Omari Alexander: DB · Western Kentucky · #27.
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Omari Alexander
Erases the deep middle of the field. Third year in the Western Kentucky secondary. On tape: 5 tackles against Old Dominion, Week 7, 2021.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 4 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 1 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 27 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 20 | 16 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2019 | Western Kentucky | 14 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 61 | 34 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-21vs UT Martin | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-33vs Indiana | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-48@ No. 17 Michigan State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 46-52vs UTSA | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 43-20@ Old Dominion | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 34-19@ Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-21vs Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-21@ Rice | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Wk 12 | W 52-17vs Florida Atlantic | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 53-21@ Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 41-49@ UTSA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
3interceptionsTackle volume
27tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL27 tackles · 1 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 3 interceptions.
3 seasons under Tyson Helton — 23-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
64.3%
696 pass / 387 run
Plays / game
83.3
13 games
Team sack rate
2.2%
762 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Kentucky, 61 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Tyson Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
