Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-26vs San José State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 39-0vs Fresno State | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Total | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
#7
Alex Graham
Freshman cornerback on USC's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Detroit, MI · Cass Technical HS
Returning to USC for 2026
Recruiting
4★
CB recruit
No. 418 nationally · Signed with USC
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 cornerback on USC's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to USC in 2025.
Alex Graham
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Second year in the USC secondary, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 4 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Fresno State — Week 1, 2026.
6 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with USC4-star out of Cass Technical
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
USC
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Lincoln Riley — 12-4 over that span.
2025USC9-4HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced
2026USC3-0HC: Lincoln Riley · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (87th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 3.0 TKL/g, 0.8 TFL/g, 0.5 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
46.0%
97 pass / 114 run
Plays / game
70.3
3 games
Team sack rate
2.0%
102 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
USC
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · USC
Returning around him
- 3 USC players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -13 net (9 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
USC · Last season: 9-4 (AP #16) · Talent rank #9 · 2026 recruiting class #1
DNA match
Player DNA
Cover Corner
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaylin Lackey’s 2025 season.
Matches Jaylin on
Height
PD rate
Weight
Differs from Jaylin on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Rashad Godfrey Jr.'s freshman season at Iowa (2025).
97%match
Matches Rashad on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Alex Graham
Background
2026: Graham, a talented safety, returns to compete for playing time as a redshirt freshman in 2026. 2025: Graham, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2025 after graduating a semester early from high school, recorded 15 tackles, including 2 for loss of 5 yards, while appearing in 5 games with 2...
The secondary · USC
- #6Christian Pierce64 tackles · 2025
- #25Marcelles Williams37 tackles · 2025
- #9Kennedy Urlacher27 tackles · 2025
- Jontez Williams15 tackles · 2025
- #7Alex Graham15 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · USC team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology