2025 Football Roster
Roster
Vinny Anthony II
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- WR
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
- High School:
- Male
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Major:
- Personal Finance
2025: Honorable mention All-Big Ten special teams (coaches and media)
2024: Academic All-Big Ten
2023: Academic All-Big Ten
2025 Season (Senior): Played in 12 games, making 10 starts at wide receiver … led the Badgers with 31 catches … totaled 391 receiving yards and a touchdown … added five carries for 27 yards and two touchdowns … posted the second-highest kickoff return average (27.9) in the Big Ten and on a 95-yard TD return at Alabama (Sept. 13) … became the first FBS player in 2025 to catch a TD, rush for a TD and return a kickoff for a TD … became the first Badger to do so in a single season since WR Michael Jones in 1984 … caught four passes for 57 yards and a touchdown in season opener against Miami (OH) (Aug. 28) … caught four passes for 50 yards against MTSU and ran for a 14-yard touchdown (Sept. 6) … caught an 8-yard pass and scored on a 95-yard kickoff return at Alabama (Sept. 13) … caught three passes for 46 yards against Maryland (Sept. 20) … caught a career-high nine passes for 97 yards at Michigan (Oct. 4) … caught three passes for 16 yards against Iowa (Oct. 11) … ran for a six-yard score against Illinois on Senior Night (Nov. 22) … caught four passes for 92 yards against Minnesota in season finale (Nov. 29)
2025 Highlights
2023 Season (Sophomore): Played in all 13 games and made three starts at wide receiver ... earned his second letter … totaled 10 catches for 99 yards … made his first career catch versus Ohio State (Oct. 28) … caught three passes for 47 yards versus Northwestern (Nov. 11) … made catches in each of the final four games … grabbed three catches for 15 yards against LSU (Jan. 1) … returned nine punts for 85 yards and 11 kicks for 217 yards
2022 Season (Freshman): Played in 10 games, making one start … made first career start vs. Maryland (11/5) … totaled three carries for 14 yards at receiver … also played on special teams … ran twice at Northwestern for 11 yards (10/8)
High School/Personal
- Three-star recruit by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN
- Selected for the 2021 Blue-Grey All-American Game
- First-team all-state selection as a senior
- Caught 49 passes for 1,108 yards and 16 TDs as a senior
- Team captain led Louisville Male to state title game
- Second-team all-state selection as a junior with 34 receptions for 539 yards and 9 TDs
- Four-year honor roll student
