2008 Football Roster
Roster
Anthony Littlejohn
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 242
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Jacksonville, FL
- High School/Previous School:
- Englewood HS
CAREER:
Has played in all 36 games of his Mississippi State playing career ... Has earned 13 starting assignments in Maroon and White -- eight at weakside linebacker after redshirting his true freshman campaign and five on the strong side during his sophomore and junior seasons ... Has registered 57 tackles during his tenure, a total that includes eight tackles for loss (minus 17 yards), two and one-half of which were quarterback sacks (minus 9 yards) ... Also has forced a fumble and recovered one ... Made more than 200 tackles during his final two seasons of high school football in Florida.
2007:
Played in all 13 games during his junior season, earning one starting call, a mid-season opening assignment against Tennessee ... Recorded 16 tackles on the year, including one and one-half tackle for loss (minus 1 yard) ... Made at least one hit in 10 of the 13 games played ... Considered the top reserve at both outside linebacker positions to begin his junior season ... Had one hit in the season’s first three games, the opener vs. LSU, one week later in Mississippi State’s 38-17 victory over Tulane in the Superdome, and another in the team’s 19-14 road triumph over Auburn ... Made a season-high three tackles at South Carolina in Week 5 ... Registered two tackles two weeks later in MSU’s 30-13 win over UAB ... Earned a starting call at one outside linebacker position and made a pair of tackles, including a half tackle for loss, against Tennessee in Week 7 ... Returned to the stats column with one hit in the club’s Week 10 win over nationally No. 21-ranked Alabama ... Added another tackle one week later at Arkansas ... Made a pair of tackles in State’s regular season-ending 17-14 victory over Ole Miss in the Battle For The Golden Egg ... Had two hits, including a tackle for loss (minus 1 yard) in the Bulldogs’ 10-3 win over Central Florida in the 2007 AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
2006:
Played in all 12 games with four starts at an outside linebacker position ... Registered 19 tackles, including two for loss (minus 4 yards), one of which was a quarterback sack (minus 3 yards) ... Also credited with a forced fumble and one recovery on the season ... Earned the starting call at strong-side linebacker during the first three games of his sophomore season ... Registered four tackles against South Carolina in the team’s season opener ... Credited with a caused fumble against the Gamecocks ... Helped hold the Gamecocks to just 81 yards rushing on 29 attempts in the game ... Made a pair of tackles against Auburn in Week 2 ... Credited with a fumble recovery against the Tigers ... Helped hold incumbent SEC rushing leader Kenny Irons to just 69 yards on 21 carries, a 3.3-yard per rush average ... Made one stop vs. Tulane in Week 3 ... Returned to the stats column again two weeks later at LSU with one hit ... Tallied three tackles during the Bulldogs’ Week 7 win over Jacksonville State ... Part of a defensive effort that allowed JSU just 52 yards rushing on 32 attempts, a 1.6-yard average ... Made one stop at Georgia in Week 8 ... Totaled three hits a week later against Kentucky ... Earned the fourth start of his sophomore season in Week 11 vs. Arkansas ... Responded with a pair of hits, including one for loss (minus 1 yard), against the Razorbacks ... Tallied two tackles, including a quarterback sack (minus 3 yards), during the Bulldogs’ season-ending game with Ole Miss ... Continued his development in the linebacker rotation with an injury-free, productive spring practice ... Made two tackles, including one for loss during three scrimmages ... Listed second on the pre-season depth chart at strong-side linebacker.
2005:
Played in all 11 games during his redshirt freshman season, earning eight starts at weakside linebacker ... Was the starter at the position the first eight weeks of the season ... Totaled 22 tackles on the year, including four and one-half tackles for loss (minus 13 yards), one and a half of which were quarterback sacks (minus 6 yards) ... Registered 13 of his tackles in the season’s first five weeks, and the remaining nine in the year’s final month ... Opened the season as a starter at outside linebacker and responded with a solid showing in the Bulldogs’ season-opening win over Murray State ... Registered four tackles, including one hit behind the line of scrimmage (minus 3 yards), in the victory over the Racers ... Had a pair of hits one week later in the Bulldogs’ SEC opener at Auburn ... Added another tackle in State’s Week 3 win over Tulane, an appearance that was shortened by an ankle sprain incurred in the first quarter ... Rebounded from that setback to register four tackles against Georgia in Week 4 ... Credited with one and one-half quarterback sacks (minus 6 yards) against the Bulldogs ... Posted a pair of hits against LSU in Week 5 ... Returned to the stats sheet in Week 8 with a pair of tackles at Kentucky ... Made four tackles, one of which was a tackle for loss (minus 2 yards), against Alabama in Week 9 ... Had a pair of hits one week later at Arkansas ... Finished his redshirt freshman campaign with a 2-yard tackle for loss in the Bulldogs’ season-ending 35-14 win over Ole Miss in the Battle for the Golden Egg ... A solid first spring practice on the MSU campus ended with a successful Maroon and White game performance ... Tallied four tackles for the White team against the No. 1 offense ... Exited spring work second on the depth chart at weak linebacker.
2004:
Sat out his true freshman season as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Ranked as one of the top 60 linebackers in the southeast by PrepStar magazine in both its pre-season and post-season editions ... Credited with running a 4.52 in the 40-yard dash by the Insiders.com online recruiting website ... Named honorable mention all-First Coast team ... Recorded 110 tackles, four sacks, and four pass interceptions during his senior season at Englewood High School in Jacksonville, Fla. ... Registered 97 tackles as a junior, including 12 for loss and seven quarterback sacks ... Also had a pair of interceptions.
PERSONAL:
Born Anthony Charles Littlejohn, 9-20-85, in Jacksonville, Fla. ... Son Ms. Paretha Littlejohn ... Majoring in sociology.
