Boris Anyama (born September 13, 1991) is a former American football linebacker for the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent Anyama played college football at Louisiana-Lafayette. High school career Boris Anyama attended Stafford High School in Stafford, Texas. Anyama was a three sport star in high school playing Football, Basketball and Track and field. He played many positions on the football field, including quarterback, running back, corner back, safety and linebacker. Anyama received many athletic and academic honors in his high school career and chose to continue to play football at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. College career Anyama received an athletic scholarship to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he played for the team from 2010 to 2014. He began his career at Louisiana-Lafayette as a Wide receiver and played as a red-shirt freshman mainly on special teams. He switched to linebacker after his freshman year due to high potential seen by the coaching staff. Anyama's breakout season came his senior year where he played 13 games with 46 tackles, 9 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 2 passes deflected and 3 forced fumbles. Professional career Anyama was signed to the Atlanta Falcons after impressing coaches after the three day rookie Mini-camp in 2015 as a tryout player. He was waived on August 30, 2015.
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