James Alexander: LB · Kent State · #5.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
James Alexander
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Kent State since. A game that shows it: 13 receiving yards and 8 tackles against Western Michigan — Week 11, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
62 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kent State | 62 | 35 | 10.0 | 3.5 | -- | 1 |
| 2016 | Kent State | 33 | 19 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 95 | 54 | 15.0 | 4.5 | 3 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-56@ No. 5 Clemson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-31vs Howard | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 0-21@ Marshall | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 3-42@ No. 19 Louisville | 8 | 6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-27vs Buffalo | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-24@ Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-14vs Miami (OH) | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 8 | L 3-48@ Ohio | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-44vs Bowling Green | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-48@ Western Michigan | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-42vs Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-24@ Akron | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 62 | 35 | 10.0 | 3.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
62tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%10 TFLSack rate
6%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups62 tackles · 10 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Paul Haynes, all run-heavy offenses — 5-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.0 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road7g | 5.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Haynes
Pass share
31.2%
234 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
62.4
12 games
Team sack rate
15.5%
290 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 Kent State, 95 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Paul Haynes.
