Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2015-2018California
Alex Funches
OLB • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Denton, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Alex Funches shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Washington
Player Story
Alex Funches built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as an outside linebacker from Denton, TX wearing No. 36, spending time with California. The clearest part of Alex Funches' career was his defensive...
Read the storyAlex Funches, OLB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · California. Alex Funches shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 64
- TFL
- 14
- Sacks
- 7
- QB hurries
- 4
Quick Answers
Alex Funches quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · OLB
- Career Tackles
- 64
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · California
- Top game
- Washington
- Latest roster
- No. 36 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 29 tackles · OLB 10th (top 42%) · Pac-12 126th (top 25%) · National 1,412th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 11 | 35 | 9.5 | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | 61.5 |
| 2018 Postseason | California | 11 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.9 |
| 2018 Regular Season | California | 11 | 25 | 4.5 | 3 | 2 | - | 0 | 37.9 |
Related Context
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Alex Funches played OLB for California. Across 4 tracked seasons, Alex Funches recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
California paired 15.5 primary output with 27.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 19.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Washington
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · California
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
19.6
Usage
7
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Washington
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. TCU: 0. North Carolina: 1.5. BYU: 2. Idaho State: 2. Oregon: 0. Arizona: 0. UCLA: 0. Oregon State: 0. Washington: 4. Washington State: 0. USC: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. TCU: 4 by 16.7. North Carolina: 3 by 27.5. BYU: 1 by 24.2. Idaho State: 2 by 28.3. Oregon: 3 by 12.5. Arizona: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 5 by 20.8. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 4 by 56.7. Washington State: 2 by 8.3. USC: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.6 · Games = 6 · +1.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -1.6 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
Washington
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Washington
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/27 | @ TCU | L 7-10 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/11 | @ USC | W 15-14 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/4 | @ Washington State | L 13-19 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs WashingtonSplash game | W 12-10 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Oregon State | W 49-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs UCLA | L 7-30 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/7 | @ Arizona | L 17-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/30 | vs Oregon | L 24-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Idaho StateSplash game | W 45-23 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/9 | @ BYUSplash game | W 21-18 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs North Carolina | W 24-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Alex Funches story
Alex Funches built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as an outside linebacker from Denton, TX wearing No. 36, spending time with California. The clearest part of Alex Funches' career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, and 7 sacks across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with California. 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 Alex Funches' production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across California.
The arc is straightforward: Alex Funches 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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California
2015-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | California | 15.5 | 27.3 | 9.3 | 15.5 |
| 2018 Postseason | California | 9.5 | 19.6 | 7 | -6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | California | 9.5 | 19.6 | 7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Washington
Week 9 · W 12-10 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
85.6 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.
#2
@ UCLA
Week 13 · L 27-30 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Ole Miss
Week 3 · W 27-16
3
Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#4
vs USC
Week 4 · L 20-30 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Oregon
Week 5 · L 24-45 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
59.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 59.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · California
15.5 primary output · 27.3 efficiency · 9.3 usage
61.5
#2
2018 Postseason · California
37.9
9.5 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 7 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · California
37.9
9.5 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 7 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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