2018: One of the Aggies’ three team captains… Named a starter in eight of 13 games played… Earned his first career interception at Stanford (9/15)… Even as the focal point of opponents’ game plans, Anesi collected a season-high six tackles in UC Davis’ home opener vs. San Diego (9/8) and at Eastern Washington (11/10)... The first of his two quarterback hurries took place at San José State (8/30) in the Aggies’ 44-38 season-opening victory… That was the program’s third win all-time against a FBS program… Earned his second hurry at Eastern Washington, in his team’s regular-season matchup… Of his 2.5 tackles for loss, one took place in the Aggies’ thrilling come-from-behind overtime victory vs. Idaho State (10/13), during Homecoming and Hall of Fame Weekend… Also earned half a tackle for loss against San Diego, at Cal Poly (10/20) and in his team’s playoff game at Eastern Washington (12/8).
2017: Started all 11 games as a sophomore, claiming second on the defensive leaderboard with 65 total tackles... Recorded six or more tackles in six games, including two career-high 10-tackle games against San Diego (9/9) and Cal Poly (10/28)... Finished with 28 solo and 37 assisted tackles... Found the backfield four times, costing opponents 12 yards... The inside linebacker additionally picked up a quarterback hurry at Northern Arizona (10/21)... Led the defense in the home opener versus San Diego with three solo and seven assisted tackles... The next weekend, recorded four solo tackles and three assisted including a tackle for loss at Portland State (9/16)... Enjoyed a career-high nine assisted tackles against Cal Poly... Closed the season with a strong performance at Sacramento State (11/18) with five solo and three assisted tackles, including a tackle for a loss of three yards.
2016: ALL-BIG SKY HONORABLE MENTION...Saw action in 10 games, earning starts on every occasion except Weber State... Finished with a total of 60 tackles (33 unassisted)... Picked up four tackles for loss (14 yards)... Recorded his first career sack at Southern Utah (10/8), which cost the SUU offense nine yards... Also recorded a quarterback hurry versus Northern Colorado (10/15)... His biggest defensive performance came against Portland State at home, on November 5, in which he recorded seven unassisted and two assisted tackles.
2015: Redshirted.
ST. JOHN BOSCO '15: Selected All-Trinity League second team and Long Beach Press-Telegram second-team defense... Held the fourth-highest tackle total in CIF-Southern Section Pac-5 Div. I... Posted an impressive 126 total tackles, including 85 solo stops, during his senior season... Member of St. John Bosco team that won the California State Open Bowl in 2013... The Braves were also national champions by CalPreps.com and in USA Today and MaxPreps computer rankings... Anesi had five games with at least 10 tackles in 2014, including a season-high 17 (13 solo) against Santa Margarita which capped a run of three straight games with at least 11 tackles... Finished with 15 stops in season-finale against Centennial... Recovered three fumbles... Finished his prep career with 181 total tackles (119 solo) as well as 555 rushing yards, a majority of the latter coming during his junior season when he scored 14 TDs... Four-year honor roll member.
PERSONAL: Born in Torrance, Calif... Parents are Leilua and Cliff Anesi... Longtime rugby player... First name is Manasseh.
