2018: Played in 12 games with 11 starts, finishing third on the team with 75 tackles (63 solo), nine tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks and four passes defensed…Broke up two passes in a win over No. 7 Stanford…Registered two sacks in a win at Yankee Stadium over 12th-ranked Syracuse…Tied a season high with nine tackles and recovered a fumble in a win at Southern California…Accolades: Wuerffel Trophy winner…William V. Campbell Trophy Finalist…Team captain…CoSIDA second-team Academic All-American.
2017: Saw action at LB after converting from S, starting all 13 games and totaling 85 tackles (44 solo)…Added 1.5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, an INT, four passes defensed, a forced fumble and three recoveries…One of four LBs to post at least 75 tackles, the first LB group in school history where each player did so…Part of a defense that only allowed four plays of 40-plus yards and one play of 50-plus, both good for the second-best in the Football Bowl Subdivision…Posted a season-best 11 tackles in the win over No. 17 Louisiana State in the 2018 Citrus Bowl…Accolades: Wuerffel Trophy Finalist…Pop Warner College Football Award Finalist.
2016: Placed second on the team with 79 tackles (52 solo) while starting all 12 games…Added two tackles for loss, an INT and three passes defensed…Registered a career-high 13 tackles against Syracuse…Posted two sacks against Miami…Recovered a fumble against at North Carolina State…Accolades: CoSIDA first-team Academic All-American.
2015: Played in the first three games of the season, starting one before suffering a season-ending knee injury…Collected a medical redshirt on the season…Posted nine tackles (six solo), 2.5 tackles for loss and two passes defensed.
2014: Appeared in 11 games with three starts before suffering a season-ending knee injury…Saw most of his action on third down and subpackages…Posted 33 tackles (16 solo), a tackle for loss, a half-sack and an INT…Added a fumble recovery, a pass defensed and blocked a punt…In his second career start, had seven tackles (four solo) and a fumble recovery…Blocked the punt against No. 14 Stanford, the first for the Irish since 2010…Picked off his first pass against Louisville and had five tackles, suffering his knee injury on his INT return…Accolades: Notre Dame’s Defensive Newcomer of the Year.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned Fort Wayne News-Sentinel Football Player of the Year as a senior at Carroll High in Fort Wayne, Ind. …Recorded 75 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, four sacks and an INT in 2013…On offense, posted 1,420 rushing yards and 28 TDs on 114 attempts (12.5 avg.) while catching 16 passes for 348 yards (21.8 avg.) and five TDs…Added a 29-yard TD pass…Lettered four years in football, two in baseball and one in track & field…Named All-Area in baseball by the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel as a senior after batting .403 with four home runs, 21 runs scored, 19 RBI and 16 stolen bases.
PERSONAL: Given name Anthony Drue Tranquill…Born in Montgomery, Ala. …Married his wife, Jackie, in July 2018…The couple has a son, Elijah James, who was born in May 2019…Eldest of five children…Active with Kids Alive International, specifically volunteering with the Dominican Republic chapter…Earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Notre Dame.
2019 Selected by Los Angeles Chargers in the fourth round (130th overall) of NFL Draft, April 27…Signed rookie contract, May 10.
