#17

Alex Briones

Senior linebacker for Central Michigan. 2018: 63 tackles, 7 tackles for loss.

LB · Central Michigan · Sr. · #17

6′2″ · 240 lb · Ishpeming, MI

Central Michigan 2018 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Central Michigan. 2018: 63 tackles, 7 tackles for loss.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Central Michigan, 194 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Central Michigan

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

John Bonamego

Central Michigan

Played his entire career under John Bonamego.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under John Bonamego — 15-23 over that span.

2016Central Michigan6-7HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

2017Central Michigan8-5HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

2018Central Michigan1-11HC: John Bonamego · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (91st percentile). Strength: qb hurries (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#236 / 2662 · 91st pct

QB hurries#287 / 2662 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#350 / 2662 · 86th pct

7.0

Tackles#373 / 2662 · 86th pct

Forced fumbles#63 / 722 · 46th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

0.0

Passes defended#1661 / 2662 · 19th pct

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

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	6.2	0.7	0.0	0.0
Road5g	5.2	0.6	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.8	0.8	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	0.4	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Central Michigan	63	43	7.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Central Michigan	83	55	8.5	3.0	1	3	--
2016	Central Michigan	48	35	1.5	0.5	2	--	--
Career		194	133	17.0	3.5	3	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2018

W 17–5

vs Maine

7 TOT · 6 SOLO · 2 TFL

With J. Sheldon — 42 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 49 LONG · T. Lazzaro — 82 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 44 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week