2013 Football Roster
Roster
Anthony Sarao
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Atlantic City, NJ
- High School:
- Holy Spirit HS
CAREER: He has 158 tackles, including 7.5 for losses (with 4 sacks), with 2 fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, 5 deflections and 2 interceptions (with a TD) in his career. He has 21 career starts.
2015: The steady Sarao returns for his third year as a starting inside linebacker as a senior in 2015. He missed 2015 spring practice with a fractured foot.
2014: Sarao started all 13 games at inside linebacker as a junior in 2014, his second season as a starter. Overall in 2014, he had 74 tackles (with a sack), 3 deflections and 2 interceptions (with 1 TD). He won USC's Co-Lifter of the Year Award.
He had a tackle and an interception against Fresno State, a game-high 11 tackles at Stanford, 5 stops at Boston College, 4 tackles and a deflection against Oregon State, 5 tackles and a deflection against Arizona State and 3 tackles at Arizona. He had a game-best 12 tackles against Colorado, 8 tackles at Utah, 5 tackles at Washington State and 8 tackles against California. He returned an interception 17 yards for a TD on UCLA's second play of the game and he also had 3 tackles and a deflection, then added 5 tackles against Notre Dame. He had 4 tackles with a sack against Nebraska.
2013: After serving as an often-used linebacker and special teams players during the first half of his 2013 sophomore season, Sarao moved into the starting lineup for the final 7 games (Utah, Oregon State, California, Stanford, Colorado, UCLA, Fresno State) and did a commendable job. Overall in 2013 while appearing in all 14 games, he had 44 tackles, including 2.5 for losses of 9 yards, plus a deflection, a fumble recovery and a forced fumble.
He had a tackle at Hawaii, then 2 tackles each against Boston College and Arizona. He then had 9 tackles (0.5 for a loss) and recovered a fumble while starting against Utah. He had a tackle at Oregon State, 2 tackles at California, then a game-best 12 tackles (1 for a loss) and forced a fumble against Stanford. He had 3 tackles (1 for a loss) at Colorado and added 8 tackles against UCLA. He had 4 tackles and a deflection against Fresno State.
2012: Sarao was an often-used backup at weakside linebacker and played on special teams as a redshirt freshman in 2012. Overall in 2012 while appearing in all 13 games (he even started against Hawaii), he had 40 tackles, including 4 for losses of 38 yards (with 3 sacks for minus 34 yards), plus he had a deflection and a fumble recovery.
He had 4 tackles (with a sack) against Hawaii, 1 tackle against Syracuse and California, 3 tackles and a deflection at Utah and 4 tackles at Washington. He had a game-best 9 tackles (0.5 for a loss) against Colorado. He had 3 tackles against Oregon, 5 tackles (with a sack) and a fumble recovery against Arizona State, 6 tackles (with a sack) at UCLA and 2 tackles against Notre Dame. He had 2 tackles (0.5 for loss) against Georgia Tech
2011: Sarao redshirted as a freshman linebacker in 2011, his first year at USC. He won USC's Defensive Service Team Player of the Year Award.
HIGH SCHOOL: His 2010 honors included Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, U.S. Army All-American, U.S. Under-19 National Team, Super Prep All-Northeast, Newark Star-Ledger All-Non Public second team and Newark Star-Ledger All-South Jersey second team as a senior linebacker at Holy Spirit High in Absecon (N.J.). He had 79 tackles, with 7.5 sacks, in 2010. Holy Spirit went 12-0 and won the New Jersey Non-Public III state title in 2010.
As a junior in 2009, he made Newark Star-Ledger All-Non Public second team and Newark Star-Ledger All-South Jersey first team as he had 123 tackles, with 11 sacks, and 2 blocked punts.
PERSONAL: He received his bachelor's degree in policy, planning and development major at USC in the spring of 2015 and is working towards a master's degree in sociology.
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| 2012 (Fr.)... | 40 | 4/38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 (So.)... | 44 | 2.5/9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 (Jr.)... | 74 | 1/7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 | 17 |
| CAREER... | 158 | 7.5/54 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 | 17 |
GAME-BY-GAME WITH ANTHONY SARAO
2014
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| Fresno St.* | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Stanford* | 11 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bost. Coll.* | 5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ore. St.* | 4 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona St.* | 5 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona* | 3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado* | 12 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Utah* | 8 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wash. St.* | 5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| California* | 8 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| UCLA* | 3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 1 | 17 |
| Notre Dame* | 5 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska(HB)* | 4 | 1/7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 (Jr.)... | 74 | 1/7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 1 | 17 |
2013
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | |
| Hawaii | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bost. Coll. | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Utah* | 9 | 0.5/1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oregon St.* | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| California* | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford* | 12 | 1/5 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado* | 3 | 1/3 | 0 | 0 |
| UCLA* | 8 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fres. St. (LV)* | 4 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 (So.)... | 44 | 2.5/9 | 1 | 1 |
2012
| TAC | LS/YDS | DFL | FR | |
| Hawaii* | 4 | 1/8 | 0 | 0 |
| Syracuse | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| California | 1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Utah | 3 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington | 4 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado | 9 | 0.5/2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon | 3 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arizona St. | 5 | 1/9 | 0 | 1 |
| UCLA | 6 | 1/17 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre Dame | 2 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ga. Tech (Sun) | 2 | 0.5/2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 (Fr.)... | 40 | 4/38 | 1 | 1 |
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