Player Dossier

2015-2017

Virginia Tech

Adonis Alexander

CB • 6'3" • 193 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Adonis Alexander shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

33%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

32

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Player Story

Adonis Alexander built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a cornerback from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 36, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Adonis Alexander's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9165

Hickory · Hickory, NC

Committed To
Maryland
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Adonis Alexander, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Virginia Tech. Adonis Alexander shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
70
TFL
4
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
11

Quick Answers

Adonis Alexander quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia Tech · CB
Career Tackles
70
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Virginia Tech
Top game
West Virginia
Recruit profile
4-star · Hickory · Maryland
High school pipeline
Hickory · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 36 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
27 tackles · CB 137th (top 37%) · ACC 171st (top 29%) · National 1,542nd (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech40-0--051.1
2016 PostseasonVirginia Tech132-0--051.7
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech13412017051.7
2017 PostseasonVirginia Tech84-0--042
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech82321-4042

Related Context

Adonis Alexander played CB for Virginia Tech. Across 3 tracked seasons, Adonis Alexander recorded 70 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Virginia Tech paired 12 primary output with 23 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 24.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Virginia Tech

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

24.1

Usage

5.3

Consistency

33.3

Best Game by takeover score

West Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 0. West Virginia: 4. Delaware: 0. Clemson: 2. Boston College: 0. Duke: 1. Miami: 1. Virginia: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma State: 4 by 16.7. West Virginia: 9 by 77.5. Delaware: 5 by 20.8. Clemson: 2 by 28.3. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Duke: 1 by 14.2. Miami: 3 by 22.5. Virginia: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

West Virginia

Best efficiency game

77.5 vs West Virginia

Result
Thu 12/28@ Oklahoma StateL 21-3043000
Sat 11/25@ VirginiaW 10-010000
Sun 11/5@ MiamiL 10-28330010
Sat 10/28vs DukeW 24-311001
Sat 10/7@ Boston CollegeW 23-1022000
Sun 10/1vs ClemsonSplash gameL 17-3122110
Sat 9/9vs DelawareW 27-053000
Sun 9/3vs West VirginiaSplash gameW 31-2499103

Player Story

Adonis Alexander story

Adonis Alexander built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a cornerback from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 36, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Adonis Alexander's career was his defensive production: 70 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 7 interceptions across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Virginia Tech. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Adonis Alexander's production has multiple signals. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Virginia Tech.

The arc is straightforward: Adonis Alexander moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Virginia Tech

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201620172017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech420
2016 PostseasonVirginia Tech12233.98
2016 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech12233.90
2017 PostseasonVirginia Tech824.15.3-4
2017 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech824.15.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs West Virginia

Week 1 · W 31-24

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Virginia

Week 13 · W 52-10 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#3

vs Clemson

Week 14 · L 35-42 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Boston College

Week 3 · W 49-0 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Virginia

Week 13 · W 23-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Virginia Tech

12 primary output · 23 efficiency · 3.9 usage

51.7

#2

2016 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

51.7

12 primary · 23 efficiency · 3.9 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

51.1

4 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games