Alex Tecza is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Navy.
Tecza does a little of everything without one standout trait. Three seasons in the Navy backfield to date. First career honor, 2025: All-AAC. On tape: 126 rushing yards and 14 receiving yards against South Florida, Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 24.5% of the season's rushing yards came on the 5 best carries — remarkably even — and the back is stuffed on 8.4% of carries. 1 carry for 3 yds vs Air Force; 15 for 111 vs UAB.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
25.5% of carries overall (157/615) → 24.3% of Q4-with-lead carries (33/136) — 84.8% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
14 of 18 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (77.8%). 16 of the team's 42 inside-the-5 carries (38.1%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-7vs VMI | 15 | 89 | 5.9 | 1 | 22 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-24vs UAB | 15 | 111 | 7.4 | 1 | 37 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-23@ Tulsa | 15 | 72 | 4.8 | 2 | 39 | |
| Wk 5 | W 21-13vs Rice | 11 | 104 | 9.5 | 0 | 65 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-31vs Air Force | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 7 | W 32-31@ Temple | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-32vs Florida Atlantic | 16 | 55 | 3.4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-31@ North Texas | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-49@ No. 10 Notre Dame | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-38vs No. 25 South Florida | 12 | 126 | 10.5 | 1 | 76 | Season-high 126 yds |
| Wk 14 | W 28-17@ Memphis | 26 | 103 | 4.0 | 2 | 12 | |
| Wk 16 | W 17-16vs Army | 9 | 50 | 5.6 | 0 | 24 | |
 Bowl | W 35-13vs Cincinnati | 16 | 80 | 5.0 | 1 | 34 | |
| Total | 158 | 902 | 5.7 | 10 | 76 |
Week 12 · 2025
W 41-38
126 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · 1 rec · 14 yds · 1 TD
Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.
With B. Woodson — 103 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · 39 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.9 · E. Heidenreich — 5 rec · 146 yds · 39 rush yds (6 car)
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How the yards come, and how often it works
Success rate
53%140 carriesFumble rate
0.6%1 of 158 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.7 yds/carry on 158 carries · 10% explosive (10+ yds) · 53% success rate.
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often the receiver is targeted, and how well it works
Targets
1611% of team targetsCatch rate
75%12 of 16 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
75% catch rate on 16 targets · 11% of the team's targets.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
3 seasons under Brian Newberry — 26-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 81.3 | 6.6 | 0.7 |
| Road5g | 56.8 | 4.6 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 69.9 | 5.7 | 0.9 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 68.8 | 5.6 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Newberry
Pass share
22.5%
182 pass / 626 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.5%
182 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #36 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix to repeat All-AAC
Based on 2025: #3 of 37 American Athletic RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
A stat line in 38 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ken Niumatalolo → Brian Newberry. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
