#99

Ed Alexander

Junior nose tackle for LSU. 2018: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

NT · LSU · Jr. · #99

6′3″ · 339 lb · Hammond, LA

LSU 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DT recruit

No. 68 nationally · Signed with LSU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 nose tackle for LSU. 2018: 1 sack, 3 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to LSU in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at LSU, 58 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20169 games

Signed with LSU4-star out of St. Thomas Aquinas

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#68 national

CFB

College

LSU

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Ed Orgeron

LSU

Played his entire career under Ed Orgeron.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Ed Orgeron — 27-11 over that span.

2016LSU8-4HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-heavy

2017LSU9-4HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-heavy

2018LSU10-3HC: Ed Orgeron · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Concern: solo tackles (8th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#184 / 2662 · 91st pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Tackles for loss#1030 / 2662 · 58th pct

3.0

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Tackles#1451 / 2662 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#2396 / 2662 · 8th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Road4g	2.2	0.5	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	LSU	28	6	3.0	1.0	1	--	--
2017	LSU	17	3	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2016	LSU	13	6	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		58	15	4.5	2.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2018

W 36–16

vs Georgia

4 TOT

With J. Burrow — 200 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 66 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · C. Edwards-Helaire — 145 rush yds (19 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week