2007 Football Roster
Roster
Anthony Summers
- Position:
- DB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 188
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Olive Branch, MS
- High School/Previous School:
- Olive Branch
CAREER:
Pressed into nearly immediate service from early on in his collegiate career . . . Has played in 11 of 12 career games, seeing action initially on special teams . . . Has made a pair of special teams tackles . . . Came to MSU following a standout high school career at quarterback.
2006:
Played in 11 of 12 games during his true freshman season . . . Only missed seeing action in the season opener vs. South Carolina . . . Made a pair of special teams tackles during his first season of eligibility . . . Saw action for the first time in Week 2 vs. Auburn . . . Made his first tackle in Week 4 action at UAB . . . Added another special teams tackle in the season concluding game at Ole Miss.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Selected to play in the Mississippi-Alabama High School All-Star game . . . Rated the No. 8 athlete in the country following his high school career by Prep Star Magazine . . . Listed among the top 250 prospects in the country by the Rivals.com recruiting website, the eighth-ranked “athlete” in the nation . . Rated No. 23 in the Southeast region by Tom Lemming in his season-ending Prep Football Report, the national No. 101-ranked player . . . Rated No. 7 in the state of Mississippi on that website’s preseason ranking of the top 30 players in the state, the top defensive back listed . . . Credited with running the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds by the Rivals . . . Ranked as the sixth-best prospect in Mississippi in SuperPrep’s Recruiting Magazine, the top rated defensive back . . . Listed No. 3 on the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s ranking of the Shelby County-metro area Most Wanted, the highest rated Mississippi player . . . That newspaper also listed him on its Elite Football Team at quarterback . . . Named to the Jackson Clarion-Ledger Dandy Dozen, one of the top 12 players in the state heading into his senior season . . . Named first-team, all-state by that newspaper as an all-purpose back following his senior season . . . Led the Conquistadors to the state playoffs in both his junior and senior seasons, recording a 10-2 record as a junior and leading his team to the Class 5A semifinals as a senior . . . Named region most valuable player following his senior season by the Mississippi Association of Coaches . . . Rushed for 1,040 yards and 10 touchdowns and passed for 1,269 yards and 21 scores for head coach Jamie Mitchell at Olive Branch (Miss.) High School . . . In addition to playing quarterback, also starred in the secondary, making 20 tackles as a senior and 36 tackles as a freshman defensive back before making the move to offense full-time . . . Accounted for 30 touchdowns during his junior season at the high school level . . . Passed for 1,032 yards and rushed for 583 more during that breakout junior campaign . . . Other top scholarship offers: Texas, Oklahoma, LSU, Florida, Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama, Nebraska and Ole Miss . . . Committed to Mississippi State in January 2006.
PERSONAL:
Born Anthony C. Summers, 9-22-86, in Ingram’s Mill, Miss. . . . Son of Ms. Ann Brown . . . Major is undeclared.
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