Last confirmed: California, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 225 lb · Denton, TX
Alex Funches: OLB · California · #36.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Alex Funches
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. He has spent two seasons in the California linebacker corps. On tape: 5 tackles against UCLA, Week 7, 2018.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
Sports Illustrated Oct 9
The Washington Post Oct 7Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | California | 29 | 20 | 4.5 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | California | 35 | 25 | 9.5 | 4.0 |
| Career | 64 | 45 | 14.0 | 7.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-17vs North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-18@ BYU | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-23vs Idaho State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-42vs No. 19 Oregon | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-24@ Arizona | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-37vs UCLA | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 49-7@ Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 12-10vs No. 15 Washington | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-19@ No. 10 Washington State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 15-14@ USC | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 7-10@ TCU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 20 | 4.5 | 3.0 | — | 0 |
Week 9 · 2018
W 12-10
vs Washington
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
29tackles this seasonTFL rate
16%4 TFLSack rate
10%3 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups29 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 3 sacks.
2 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 12-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Wilcox
Pass share
46.4%
412 pass / 475 run
Plays / game
68.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
453 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at California, 64 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Sonny Dykes → Justin Wilcox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
