Deslin Alexandre

Senior defensive lineman for Pittsburgh. 2022: 5.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DL · Pittsburgh · Sr. · #5

6′4″ · 275 lb · Pompano Beach, FL

CFB Index 51 · #189 of 387 edge rushersLow confidencePittsburgh 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 1099 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Pittsburgh. 2022: 5.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Pittsburgh, 16 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of Deerfield Beach

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1099 national

CFB

College

Pittsburgh

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

Pat Narduzzi

Pittsburgh

Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 41-24 over that span.

2018Pittsburgh7-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

2019Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2020Pittsburgh6-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

2021Pittsburgh11-3HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Pittsburgh9-4HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

51Rotational starter #189 of 387?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (96th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#33 / 2755 · 99th pct

Sacks#103 / 2755 · 96th pct

5.5

Tackles for loss#400 / 2755 · 84th pct

6.0

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Tackles#1349 / 2755 · 50th pct

Solo tackles#1573 / 2755 · 41st 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

2022 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.7	0.7	0.4
Road4g	3.0	0.6	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-73g	2.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.8	0.8	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

51 · #189 of 387 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #189 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Pittsburgh	29	13	6.0	5.5	2	--	--
2021	Pittsburgh	41	16	5.0	2.5	1	--	--
2020	Pittsburgh	18	12	6.5	3.0	2	--	--
2019	Pittsburgh	38	18	10.5	5.5	2	--	--
2018	Pittsburgh	4	--	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		130	59	28.5	16.5	7	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-31vs West Virginia	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 21-26vs Georgia Tech	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 45-29vs Virginia Tech	5	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-24@ Louisville	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-42@ North Carolina	7	5	1.5	1.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 10	W 19-9vs Syracuse	7	3	2.5	2.5	—	1	2.5 sacks
Wk 11	W 37-7@ Virginia	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 28-26vs Duke	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 42-16@ Miami	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		29	13	6.0	5.5	—	2

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

Deslin Alexandre

2017

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

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