Last confirmed: Massachusetts, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 275 lb · Annandale, VA · Nassau C.C.
Ali Ali-Musa: DL · Massachusetts · #90.
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Ali Ali-Musa
Wins his gap play after play. This is his second year in the same defensive front at Massachusetts. A game that shows it: 15 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Old Dominion — Week 2, 2017.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Massachusetts | 70 | 30 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Massachusetts | 37 | 16 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Career | 107 | 46 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 35-38vs Hawai'i | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 28-38@ Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-17vs Old Dominion | 15 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 21-29@ Temple | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-17@ Tennessee | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 50-58vs Ohio | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-20vs Georgia Southern | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-27vs App State | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 23-34@ No. 21 Mississippi State | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 44-31vs Maine | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 16-10@ BYU | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 45-63@ Florida International | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 30 | 8.5 | 4.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%8 TFLSack rate
6%4 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries70 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
2 seasons under Mark Whipple — 6-18 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Whipple
Pass share
51.8%
443 pass / 412 run
Plays / game
71.2
12 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
506 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
70 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Massachusetts, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
