Alex Anzalone
LB
#34
Experience: 10 years
Height: 6-3
Age: 31
Weight: 234 lbs
College: Florida
Preseason
| WK | Game Date | OPP | RESULT | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TDS | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 08/28/2026 | @Jaguars | L 0 - 19 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 08/22/2026 | Chiefs | W 16 - 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1 | 08/14/2026 | @Jets | W 24 - 16 |
Biography
TRANSACTIONS:
Selected by the New Orleans Saints as a third-round pick (76th overall) in the 2017 NFL Draft.
TRANSACTIONS:
Selected by the New Orleans Saints as a third-round pick (76th overall) in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Detroit Lions on March 24, 2021.
Signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on March 12, 2026.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Has played in 111 career regular season games, with 93 starts, totaling 612 tackles (34 for loss), 40 quarterback hits, 36 passes defensed, 13.0 sacks, four interceptions, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
Has appeared in eight postseason contests, making seven starts, and recording 48 tackles (four for loss) and one quarterback hit.
Ranks fourth among NFL linebackers in passes defensed (33) since the start of the 2021 season.
From 2021-25, was the only linebacker in the NFL to have recorded at least 450 tackles, 30 passes defended and 9.0 sacks.
Posted five-or-more tackles in 30 consecutive games from Week 1 of the 2022 season through Week 13 of the 2023 season, marking the longest streak by a Lions player since at least 2000.
Became the fourth player in Lions franchise history to record multiple seasons with at least 125 tackles, accomplishing the feat in both 2022 and 2023. Recorded a career-high 129 tackles in 2023.
Registered a career-high 2.0 sacks against Las Vegas (10/30/23).
Tallied his first career 100-tackle season in 2022 with 125, finishing as Detroit's leading tackler.
Notched his first career interception against the L.A. Rams (11/4/18).
Recorded his first career sack in his NFL debut at Minnesota (9/11/17).
2025 HIGHLIGHTS:
Started all 16 games in which he appeared for Detroit, totaling 95 tackles (four for loss), nine passes defensed, six quarterback hits, 2.5 sacks and one interception.
COLLEGE:
Played collegiately at Florida from 2013-16, appearing in 32 games and totaling 75 tackles (5.0 for loss), 3.0 sacks, two passes defensed and one fumble recovery.
As a redshirt junior in 2016, started Florida's first eight games before suffering a season-ending injury, ranking third on the team with 53 tackles while adding 3.0 sacks, six quarterback hurries, two passes defensed and one fumble recovery.
Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the 2016 season.
In 2015, started the first two games before suffering a season-ending injury, finishing with six tackles.
Appeared in all 12 games in 2014, contributing at linebacker and on special teams, recording 14 tackles and one tackle for loss.
Earned Florida's Chris Patrick Courage Award in 2014.
Appeared in 10 games as a true freshman in 2013, seeing action on special teams and at linebacker.
PERSONAL:
Attended Wyomissing Area High School in Wyomissing, Pa.
Was selected to the 2013 Under Armour All-America Game.
Helped lead Wyomissing to a Pennsylvania state championship as a senior.
Also played lacrosse in high school.