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BYU Making a Late Push for JUCO Defensive Back Chancellor Anthony

Anthony has connections to BYU through his Junior College
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BYU Making a Late Push for JUCO Defensive Back Chancellor Anthony
BYU Making a Late Push for JUCO Defensive Back Chancellor Anthony

With less than 100 days until the start of the season, BYU and its coaching staff are filling out the last scholarships on the 2023 roster. On Thursday, BYU extended an offer to Tyler Junior College defensive back Chancellor Anthony. Tyler Junior College, which is located in Tyler, Texas, is coached by former BYU defensive back Tanner Jacobson. 

Anthony is a qualifier, meaning he is eligible to transfer to his school of choice in time for the 2023 season. Prior to receiving an offer from BYU, Chancellor held competing offers from the likes of Louisiana Monroe, Old Dominion, Sam Houston State, and North Dakota State among others. On Thursday, he received his first Power Five offer from BYU and on Friday, Auburn followed suit by extending him an offer to play in the SEC.

Anthony was recruited to Tyler JC as a cornerback, but he primarily played safety last season and he has trained at nickel. BYU is recruiting him as a safety. 

In an interview with Cougs Daily, Tyler Junior College head coach Tanner Jacobson described Anthony as a gifted leader with all the physical tools to be a productive defensive back at the FBS level.  

"Chance is a guy that has tremendous leadership qualities - he received twice as many Spring captain votes as anyone on our team," Jacobson said. "He's a very cerebral player, he understands calls and checks against different offenses. He has tremendous ball tracking and takeaway capabilities. He has a feel for where the ball is going to end up. He possesses speed, intelligence, and he understands the big picture of the whole defense. If quarterbacks put the ball in the air, he's going to go get it."

During Spring camp, Anthony ran the fastest 40 time on his team with a 4.51. Anthony has always been fast. In high school, he ran a 10.7 in the 100 meter dash. Anthony is from Arlington, Texas and he was lightly recruited coming out of high school, perhaps due to his weight. After a year at Tyler JC in their strength and conditioning program, he is up to 176 pounds with room to add more weight.

BYU is making a late push to add Anthony to its 2023 recruiting class. Now that the Cougars have extended an offer, they will have to compete against Auburn to land Anthony's services. With so little time before Fall camps kick off around the country, Anthony will make his college decision in the next month or so. The BYU coaching staff was diligent in the evaluation process and spent a lot of time getting to know Anthony before extending an offer. Now they hope their relationship with him will be enough to get him to Provo.

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Casey Lundquist is the publisher and lead editor of Cougs Daily. He has covered BYU athletics for the last four years. During that time, he has published over 2,000 stories that have reached more than three million people.

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