Al-Ma'Hi Ali

Senior defensive back for Western Kentucky. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 28 tackles.

DB · Western Kentucky · Sr. · #2

5′11″ · 190 lb · Philadelphia, PA

CFB Index 44 · #215 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Western Kentucky for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 4 pm ETat IndianaMemorial Stadium (Bloomington, IN)Indiana by 44

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Passes defended: 86th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

4 PBU · 28 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 2 PBU, 3 tackles, at Toledo

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Western Kentucky. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 28 tackles.

Transferred from Charlotte to Western Kentucky in 2025.

His career, year by year

Al-Ma'Hi Ali

DB · Western Kentucky · Sr · #2

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Middle Tennessee, Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Charlotte3-9HC: Biff Poggi · Run-leaning

2024Charlotte5-7HC: Biff Poggi · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Western Kentucky9-4HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

44Rotational starter #215 of 364?

Low confidenceFading7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles#1469 / 2975 · 49th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.4
Road4g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.4	0.2	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

44 · #215 of 364 corners

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #27 of 43 Conference USA DBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Western Kentucky	28	19	1.0	4	1	--
2024	Charlotte	45	31	1.0	7	2	--
2023	Charlotte	15	9	0.0	2	--	1
Career		88	59	2.0	13	3	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 41-24vs Sam Houston	5	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 2	L 21-45@ Toledo	3	1	0.0	1	2
Wk 4	W 31-16vs Nevada	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 27-22@ Missouri State	3	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 27-24@ Delaware	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 6-25vs Florida International	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 28-27@ Louisiana Tech	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 35-16vs New Mexico State	2	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 42-26vs Middle Tennessee	5	3	0.0	—	1
Total		28	19	1.0	1	4

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

9 games

28Tackles

19Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

4Pass def.

1INT

28 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 22 PD · 1 INT
Week 101 PD
Week 121 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Western Kentucky

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Western Kentucky

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -4 net (19 in / 23 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Western Kentucky · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #87 · 2026 recruiting class #81

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kobe Singleton’s 2025 season.

Kobe Singleton

96%match

Oregon State · 2025

Kevin Knowles II

Florida State · 2024

91%

Marques Buford

Nebraska · 2024

86%

Jaylon Jones

Ole Miss · 2021

84%

Jacobie Henderson

Marshall · 2023

83%

Matches Kobe on

Class year

Height

PD rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Marquis Cooper's senior season at Buffalo (2025).

Marquis Cooper

92%match

Buffalo · 2025

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 16

Kevin Knowles II

Florida State · 2024

91%

Chris Mills

Texas State · 2023

90%

Marques Buford

Nebraska · 2024

90%

Derrick Canteen

Virginia Tech · 2023

All-Sun Belt

89%

Matches Marquis on

Class year

Height

Tackle volume

Player DNA

Players who play like Al-Ma'Hi Ali

Kobe Singleton

Oregon State · 2025

96%

Jadon Canady

Oregon · 2025

87%

Al-Shadee Salaam

Rutgers · 2024

85%

Ceyair Wright

Nebraska · 2024

84%

Devin Dye

Kansas · 2025

83%

The secondary · Western Kentucky

#7Jaylen LewisDB · R-Sr.74 tackles · 2025
#5Dave HerardDB · R-Sr.58 tackles · 2025
#11Kent RobinsonDB · Jr.29 tackles · 2025
#2Al-Ma'Hi AliDB · Sr.28 tackles · 2025
#12Jaavan MackDB · Sr.26 tackles · 2025

23 more on the roster · Western Kentucky team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Al-Ma'Hi Ali

20236 games

20259 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

Players who play like Al-Ma'Hi Ali

The secondary · Western Kentucky