Last confirmed: Army, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 260 lb · Greenwood, IN · Center Grove
Alex Aukerman: LB · Army · #21.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Alex Aukerman
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. A 2-star signing who has since put two seasons on the field at Army. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Navy — Week 15, 2017.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 15.5 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 64-6vs Fordham | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-17vs Buffalo | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-38@ No. 8 Ohio State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-21@ Tulane | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 5 | W 35-21vs UTEP | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 49-12@ Rice | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-27vs Eastern Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-28vs Temple | 10 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 21-0@ Air Force | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 21-16vs Duke | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 49-52@ North Texas | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 14-13@ Navy | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 42-35vs San Diego State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 46 | 15.5 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 |
Bowl · 2017
W 42-35
vs San Diego State · neutral site
1 interception · 1 sack · 1 tackle for loss
Edged out San Diego State at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
22%16 TFLSack rate
10%7 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups70 tackles · 15.5 for loss · 7 sacks · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Jeff Monken, all run-heavy offenses — 18-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.8 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Pass share
7.7%
65 pass / 779 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
Team sack rate
1.5%
66 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Army, 116 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jeff Monken.
