Alijah Huzzie: DB · North Carolina · #28.
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Alijah Huzzie
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The two seasons at North Carolina span two head coaches: Mack Brown and Freddie Kitchens. ACC Specialist Player of the Week in 2023 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Wake Forest — Week 12, 2024.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 8 passes defended. 1 interception. 4 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.
247Sports Nov 3
Syracuse.com Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | North Carolina | 36 | 24 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 8 | 1 |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 42 | 30 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 |
| Career | 78 | 54 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 14 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 19-17@ Minnesota | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-10vs North Carolina Central | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 50-70vs James Madison | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-21@ Duke | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-34vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 34-41vs Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-14@ Virginia | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-11@ Florida State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24vs Wake Forest | 8 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 21-41@ Boston College | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 30-35vs NC State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-27vs UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 24 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 8 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
22%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
36tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%4 TFL36 tackles · 4 for loss · 2 sacks · 8 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Mack Brown — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Freddie Kitchens
Pass share
44.2%
391 pass / 493 run
Plays / game
68.0
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
420 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Two seasons at North Carolina, 78 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2022)
named by 1 selector
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2023)
ACC Specialist Player of the Week
