Matthew Alexander is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Georgia Tech.
Alexander wins the gap play after play. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Gus Malzahn and Brent Key. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Georgia — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| 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 No. 12 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 No. 4 Georgia | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
5%1 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
5%1 hurry19 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 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
Pass share
46.1%
391 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.0%
367 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #248 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #57 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,589 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the ACC as a senior.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Gus Malzahn and Brent Key.
