Anthony Mims

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
6-0
Weight:
170
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
High School:
Fairfax HS

Veteran corner who played well down the stretch in 2004 ... best game may have been the Gator Bowl versus Florida State ... smart player who had a solid spring ... has good size and runs well ... has also played some free safety ... starter at field corner in 2004 with 45 tackles for the year ... pair of tackles with a TFL in the win over East Carolina and UCF ... acrobatic interception in the Maryland win ... pair of pass breakups and a tackle in the James Madison win ... six tackles at Virginia Tech ... four tackles and a PBU in the win at Connecticut ... seven tackles, a TFL and a PBU against Syracuse ... five tackles with a PBU at Rutgers ... leading tackler with eight at Pitt ... TFL, PBU and three tackles in the Gator Bowl ... Ideal Mountaineer Man award from WVU coaches ... posted 43 tackles, three PBU in 2003 ... pair of tackles in the Wisconsin game ... starter at East Carolina in place of the injured Jahmile Addae, posting five tackles ... 10 tackles at Maryland ... six tackles in the Miami game ... three stops in the wins over Rutgers and UCF ... three tackles in the Pitt win ... pair of tackles in the Syracuse victory ... made five tackles in the Temple win ... hampered in 2002 by a hamstring injury ... saw first action in Game five versus Maryland ... tackle and a pass breakup in the win at Temple ... ranked best among the backs and receivers in vertical jump (41.5) during winter conditioning ... did not see varsity action in 2001 ... first team all-Western Conference selection at defensive back at Fairfax High in Los Angeles ... all-city and all-sectional selection ... team captain for Coach Shane Cox ... also lettered in basketball ... birthday is July 27 ... son of Ron and Virginia Mims ... father, an all-Pac 8 player at Washington State, is now a high school coach with previous coaching experience at Washington State, Purdue and San Diego State ... a May graduate in athletic coaching education