Senior cornerback on Wisconsin's 2023 roster.
5′11″ · 187 lb · Culver City, CA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1276 nationally · Signed with Wisconsin
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Wisconsin's roster.
Alexander Smith
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Alexander Smith has played for three head coaches in six seasons at Wisconsin. The receipt: 5 tackles against Indiana — Week 10, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Wisconsin, 60 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard, and Luke Fickell. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (89th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #214 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2023
W 24–13
vs Rutgers
3 TOT · 2 SOLO
With T. Mordecai — 145 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.6 · 50 rush yds (11 car) · A. Bertrams — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 50 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-17vs Buffalo | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 22-31@ Washington State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-17@ Purdue | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-13vs Rutgers | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-15vs Iowa | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-21@ Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-24vs Ohio State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-20@ Indiana | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 10-24vs Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 27 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 5 |
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Cameron Ruiz’s 2021 season.
Matches Cameron on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jamel Johnson's graduate season at NC State (2025).
Matches Jamel on
Player DNA