Bowling Green State University Athletics
2022 Football Roster
Anders, Darren
Jersey Number 23
Darren Anders
- Position:
- Inside Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- North Olmsted, Ohio
- High School:
- North Olmsted
Bio
Honors
2023
2020
2019
High School
- 2023 second-team All-MAC
- 2023 Academic All-MAC
- 2022 Academic All-MAC
- 2022 PFN preseason first-team All-American
- 2022 Butkus Award Watch List
- 2022 Bronko Nagurski Watch List
- 2022 Bednarik Award Watch List
- 2022 Lombardi Award Watch List
- 2022 Athlon Sports preseason first-team All-MAC
- 2022 Phil Steele preseason first-team All-MAC
- 2021 first-team All-MAC
- 2021 Academic All-MAC
- 2020 Academic All-MAC
- Finished career playing in 54 career games, which is tied for No. 2 all-time in program history
- Finished career No. 8 all-time at BGSU with 360 tackles
2023
- One of BGSU's five captains
- Started all 13 of BGSU's games
- Had career highs with 10.5 TFL and 4.5 sacks
- Made six stops at Liberty
- Notched six tackles against Eastern Illinois and broke up a pass
- Led BGSU with seven tackles and 1.0 sack at No. 2 Michigan
- His sack against the Wolverines was the first of J.J. McCarthy all season
- Made five more stops and 0.5 TFL against Ohio
- Recorded five tackles in win at Georgia Tech with 2.0 TFLs
- Helped tip a GT pass that Jordan Oladokun intercepted inside the red zone
- Made six tackles, 1.0 sacks and returned a fumble 17 yards at Miami (OH)
- Made five stops at Buffalo
- Named MAC East Defensive Player of the Game for efforts against Akron, which included six tackles, 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks
- His strip sack in the third quarter set up BGSU for its second touchdown of a 21-0 third-quarter run
- Led BGSU with 10 tackles in win over Ball State
- Also notched 0.5 TFL against the Cardinals
- Recorded eight tackles, recovered a fumble and notched 0.5 sack with Chace Davis in the win at Kent State
- Led BGSU with 11 tackles and 2.0 TFLs against Toledo
- Made seven tackles and broke up a pass at Western Michigan
- Started all 13 of BGSU's games
- Made three stops at UCLA
- Made nine tackles against Eastern Kentucky
- Recorded four stops in win over Marshall
- Notched five tackles at Mississippi State
- Recorded nine tackles, 0.5 sacks and one pass breakup at Akron
- Notched four stops against Buffalo
- Led BGSU with seven tackles against Miami (OH), helping a defensive effort that held the RedHawks to just 189 yards of total offense
- Also had 1.0 sack and broke up two passes against the RedHawks
- Recorded five tackles and forced a fumble in win over Western Michigan
- Had a team-high 11 tackles against Kent State
- Made seven tackles, 0.5 TFLs and two QB hurries at Toledo
- Notched four stops at Ohio
- Shared team lead with eight tackles against New Mexico State in the Quick Lane Bowl
- Started all 12 of BGSU's games
- Notched double-digit tackles in seven of BGSU's 12 games
- Finished the year No. 1 in the MAC with 124 tackles
- Added 3.0 sacks and 8.5 tackles for loss
- Named MAC East Defensive Player of the Week (9/6) after notching 14 tackles and 1.0 sacks at Tennessee
- Recorded a "pick-6" for 27 yards against South Alabama
- Notched at least one TFL in eight of BGSU's 12 games
2020
- Started all five games for the Falcons
- Led the Falcons with 55 tackles, an average of 11.0 per game
- His 11.0 tackles per game were the highest single-season average for a Falcon football player since Dwayne Woods averaged 11.2 in 2010
- Had at least 10 tackles three times, including a season-high 14 against Buffalo
- Added 4.5 tackles per loss, picking up 1.5 in a game twice, at Toledo and vs. Buffalo
- Had a forced fumble at Ohio and a fumble recovery at Toledo
- Also had his lone pass break-up at Ohio
2019
- Played in 11 games, starting once
- Finished the season with 20 total tackles, including 10 solo tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and 1.0 sack
- Had two tackles and 1.0 sack in a victory over Morgan State
- Tallied four tackles, including two solo tackles, in a game at Miami
- Recorded a career-high nine tackles, including a career-high five solo tackles, in a game at Buffalo
High School
- Played four years on varsity, earning four varsity letters at North Olmsted for Coach Tim Brediger
- Also lettered in basketball
- Named team captain in both junior and senior seasons
- Recorded 260 tackles over high school career; including 21 sacks, 26 tackles for loss, and nine forced fumbles
- Played both ways, finishing with 3,960 total yards in his career and 43 touchdowns
- Two-time second team All-Ohio at linebacker
- 2018 Southwestern Conference Defensive MVP
- Two-time first team All-Southwestern Conference and two-time first team all-district
- Son of Mark and Megan Anders
- Father played football at Baldwin-Wallace and holds multiple rushing records and was an All-American
- Has one brother, Mason, and one sister, Avery
- Major is management
Week 3 Cinematic Football Highlight vs. Liberty (2025)
Tuesday, September 16
BG Football Press Conference 9.15
Monday, September 15
BG Football Postgame 9.13 vs Liberty
Sunday, September 14
2025 BG Football Cinematic Recap at Cincinnati 9.6
Monday, September 08
