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Jersey Number 24
Anthony Chideme-Alfaro
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 206
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Sacramento, Calif.
- High School:
- Jesuit HS
* 2024 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2024 MVFC Honor Roll
2025 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in all 13 games and made eight starts at cornerback...Finished with 28 total tackles including 19 solo stops...Made 2.0 tackles for loss including a sack in the win at South Dakota State...Career-high nine tackles in the home win over Youngstown State...Had an interception at the goal line to seal the win at North Dakota...Added another interception in the second round playoff game against Illinois State, returning it 21 yards and setting up a 4-yard Bison touchdown on the next play...Also had two pass breakups and one forced fumble on the year.
2024 SEASON (JUNIOR): Made the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team in his first season at NDSU after transferring from Cornell University...Played in 14 of 16 games and made eight starts at cornerback...Had 31 total tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss...Season-high six tackles plus an interception in the NCAA quarterfinal win against Mercer...Finished the year with three passes defended, including two pass breakups...Received the MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.
2023 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Made 12 solo tackles and six assisted tackles in eight contests for Cornell...Had a pair of tackles in the season opener at Lehigh...Credited with five tackles at Harvard...Recorded an interception against Dartmouth.
2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Started all 10 games at cornerback for Cornell, posting 20 tackles with nine pass breakups...Ranked seventh in the Ivy League in passes defended overall (nine) and in Ivy League play (seven)...Had two pass breakups vs. both Harvard and Princeton...Made an interception against Penn...Credited with five tackles and a pass breakup in the win at Brown...Ranked third on the team with 495 defensive snaps played.
2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Saw action in two games for Cornell University, making a pair of tackles...Earned his first varsity playing time in the win over Colgate, making a pair of tackles...Also saw time against Columbia.
2020 SEASON (CANCELED): Season canceled at Cornell University due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time all-league selection at Jesuit High School...Captured all-metro honors in his final season...Made 24 tackles with six pass breakups and an interception as a senior...Caught 13 passes for 174 yards and a touchdown as a senior at wide receiver...Posted three career interceptions on defense and two touchdowns on offense.
PERSONAL: Earned a master's degree in business administration from NDSU in December 2025...Son of Anthony Alfaro and Jaclyen Chideme...Father played football at Central Michigan.
* 2024 MVFC Honor Roll
2025 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in all 13 games and made eight starts at cornerback...Finished with 28 total tackles including 19 solo stops...Made 2.0 tackles for loss including a sack in the win at South Dakota State...Career-high nine tackles in the home win over Youngstown State...Had an interception at the goal line to seal the win at North Dakota...Added another interception in the second round playoff game against Illinois State, returning it 21 yards and setting up a 4-yard Bison touchdown on the next play...Also had two pass breakups and one forced fumble on the year.
2024 SEASON (JUNIOR): Made the Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team in his first season at NDSU after transferring from Cornell University...Played in 14 of 16 games and made eight starts at cornerback...Had 31 total tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss...Season-high six tackles plus an interception in the NCAA quarterfinal win against Mercer...Finished the year with three passes defended, including two pass breakups...Received the MVFC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.
2023 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Made 12 solo tackles and six assisted tackles in eight contests for Cornell...Had a pair of tackles in the season opener at Lehigh...Credited with five tackles at Harvard...Recorded an interception against Dartmouth.
2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Started all 10 games at cornerback for Cornell, posting 20 tackles with nine pass breakups...Ranked seventh in the Ivy League in passes defended overall (nine) and in Ivy League play (seven)...Had two pass breakups vs. both Harvard and Princeton...Made an interception against Penn...Credited with five tackles and a pass breakup in the win at Brown...Ranked third on the team with 495 defensive snaps played.
2021 SEASON (REDSHIRT): Saw action in two games for Cornell University, making a pair of tackles...Earned his first varsity playing time in the win over Colgate, making a pair of tackles...Also saw time against Columbia.
2020 SEASON (CANCELED): Season canceled at Cornell University due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time all-league selection at Jesuit High School...Captured all-metro honors in his final season...Made 24 tackles with six pass breakups and an interception as a senior...Caught 13 passes for 174 yards and a touchdown as a senior at wide receiver...Posted three career interceptions on defense and two touchdowns on offense.
PERSONAL: Earned a master's degree in business administration from NDSU in December 2025...Son of Anthony Alfaro and Jaclyen Chideme...Father played football at Central Michigan.
NDSU Football Mountain West Press Conference - February 9, 2026
Monday, February 09
The Bison Football Show - December 7, 2025
Monday, December 08
NDSU Football Postgame Press Conference - December 6, 2025 (FCS Playoffs 2nd Round)
Saturday, December 06
NDSU Football Press Conference - December 2, 2025
Tuesday, December 02
