Jaylan Alexander: LB · Purdue · #36.
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Jaylan Alexander
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Purdue. One game to point at: 15 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Wisconsin — Week 8, 2021.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
94 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 30-21vs Oregon State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-0@ UConn | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-27@ No. 12 Notre Dame | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 13-9vs Illinois | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-20vs Minnesota | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7@ No. 2 Iowa | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-30vs Wisconsin | 15 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 28-23@ Nebraska | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 40-29vs No. 5 Michigan State | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 31-59@ No. 6 Ohio State | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 32-14vs Northwestern | 11 | 10 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 44-7vs Indiana | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 94 | 59 | 7.5 | 1.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
113tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%8 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
4%5 pass breakups113 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 21-23 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 7.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 9.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Brohm
Pass share
60.1%
576 pass / 383 run
Plays / game
79.9
12 games
Team sack rate
4.7%
615 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
113 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #77 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Purdue, 215 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 33 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Brohm.
