the 2010 census, Stafford's population was 17,693, up from 15,681 at the 2000 census. As of 2018, the population had risen to an estimated 21,265.

Anyama was a three sport star in high school playing Football, Basketball and Track and field. He played many positions on the football field, including quarterback, running back, corner back, safety and linebacker. Anyama received many athletic and academic honors in his high school career and chose to continue to play football at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. [3]

University of Louisiana at Lafayette university

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and has the second largest enrollment in Louisiana. As a nod to the Acadian French heritage of many of its students, the school sometimes uses the alternate name l'Université des Acadiens.

College career

Anyama received an athletic scholarship to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he played for the Ragin' Cajun football team from 2010 to 2014. He began his career at Louisiana-Lafayette as a Wide receiver and played as a red-shirt freshman mainly on special teams. He switched to linebacker after his freshman year due to high potential seen by the coaching staff. [4] [5] Anyama's breakout season came his senior year where he played 13 games with 46 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 2 passes deflected and 3 forced fumbles. [2] [6]

Louisiana Ragin Cajuns athletic program of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette

The Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns are the athletic teams of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The college has been competing athletically since 1901. The Ragin' Cajuns compete in NCAA Division I, fielding 16 varsity teams. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette was once known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana; this was just prior to the adoption of the nickname "Ragin' Cajuns". In 1963 then–football coach Russ Faulkinberry changed the nickname of the football team from "Bulldogs" to "Ragin' Cajuns," a nod to the school's location in Acadiana. By the 1970s, the athletic department, sports information director Bob Henderson, and the student body picked up on the nickname. As published in the 1974 football guide, the nickname became official that year.

A wide receiver, also referred to as wideouts or simply receivers, is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is a key player. They get their name because they are split out "wide", farthest away from the rest of the team. Wide receivers are among the fastest players on the field. The wide receiver functions as the pass-catching specialist.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HtWtArm lengthHand size 40-yard dash 10-yd split20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad BP
6 ft 2 in
(1.88 m)		230 lb
(104 kg)		34 in
(0.86 m)		9.5 in
(0.24 m)		4.75 s1.64 s2.67 s4.38 s6.94 s37 in
(0.94 m)		10 ft 2 in
(3.10 m)		23 reps
All values from NFL Combine and Pro Day [7]

Anyama was signed to the Atlanta Falcons after impressing coaches after the three day rookie Mini-camp in 2015 as a tryout player. He was waived on August 30, 2015. [1] [8] [9]

Atlanta Falcons National Football League franchise in Atlanta, Georgia

The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team, after the NFL offered then-owner Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining the rival American Football League (AFL).

A mini-camp, also spelled minicamp, is a short camp held by National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL) teams usually in spring of each year. The camp usually only lasts 3 days, but the length varies by a day or two depending on the head coach's preference. Mini-camps are geared toward getting the newly drafted rookies acclimated to the NFL playing schemes. It also gives coaches and team administrators the chance to see their new players in action learning plays from their new team's playbook. Several veteran players of each team will also attend mini-camp to refresh their skills and get acquainted with the new players coming in. Attendance requirements for mini-camp are entirely up to each individual head coach. Some head coaches push for all of the players to be there, while others ask for just the rookies and younger players to attend. The drills and plays run at camp are conducted in shorts and T-shirts or jerseys. They are not "full contact" drills.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Falcons Sign Rookie Linebacker Anyama". www.atlantafalcons.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Boris Anyama - Football". Louisiana Athletics. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Boris Anyama, 2010 Athlete - Rivals.com". n.rivals.com. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Optimism pays off for Anyama". The Advertiser. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Anyama motivated to maximize his shot to play". The Advertiser. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  6. ↑ ljohnson@theadvocate.com, LUKE JOHNSON. "Cajuns linebacker Boris Anayama turns it loose on field". The Advocate. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  7. ↑ http://www.draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=104915&DraftYear=2015
  8. ↑ Prather, Scott. "Atlanta Falcons Cut Former Cajun LB Boris Anyama". SPORTS RADIO ESPN 1420. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  9. ↑ Choate, Dave (June 2, 2015). "Falcons sign rookie LB Boris Anyama". The Falcoholic. Retrieved May 24, 2019.

The 2015 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise's 50th season in the National Football League and the first under new head coach Dan Quinn.

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