Alex Miller: DL · Northwestern · #95.
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Alex Miller
Wins the gap play after play. Fourth year in the same defensive front at Northwestern. On tape: 6 tackles against Purdue, Week 11, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Northwestern | 41 | 19 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Northwestern | 14 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 22 | 14 | 4.5 | 2.0 | 5 |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 89 | 47 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 9 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-17@ No. 25 Stanford | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-14vs UNLV | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-31vs Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 15-24@ No. 8 Wisconsin | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-13@ Nebraska | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-52vs No. 4 Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-20vs No. 20 Iowa | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-34@ Indiana | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-24vs Purdue | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 45-6vs Massachusetts | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-38vs No. 11 Minnesota | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 19 | 7.5 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%8 TFLSack rate
10%4 sacksHurry rate
7%3 hurries41 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 29-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
37.1%
310 pass / 525 run
Plays / game
69.6
12 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
343 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
41 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 7 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 40 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Fitzgerald.
