Alex Turner: DL · East Carolina · #94.
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Alex Turner
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches at East Carolina: Scottie Montgomery and Mike Houston. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against South Florida — Week 9, 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
55 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 11 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 | East Carolina | 55 | 25 | 11.0 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2018 | East Carolina | 45 | 17 | 10.0 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2017 | East Carolina | 17 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2016 | East Carolina | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 122 | 52 | 22.5 | 8.5 | 1 |
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 6-34@ NC State | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 48-9vs Gardner-Webb | 7 | 3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 3 | L 10-42@ Navy | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 19-7vs William & Mary | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ Old Dominion | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 28-41@ UCF | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-45vs South Florida | 7 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 10 | L 43-46vs No. 17 Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 51-59@ No. 23 SMU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24@ UConn | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-49vs Tulsa | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 55 | 25 | 11.0 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Week 2 · 2019
W 48-9
vs Gardner-Webb
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 7 tackles
Dominant 39-point win at home against Gardner-Webb.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%11 TFLSack rate
6%4 sacksHurry rate
7%4 hurries55 tackles · 11 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Houston
Pass share
50.4%
451 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
74.6
12 games
Team sack rate
3.6%
477 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
55 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at East Carolina, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scottie Montgomery → Mike Houston. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
