#17

Jonathan Alexander

Senior defensive back for Charlotte. 2021: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 57 tackles.

DB · Charlotte · Sr. · #17

6′2″ · 213 lb · Fort Worth, TX

CFB Index 57 · #195 of 509 safetiesLow confidenceCharlotte 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1304 nationally · Signed with Trimble Technical

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Charlotte. 2021: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 57 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Trimble Technical in 2017.
Transferred from Kansas State to Mississippi State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Charlotte, 82 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2017

Recruited3-star out of Trimble Technical

201911 games

Signed with Kansas State3-star out of Kilgore College

20219 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1304 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-heavy

2021Charlotte5-7HC: Will Healy · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

57Quality starter #195 of 509?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (83rd percentile). Strength: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#459 / 2743 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#521 / 2743 · 80th pct

Interceptions#126 / 824 · 73rd pct

Passes defended#1085 / 2743 · 49th pct

Tackles for loss#1411 / 2743 · 44th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2021 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road4g	6.0	0.5	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.0	0.3	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+3g	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tim Albin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

57 · #195 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #195 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Charlotte	57	32	2.0	0.0	1	2	--
2019	Kansas State	25	19	4.0	1.0	2	--	--
Career		82	51	6.0	1.0	3	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2021

W 38–10

vs Gardner-Webb

1 PD · 3 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 28-point win at home against Gardner-Webb.

With C. Reynolds — 103 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 65.8 · 60 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD · B. Rice — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 46 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 31-28vs Duke	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-10vs Gardner-Webb	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 9-20@ Georgia State	6	4	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 42-39vs Middle Tennessee	7	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 14-24@ Illinois	10	7	2.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 45-33@ Florida International	4	2	0.0	1	0
Wk 8	L 9-38vs Florida Atlantic	5	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 28-49vs Marshall	12	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 13	L 34-56@ Old Dominion	4	1	0.0	—	0
Total		57	32	2.0	2	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology