6′0″ · Batesville, MS · South Panola
Tony Conner: DB · Ole Miss · #12.
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Tony Conner
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the Ole Miss secondary. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 34-45@ No. 4 Florida State | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-13vs Wofford | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 43-48vs No. 1 Alabama | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 48-28vs Memphis | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 30-34@ No. 22 Arkansas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-38@ No. 25 LSU | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 29-40vs No. 15 Auburn | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 37-27vs Georgia Southern | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-28@ No. 10 Texas A&M | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-38@ Vanderbilt | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-55vs Mississippi State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 19 | 3.5 | 0.5 | — | 5 |
Week 5 · 2016
W 48-28
vs Memphis
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
41tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%4 TFL41 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 5 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Hugh Freeze, all balanced offenses — 14-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Hugh Freeze
Pass share
53.8%
483 pass / 415 run
Plays / game
74.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
519 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Ole Miss, 41 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Hugh Freeze.
