#14

Alex Mota

Senior defensive back on Iowa's 2026 roster.

DB · Iowa · Sr. · #14

6′0″ · 195 lb · Marion, IA · Marion

Recruiting

3★

ATH recruit

No. 574 nationally · Signed with Iowa

Last played in 2026.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Senior defensive back on Iowa's 2026 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Iowa in 2023.

The full story, with sources

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Alex Mota

DB · Iowa · Sr · #14

He has spent two seasons in the Iowa secondary. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Northern Illinois — Week 1, 2026.

1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

season totals
seasons on the roster
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2026	Iowa	1	1	--	--	--
2025	Iowa	1	1	--	--	--
Career		2	2	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 40-0vs Northern Illinois	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 1 tackles

2026 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 12-4 over that span.

2025Iowa9-4HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2026Iowa3-0HC: Kirk Ferentz · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (0th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#283 / 939 · 35th pct

Sacks#285 / 939 · 35th pct

0.0

Passes defended#411 / 939 · 28th pct

Tackles for loss#633 / 939 · 16th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#932 / 939 · 1st pct

Tackles#940 / 939 · 0th pct

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 & context

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kirk Ferentz

Pass share

46.3%

93 pass / 108 run

Plays / game

67.0

3 games

Team sack rate

1.0%

99 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

The secondary · Iowa

#6Zach LutmerDB · Sr.71 tackles · 2025
#2Tyler BrownDB · Jr.71 tackles · 2025
#8Deshaun LeeDB · Sr.34 tackles · 2025
#7Rashad Godfrey Jr.DB · Jr.15 tackles · 2025
#14Alex MotaDB · Sr.1 tackle · 2025

14 more on the roster · Iowa team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2023