Alec James: DE · Wisconsin · #57.
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Alec James
Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. Second year in the same defensive front at Wisconsin. On tape: 6 tackles against Maryland, Week 8, 2017.
Play style
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 TFL.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-10vs Utah State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-14vs Florida Atlantic | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 40-6@ BYU | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 33-24vs Northwestern | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-17@ Nebraska | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-9vs Purdue | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 38-13vs Maryland | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 24-10@ Illinois | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 10 | W 45-17@ Indiana | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 11 | W 38-14vs No. 25 Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-10vs No. 19 Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-0@ Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 21-27vs No. 8 Ohio State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-24@ No. 11 Miami | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 32 | 8.5 | 6.5 | — | 2 |
Week 10 · 2017
W 45-17
at Indiana
1.5 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 28-point win on the road against Indiana.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
12%6 sacksTFL rate
16%8 TFLHurry rate
10%5 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
57%6 of 12 pressures52 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Paul Chryst, all run-heavy offenses — 24-4 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Chryst
Pass share
35.8%
324 pass / 582 run
Plays / game
64.7
14 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
357 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
52 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Wisconsin, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Gary Andersen → Paul Chryst. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
