Donnie Alexander: LB · LSU · #48.
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Donnie Alexander
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Two seasons in the LSU linebacker corps to date. On tape: 12 tackles against Arkansas, Week 11, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 0 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 45-10vs Chattanooga | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-37@ Mississippi State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-26vs Syracuse | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 21-24vs Troy | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 17-16@ No. 21 Florida | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-23vs No. 10 Auburn | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-24@ No. 1 Alabama | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 33-10vs Arkansas | 12 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 45-21vs Texas A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 16 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 6 · 2017
W 17-16
at Florida
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 5 tackles
A close one, won by 1 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
51tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups51 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ed Orgeron
Pass share
35.2%
300 pass / 552 run
Plays / game
65.5
13 games
Team sack rate
8.8%
339 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at LSU, 96 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Les Miles → Ed Orgeron. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
