Senior defensive lineman for Georgia Tech. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 19 tackles.
6′3″ · 290 lb · Buford, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
sack · 2025
1 TFL · 19 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 4 tackles, at Duke
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Georgia Tech. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 19 tackles.
Matthew Alexander
Wins his gap play after play. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Gus Malzahn and Brent Key. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Georgia — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Brent Key.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Key
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #248 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #57 of 73 ACC DLs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Tech | 19 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | UCF | 34 | 18 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | UCF | 13 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | UCF | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 73 | 36 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 24–21
vs Clemson
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With H. King — 211 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 69.1 · 103 rush yds (25 car) · 1 TD · M. Nichols — 46 AVG · 48 LONG · 2 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-20@ Colorado | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-12vs Gardner-Webb | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-21vs Clemson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-24vs Temple | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-29@ Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-20vs Virginia Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 27-18@ Duke | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-34@ Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 9-16vs Georgia | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 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.
2026 Outlook
Georgia Tech
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Georgia Tech
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia Tech · Last season: 9-4 (AP #24) · Talent rank #34 · 2026 recruiting class #41
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Simeon Mitchell’s 2025 season.
Matches Simeon on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Ricky Barber's senior season at UCF (2023).
Matches Ricky on
Player DNA