2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Alex January
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Third year in the same defensive front at Texas. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Ole Miss — Week 8, 2026.
13 tackles · 1 sack
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
13 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Last game (Wk 9): 1 tackle.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Texas State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-23vs No. 1 Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-6vs UTSA | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-17@ No. 14 Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-27vs Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-27vs Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-27vs No. 7 Ole Miss | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 31-3vs Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Oct. 31 · W 31-3 vs Mississippi State, play by play
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
His game this year: coverage — 3 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.
How Texas’s defense played that day
Mississippi State’s 10 drives: 9 stopped · 1 scored. While the game was within a score they held 3 of 3.
4 tackles, including 1 pass broken up.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
3 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
2 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 3 for him; the box score credits 2.
1 tackle, including 1 sack, 1 pass broken up. His sack on 4th and 3 ended Tennessee’s drive (downs).
Sacked the quarterback for a 1-yard loss on 4th and 3. Fourth quarter, up 20-10. Ended Tennessee’s drive (downs).
1 tackle.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
1 tackle. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
0 tackles, including 1 pass broken up. His pass breakup on 4th and 4 ended Texas State’s drive (downs).
Broke up a pass on 4th and 4. First quarter, up 6-0. Ended Texas State’s drive (downs).
Week 4 · 2026
W 20-17
at Tennessee
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Ratings of the games shown run from +2 to +29 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
8%1 TFLSack rate
8%1 sackHurry rate
8%1 hurry13 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Steve Sarkisian — 29-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Pass share
43.5%
226 pass / 293 run
Plays / game
64.9
8 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
263 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #43 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #59 of 60 SEC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Steve Sarkisian.
