Senior linebacker for Michigan. 2025: 21 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′1″ · 230 lb · Park City, UT · Park City
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
tackles · 2025
2 TFL · 1 sacks
Best game: 2 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 sacks, vs Utah
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Michigan. 2025: 21 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
How he plays
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
Sacks: 63rd percentile.
The full scouting readMax Alford
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Max Alford has played for three head coaches across three seasons and two programs. 2022 brought the first one: Mountain West Freshman Player of the Week. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against TCU, Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
FRESHMAN HONORS
Freshman recognition (2022)
1 mention(s)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jim Harbaugh, Sherrone Moore, and Biff Poggi. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Michigan
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | BYU | 21 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Utah State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Utah State | 31 | 18 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 54 | 31 | 4.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 69-0vs Portland State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-24vs West Virginia | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21vs Utah | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-27@ Iowa State | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 7-29@ Texas Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-13vs TCU | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to DJ Schramm’s 2021 season.
Matches DJ on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kamuela Ka'aihue's junior season at UNLV (2025).
Matches Kamuela on
Differs from Kamuela on
Player DNA
CAREER HIGHS (PRIOR TO MICHIGAN) • Tackles: 9 - vs. Memphis in the First Responder Bowl (Dec. 27, 2022) • Solos: 6 - vs. Memphis in the First Responder Bowl (Dec. 27, 2022) • Asst: 4 - vs. New Mexico (Nov. 5, 2022) • TFLs: 2.0 - vs. Memphis in the First Responder Bowl (Dec. 27, 2022) • Sacks: 1.0...
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