#33

William Alexander

Redshirt junior linebacker for Tulsa. 2025: 66 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Tulsa · R-Jr. · #33

6′2″ · 230 lb · Magnolia, TX · Magnolia HS

CFB Index 29 · #468 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Tulsa for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETvs East Texas A&MChapman Stadium

The numbers

tackles · 2025

0.5 TFL

Best game: 9 tackles, at Memphis

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 linebacker for Tulsa. 2025: 66 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 89th percentile.

The full scouting read

William Alexander

LB · Tulsa · Jr · #33

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. William Alexander has been at Tulsa through three head coaches in four seasons. The receipt: 10 tackles against Oklahoma State — Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Tulsa5-7HC: Philip Montgomery · Balanced

2023Tulsa4-8HC: Kevin Wilson · Run-heavy

2024Tulsa3-9HC: Kevin Wilson · Balanced

2025Tulsa4-8HC: Tre Lamb · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

29Below cohort / limited sample #468 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#316 / 2975 · 89th pct

Solo tackles#790 / 2975 · 73rd pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2332 / 2975 · 18th pct

0.5

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road6g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tre Lamb

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

29 · #468 of 583 LBs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #45 of 61 American Athletic LBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Tulsa	66	24	0.5	--	--	--
2024	Tulsa	2	1	0.0	--	--	--
2023	Tulsa	2	--	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Tulsa	4	1	0.0	--	--	--
Career		74	26	0.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 35–7

vs Abilene Christian

3 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 28-point win at home against Abilene Christian.

With A. Davies — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 80 LONG · K. Francis — 218 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.6 · 2 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 35-7vs Abilene Christian	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 14-21@ New Mexico State	4	2	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 23-42vs Navy	7	1	0.5	—
Wk 4	W 19-12@ Oklahoma State	10	7	0.0	—	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 5	L 14-31vs Tulane	4	1	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 7-45@ Memphis	9	4	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 27-41@ East Carolina	6	2	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 37-38vs Temple	4	1	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 21-40@ Florida Atlantic	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 31-14vs Oregon State	4	0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 26-25@ Army	4	2	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 24-31vs UAB	8	2	0.0	—
Total		66	24	0.5	—

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

66Tackles

24Solo

0.5TFL

0Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

66 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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.

2026 Outlook

Tulsa

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Tulsa

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -1 net (21 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Tulsa · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #84 · 2026 recruiting class #93

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Langston Patterson’s 2025 season.

Langston Patterson

83%match

Vanderbilt · 2025

Andrew Behm

Akron · 2021

82%

Parker Hughes

Middle Tennessee · 2024

NFL Rd 7

81%

Omar Speights

LSU · 2023

80%

KJ Robertson

Troy · 2022

78%

Matches Langston on

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Solo tackle rate

Differs from Langston on

Class year (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Kyle Efford's senior season at Georgia Tech (2025).

Kyle Efford

76%match

Georgia Tech · 2025

All-ACC

Jake St. Andre

Louisiana · 2025

71%

Sione Fotu

Houston · 2025

70%

Miguel Mitchell

Arkansas · 2025

68%

Justin Flowe

Arizona · 2023

65%

Matches Kyle on

TFL rate

PD rate

Solo tackle rate

Player DNA

Players who play like William Alexander

Langston Patterson

Vanderbilt · 2025

83%

Background

CAREER NOTES: A two-time academic all-conference honoree … Played in 22 career games … Has 73 career tackles. 2024 Academic All-Conference 2023 Academic All-Conference 2022 Academic All-Conference 2025: Appeared in 12 games and made 11 starts during his third season with Tulsa. Recorded a total o...

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The linebacker corps · Tulsa

#24Devin HightowerLB · Gr.81 tackles · 2025
#33William AlexanderLB · R-Jr.66 tackles · 2025
#9Dax CollinsLB · Jr.10 tackles · 2025
#35C.J. TurnerLB · R-Jr.7 tackles · 2025
#6Chris Thompson Jr.LB · Gr.1 tackle · 2025

6 more on the roster · Tulsa team page

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