Player Dossier

2016-2019

Western Michigan

Alex Grace

LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Saginaw, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Alex Grace shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

31

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Western Michigan

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

Alex Grace built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Saginaw, MI wearing No. 34, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Alex Grace's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8194

Swan Valley · Saginaw, MI

Committed To
Western Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Alex Grace, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Western Michigan. Alex Grace shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
187
TFL
15
Sacks
2
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Alex Grace quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Michigan · LB
Career Tackles
187
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Western Michigan
Top game
Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Swan Valley · Western Michigan
High school pipeline
Swan Valley · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 34 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
60 tackles · LB 257th (top 21%) · Mid-American 47th (top 9%) · National 446th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan61210--013.1
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan123210--010.3
2018 PostseasonWestern Michigan123-0--071.6
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan128010.51-2071.6
2019 PostseasonWestern Michigan135-0--029.8
2019 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan13552.51-1029.8

Related Context

Alex Grace played LB for Western Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Alex Grace recorded 187 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Western Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Western Michigan paired 14.5 primary output with 40.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Western Michigan

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

10

Usage

3.6

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. North Carolina Central: 0. Georgia Southern: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Ball State: 0. Kent State: 1. Buffalo: 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. North Carolina Central: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Southern: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Ball State: 3 by 12.5. Kent State: 1 by 14.2. Buffalo: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

First Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Kent State

Result
Sat 11/19vs BuffaloW 38-021000
Wed 11/9@ Kent StateW 37-2111100
Wed 11/2@ Ball StateW 52-2030000
Sat 10/8vs Northern IllinoisW 45-3032000
Sat 9/24vs Georgia SouthernW 49-3111000
Sat 9/10vs North Carolina CentralW 70-2122000

Player Story

Alex Grace story

Alex Grace built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a linebacker from Saginaw, MI wearing No. 34, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Alex Grace's career was his defensive production: 187 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 43 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 return yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Alex Grace's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Western Michigan

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201620172018201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan1103.6
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan111.92.30
2018 PostseasonWestern Michigan14.540.61113.5
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan14.540.6110
2019 PostseasonWestern Michigan6.524.24.5-8
2019 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan6.524.24.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan

Week 2 · L 3-49

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Georgia State

Week 3 · W 57-10

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Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Central Michigan

Week 8 · W 35-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

71.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Kent State

Week 11 · W 37-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Miami (OH)

Week 5 · W 40-39 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Western Michigan

14.5 primary output · 40.6 efficiency · 11 usage

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#2

2018 Regular Season · Western Michigan

71.6

14.5 primary · 40.6 efficiency · 11 usage

#3

2019 Postseason · Western Michigan

29.8

6.5 primary · 24.2 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

5

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games