Player Dossier

2019-2021

UAB

Alex Wright

LB • 6'7" • 260 lbs • Elba, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Alex Wright shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

33%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

58

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

57

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

71

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · UAB

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
UAB
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Player Story

Alex Wright built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a linebacker from Elba, AL wearing No. 16, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Alex Wright's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 19...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8206

Elba · Elba, AL

Committed To
UAB
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 14
Overall
No. 78
NFL Team
Cleveland Browns

Alex Wright, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · UAB. Alex Wright shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
90
TFL
19
Sacks
11.5
QB hurries
14
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Alex Wright quick answers

Latest team and position
UAB · LB
Career Tackles
90
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · UAB
Top game
UTSA
Recruit profile
3-star · Elba · UAB
High school pipeline
Elba · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 3 · Pick 14 · Cleveland Browns
Latest roster
No. 16 · Sophomore
2021 Tackles rank
45 tackles · LB 329th (top 27%) · Conference USA 84th (top 13%) · National 740th (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonUAB11288.54.53-054.8
2020 Regular SeasonUAB7173122039.4
2021 PostseasonUAB124-0--068.3
2021 Regular SeasonUAB12417.5693068.3

Related Context

Alex Wright played LB for UAB. Across 3 tracked seasons, Alex Wright recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UAB.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

UAB paired 25.5 primary output with 35.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · UAB

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

21.6

Usage

5.3

Consistency

60.8

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Arkansas: 0. Miami: 0. South Alabama: 1. UTSA: 2. Western Kentucky: 1. Louisiana Tech: 1.5. Marshall: 2.5

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. Central Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 2 by 8.3. South Alabama: 1 by 14.2. UTSA: 1 by 24.2. Western Kentucky: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 44.2. Marshall: 2 by 33.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

44.2 vs Louisiana Tech

Result
Sat 12/19@ MarshallSplash gameW 22-13200.5001
Sat 10/31@ Louisiana TechL 34-37731.5000
Sat 10/17vs Western KentuckyW 37-1431000
Sat 10/3vs UTSASplash gameW 21-1311110
Thu 9/24@ South AlabamaW 42-1011001
Fri 9/11@ MiamiL 14-3122000
Fri 9/4vs Central ArkansasW 45-3511000

Player Story

Alex Wright story

Alex Wright built his college career from 2019 through 2021 as a linebacker from Elba, AL wearing No. 16, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Alex Wright's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, and 5 passes defended across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with UAB. 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 Wright's production has multiple signals. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UAB.

The arc is straightforward: Alex Wright 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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    UAB

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUAB1625.28.2
2020 Regular SeasonUAB821.65.3-8
2021 PostseasonUAB25.535.69.917.5
2021 Regular SeasonUAB25.535.69.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UTSA

Week 12 · L 31-34 · Conference game

Loss with 6.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

6.5

Havoc Plays

90.3 takeover

6.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.3 takeover score.

#2

@ Southern Miss

Week 11 · L 2-37 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

83.9 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 6 · W 31-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Marshall

Week 16 · W 22-13 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#5

@ Louisiana Tech

Week 9 · L 34-37 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

66.7 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · UAB

25.5 primary output · 35.6 efficiency · 9.9 usage

68.3

#2

2021 Regular Season · UAB

68.3

25.5 primary · 35.6 efficiency · 9.9 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · UAB

54.8

16 primary · 25.2 efficiency · 8.2 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

14

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games