He said the Eagle linebackers offered comments such as "Ha ha! Look at this little white boy in the backfield."
Said Huber, who was a 158-pound junior then: "I was like 'Alright, we'll see what happens.'"
Until that time, the little white boy was relatively unknown and hadn't produced much for the Tigers. It seems those insults lit a fuse that night as Huber scored the first three touchdowns of his career, caught six passes for a career-high 109 yards and ran for 77.
Since, the undersized senior running back without blazing speed has become Belton's touchdown machine and a versatile threat in the Tigers' offense.
"He's an integral part now of what we do no matter what the personnel packages are," said Belton coach Rodney Southern, whose team faces Ellison at 7:30 Friday night at Tiger Field. "He's just as dangerous behind the center as he is out there (as a slot receiver).
"He runs as fast as he needs to run. When you hear people say 'slasher', that's what he is. He can get through a hole this big (holding his hands about two feet apart) and realize I have to go backside on this play and be able to do it."
Including that breakout night against Ellison (3-4 overall, 1-3 District 12-5A) last season, Huber has scored 15 touchdowns in his last nine games (sat out Round Rock McNeil this season with a concussion) and has scored three TDs three times. This season he has a team-high nine touchdowns - five rushing and four receiving - but his biggest contribution has come in the past two weeks.
With quarterback David Ash sidelined with an ankle injury, the Tigers' wide-open offensive gameplan has toned down and a larger emphasis has been placed on the ground game.
That means more responsibilities for the 5-11, still 158-pound Huber, who runs the 40-yard dash in just over 4.6 seconds. And by running with pure guts he's relished the opportunity to grind out yards in the trenches and has given Belton (6-1, 3-1) a durable, possession-controlling back.
"Anthony is one of the most reliable kids we've got in terms of 'Do I worry about his grades? No. Do I worry about his behavior? No,'" Southern said.
"The only thing I worry about is he's in the middle of some 270- and 280-pound guys and he's not real big."
That's what Huber prides himself on most.
"I'm not cocky about saying 'Look what I can do,'" he said, "but I'm proud about it, yeah."
Huber ran for career-highs of 123 yards on 28 carries while scoring three times in the Tigers' 28-0 victory over College Station A&M Consolidated two weeks ago.
Against Copperas Cove last week, he churned out 104 yards on 19 carries to become the first Tiger to post consecutive 100-yard efforts since Keith Daniels had four straight in 2007.
Even more impressive is with help from his bulldozing offensive line, Huber hasn't had a carry for negative yardage in that span.
"He understands angles, and when we do give him the zone-read play his vision is good enough that you don't see him take a lot of shots," said Southern about Huber's ability to avoid punishing blows from players nearly twice his size.
Said Huber: "You have to know when to take a hit. Against Waco (when he suffered a concussion) I wasn't being smart then."
Outside of football, Huber enjoys weekly roadtrips, usually leaving after Saturday's practice before returning on Sunday.
Some of his recent treks include meeting his best friend and 2009 Belton graduate, Lance Green, in Austin and listening to Green's sister's band perform. Two weekends ago Huber and Green drove to Dallas and went to Six Flags. Earlier in the month he attended the music festival Austin City Limits and he's been fishing in Corsicana.
The rush from those explorations compares only to the frequent trips he's made into the open field and end zone in the past year. And those trips have turned him into a dependable playmaker for the Tigers.
"If we had the game on the line, would I put the ball in his hands or throw it to him? Yeah," Southern said.
Not bad for a little white boy who some opponents considered harmless just 12 months ago.
