2016 Football Roster
Roster
Anthony, Eric

Jersey Number 41
Eric Anthony
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Baldwinsville, N.Y.
- High School:
- C.W. Baker
Bio
Career Overview: Played in 29 games from 2014-16, mainly as a special teams contributor ... Made the team as a walk-on prior to the 2013 season … Shifted from defensive back to linebacker during 2016 spring practice … Served in a leadership role for the Syracuse University chapter of Uplifting Athletes ... Vice president of community outreach for the Syracuse Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in 2016-17 ... Three letters.
Senior Year: (2016): Played in all 12 games ... Served as SU's special teams game captain at Wake Forest (10/8) ... Credited with one tackle at Pittsburgh (11/26) ... Winner of Syracuse University's Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service Award ... Presented with the ACC’s Top Six for Service Award for his dedication to serving others and commitment to community outreach programs.  Â
Junior Year (2015): Played in 11 games ... Recorded the first two tackles of his career against Pittsburgh (10/24) … ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Sophomore Year (2014): Played in six games … ACC Honor Roll selection … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring.
Freshman Year (2013): Did not play in any games … ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
High School: Played safety for three years under head coach Carl Sanflippo, a 1975 Orange letterwinner … 2013 All-Central New York selection … Team won Section III championships in 2010 and 2012 … Team captain as a senior and led the squad to a 7-2 record … Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Eric Joseph Anthony … Born in November 1994 in Syracuse, N.Y. … Son of Karen and Joe Anthony … One sister, one brother … Finance and real estate dual major.
Senior Year: (2016): Played in all 12 games ... Served as SU's special teams game captain at Wake Forest (10/8) ... Credited with one tackle at Pittsburgh (11/26) ... Winner of Syracuse University's Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service Award ... Presented with the ACC’s Top Six for Service Award for his dedication to serving others and commitment to community outreach programs.  Â
Junior Year (2015): Played in 11 games ... Recorded the first two tackles of his career against Pittsburgh (10/24) … ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
Sophomore Year (2014): Played in six games … ACC Honor Roll selection … Named to the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and spring.
Freshman Year (2013): Did not play in any games … ACC Honor Roll selection … Member of the SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
High School: Played safety for three years under head coach Carl Sanflippo, a 1975 Orange letterwinner … 2013 All-Central New York selection … Team won Section III championships in 2010 and 2012 … Team captain as a senior and led the squad to a 7-2 record … Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Eric Joseph Anthony … Born in November 1994 in Syracuse, N.Y. … Son of Karen and Joe Anthony … One sister, one brother … Finance and real estate dual major.
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