Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Northwestern
Alex Lines
TE • 6'6" • 250 lbs • Gilbert, AZ, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Alex Lines reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
23
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
18
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UNLV
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UNLV • Arizona • Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: USC
Alex Lines, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · UNLV. Alex Lines reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 160
- Receptions
- 15
Quick Answers
Alex Lines quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 160
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · UNLV
- Top game
- USC
- High school pipeline
- Ames · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Senior
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 14 receiving yards · TE 386th (top 82%) · Big Ten 232nd (top 82%) · National 1,804th (top 82%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona | 5 | 10 | 138 | 0 | 67.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arizona | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 42.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 44.4 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico State to Northwestern | G5/FCS to P4 | 76.8 | Dec 28, 2024 |
| 2023 | Arizona to Unlisted | P4 to Unlisted | 18 | Dec 5, 2022 |
Alex Lines played TE for UNLV, Arizona, and Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Alex Lines recorded 160 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Arizona.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
UNLV paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 83.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across UNLV, Arizona, Northwestern.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: USC
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2021 Regular Season · Arizona
Games
5
Receiving Yards / G
27.6
Efficiency
83.3
Usage
9.4
Consistency
54.4
Best Game by takeover score
USC
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. BYU: 26. Oregon: 19. USC: 56. California: 16. Washington State: 21
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. BYU: 1 by 100. Oregon: 1 by 100. USC: 4 by 93.3. California: 2 by 53.3. Washington State: 2 by 70
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins16 · Games = 1 · -14.5 vs Losses
Losses30.5 · Games = 4 · +14.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
USC
Best efficiency game
100 vs Oregon
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
UNLV
2020
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona
2021-2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Northwestern
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | UNLV | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Arizona | 138 | 83.3 | 9.4 | 138 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Arizona | 8 | 53.3 | 3.7 | -130 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Northwestern | 14 | 31.2 | 10.9 | 6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ USC
Week 9 · L 34-41 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
56
Receiving Yards
84.7 takeover
56 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.
#2
@ No. 45 Tulane
Week 1 · L 3-23
7
Receiving Yards
56.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
7 receiving yards with a 15.6 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 15 Penn State
Week 7 · W 22-21 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
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Receiving Yards
55.5 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
7 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.
#4
vs Mississippi State
Week 2 · L 17-39
8
Receiving Yards
55.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
8 receiving yards with a 53.3 efficiency score.
#5
vs BYU
Week 1 · L 16-24
26
Receiving Yards
51.9 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
26 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · UNLV
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2021 Regular Season · Arizona
67.3
138 primary · 83.3 efficiency · 9.4 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · Northwestern
44.4
14 primary · 31.2 efficiency · 10.9 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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