Anthony Scott Poindexter (born July 28, 1976) is an American football coach and former safety, who is the current safeties coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He played college football at Virginia from 1995 to 1998 for head coach George Welsh, and earned All-American honors. He then played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns from 1999 to 2001. Early years Poindexter, a native of Bedford County, Virginia, attended New London Academy, Forest Middle School, and Jefferson Forest High School in Forest, Virginia. In middle school, he played quarterback and led his team to an undefeated season. While attending high school, Anthony was a three sport athlete who excelled in football, Baseball and basketball. Playing quarterback and safety, Poindexter led the Cavaliers to back-to-back Division 3 football championships, defeating Matoaca High School in both finals. Poindexter earned first-team all-state honors as a junior and senior and was selected as the 1993 AP Group AA Player of the Year as a senior. Poindexter was drafted by the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball during his senior season of high school. College career Poindexter accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Virginia and he played safety for coach George Welsh's Virginia Cavaliers football team from 1995 to 1998. He was compared to NFL players such as Ronnie Lott, for his hard-hitting style. As a redshirt freshman in 1995, Poindexter teamed with fellow defensive back Adrian Burnim in one of the most famous plays in Cavalier history as the two stopped Florida State's running back Warrick Dunn inches from the goal line, defeating the second ranked Seminoles 32-28. In 1996, he made a school record with 98 tackles and as a junior in 1997 he finished with 78. As a junior, Poindexter had the choice between declaring himself for the 1998 NFL Draft or staying in college for his senior year. Draft experts projected that he would likely be drafted in the first round, but Poindexter stayed at Virginia for his senior season but watched his draft stock plummet as injuries corrupted his senior season. The Cavaliers were expected to have a very strong team and were ranked as high as the top ten. In the first seven games of the season, Poindexter made 73 tackles, two sacks and three interceptions. In a game against N.C. State in 1998, Poindexter made a tackle on