2009 (JUNIOR): Played in 11 games for UNCP with four starts to his credit … Registered 27 tackles (15 solo), including 9-1/2 tackles for loss (-52 yards) … Also totaled a team-best 5-1/2 sacks (-43 yards) and seven quarterback hurries … Forced and recovered two fumbles and tallied one pass break-up as well … Also scored one defensive touchdown, as well as a quarterback sack that resulted in a safety … Registered multiple tackles against six opponents, including a season-best six stops against both Wingate and Frostburg State … Tallied two solo tackles in the opener at Fayetteville State … Grabbed an assist on a tackle against Saint Paul’s but also recovered a fumble for a touchdown in the third quarter … Exhibited a career day against Wingate, registering six tackles (two solo), including two tackles for loss (-14 yards) and 1-1/2 sacks … Also turned in a quarterback hurry and a pass break-up against the Bulldogs … Made three tackles (two solo) against Lane, while also forcing and recovering a fumble … Also forced a fumble at Fairmont State … Matched a career-best with six tackles at Frostburg State, but also posted a career-best two sacks (-11 yards) … Tallied three stops (two solo) in the playoff game at Arkansas Tech, including 1-1/2 tackles for loss as well as an eight-yard sack.
2008 (SOPHOMORE): Played in five games for UNCP despite being limited by injury … Registered five tackles (2 solo), including 1-1/2 tackles for loss … Also turned in a sack assist and four quarterback hurries … Booked a season-best two tackles against Concord, while recording his sack assist in the finale against North Greenville … Turned in one quarterback hurry against each of UNCP’s last four opponents.
2007 (FRESHMAN): Played in all 11 games for UNCP … Totaled 29 tackles (17 solo), including 6-1/2 tackles for loss … Also recorded 4-1/2 sacks, forced two fumbles and recovered two fumbles … Tallied at least five tackles against three different opponents … Booked first career sack for a loss of five yards against Wingate … Turned in six tackles (five solo) in the win at Chowan, including two tackles for loss (one sack) … Tallied six tackles in the following game against Webber International as well, while also forcing a fumble … Registered a pair of sacks against Faulkner, while also forcing a fumble … Grabbed four tackles in the season finale at North Greenville … Recovered one fumble against both Division I-FCS opponents, Davidson and Jacksonville.
HIGH SCHOOL: An all-conference standout at Northside High School for coach Bob Eason … Amassed more than 100 tackles, including 17 tackles for loss, in pacing the Monarchs to a 12-5 record as a prep senior and a deep run in the state playoffs … Also tallied three forced fumbles, a pair of fumble recoveries and one interception, as well as 78 receiving yards and a touchdown … Earned his second consecutive all-conference and all-area accolades at season’s end … Booked 70 tackles, including 27 tackles for loss, as a junior, while adding five forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a pair of interceptions … Also logged 115 receiving yards … Was also a standout on the NHS wrestling, baseball and track teams … An all-state, three-time all-county and four-time all-conference wrestler for the Monarchs.
PERSONAL: The son of Alla and James F. Alexander was born on Dec. 18, 1988 … Has two younger sisters, Jazmine and Joselyne, and one younger brother, Zyon … Graduated in the top 20 percent of his 139-member senior class at Northside High School … An exercise and sports science major at UNCP.
