Player Dossier

2015-2018

Central Michigan

Alex Briones

LB • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Ishpeming, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Alex Briones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.

Usage / Role

56%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

72

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

81

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

72

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Player Story

Alex Briones built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Ishpeming, MI wearing No. 17, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Alex Briones' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.7793

Ishpeming · Ishpeming, MI

Committed To
Central Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Alex Briones, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Central Michigan. Alex Briones shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
194
TFL
17
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Alex Briones quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · LB
Career Tackles
194
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 34 games
Best season
2017 Postseason · Central Michigan
Top game
Kent State
Recruit profile
2-star · Ishpeming · Central Michigan
High school pipeline
Ishpeming · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
63 tackles · LB 209th (top 18%) · Mid-American 38th (top 7%) · National 375th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan10481.50.5-2025.7
2017 PostseasonCentral Michigan135-0--065.4
2017 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan13788.5321065.4
2018 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan1163703-060

Related Context

Alex Briones played LB for Central Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Alex Briones recorded 194 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason

Central Michigan paired 17.5 primary output with 40.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 33 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Maine

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

33

Usage

9

Consistency

75.1

Best Game by takeover score

Maine

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kansas: 1. Northern Illinois: 0. Maine: 2. Michigan State: 1. Buffalo: 1. Ball State: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Akron: 1. Eastern Michigan: 1. Bowling Green: 1. Toledo: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kansas: 4 by 26.7. Northern Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Maine: 7 by 49.2. Michigan State: 4 by 26.7. Buffalo: 11 by 55.8. Ball State: 5 by 20.8. Western Michigan: 6 by 35. Akron: 6 by 35. Eastern Michigan: 6 by 35. Bowling Green: 4 by 26.7. Toledo: 6 by 35

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2 · Games = 1 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 10 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Maine

Best efficiency game

55.8 vs Buffalo

Result
Fri 11/23@ ToledoL 13-5163000
Sat 11/10vs Bowling GreenL 13-2442000
Sat 11/3@ Eastern MichiganL 7-1764100
Sat 10/27@ AkronL 10-1764100
Sat 10/20vs Western MichiganL 10-3563000
Sat 10/13vs Ball StateL 23-2455000
Sat 10/6vs Buffalo10+ tacklesL 24-34118100
Sat 9/29@ Michigan StateL 20-3142100
Sat 9/22vs MaineSplash gameW 17-576200
Sat 9/15@ Northern IllinoisL 16-2442000
Sat 9/8vs KansasL 7-3144100

Player Story

Alex Briones story

Alex Briones built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a linebacker from Ishpeming, MI wearing No. 17, spending time with Central Michigan. The clearest part of Alex Briones' career was his defensive production: 194 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 34 career games in the available record. His career also includes 2 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Alex Briones' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Central Michigan

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0
2016 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan4245.14
2017 PostseasonCentral Michigan17.540.110.413.5
2017 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan17.540.110.40
2018 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan10339-7.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Kent State

Week 12 · W 42-23 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Rhode Island

Week 1 · W 30-27

4

Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Maine

Week 4 · W 17-5

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Havoc Plays

77 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77 takeover score.

#4

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 11 · W 42-30 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Buffalo

Week 6 · L 24-34 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

68.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Central Michigan

17.5 primary output · 40.1 efficiency · 10.4 usage

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#2

2017 Regular Season · Central Michigan

65.4

17.5 primary · 40.1 efficiency · 10.4 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan

60

10 primary · 33 efficiency · 9 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

4

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games