Player Dossier

2020-2025

James Madison

Isaiah Alston

WR • 6'4" • 199 lbs • Carteret, NJ, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Isaiah Alston reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a receiver

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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: 2021 Postseason · Army

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Army • Iowa State • James Madison
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

Player Story

Isaiah Alston built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Carteret, NJ wearing No. 8, spending time with Army, Iowa State, and James Madison. The clearest part of Isaiah Alston's career...

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Isaiah Alston, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Army. Isaiah Alston reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,180
Receptions
58
Touchdowns
8

Quick Answers

Isaiah Alston quick answers

Latest team and position
James Madison · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,180
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 30 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Army
Top game
UL Monroe
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
81 receiving yards · WR 693rd (top 64%) · Sun Belt 112th (top 54%) · National 1,113th (top 51%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonArmy3247068.5
2021 PostseasonArmy10330088.5
2021 Regular SeasonArmy1019419388.5
2022 Regular SeasonArmy716285170.9
2023 Regular SeasonArmy49266277.7
2024 PostseasonIowa State1252060.5
2025 Regular SeasonJames Madison5781247

Related Context

Isaiah Alston played WR for Army, Iowa State, and James Madison. Across 6 tracked seasons, Isaiah Alston recorded 1,180 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 8 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Army.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Army paired 449 primary output with 96.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 96.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Army, Iowa State, James Madison.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

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 Postseason · Army

Games

10

Receiving Yards / G

44.9

Efficiency

96.7

Usage

43.4

Consistency

57.3

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 30. UConn: 39. Ball State: 36. Wisconsin: 34. Wake Forest: 107. Air Force: 79. Bucknell: 30. Massachusetts: 42. Liberty: 17. Navy: 35

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. Missouri: 3 by 66.7. UConn: 1 by 100. Ball State: 2 by 100. Wisconsin: 1 by 100. Wake Forest: 6 by 100. Air Force: 4 by 100. Bucknell: 1 by 100. Massachusetts: 2 by 100. Liberty: 1 by 100. Navy: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins39.5 · Games = 6 · -13.5 vs Losses
Losses53 · Games = 4 · +13.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

100 vs Navy

Result
Thu 12/23vs MissouriW 24-223301010011
Sat 12/11vs NavyL 13-171353535035
Sat 11/27@ LibertyW 31-161171717017
Sat 11/20vs MassachusettsW 33-172422121027
Sat 11/13vs BucknellW 63-101303030030
Sat 11/6@ Air ForceW 21-1447919.819.80048
Sat 10/23vs Wake Forest100 receiving yards · 2+ TDL 56-70610717.817.80239
Sun 10/17@ WisconsinL 14-201343434034
Sat 10/2@ Ball StateL 16-282361818029
Sat 9/18vs UConnW 52-211393939139

Player Story

Isaiah Alston story

Isaiah Alston built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Carteret, NJ wearing No. 8, spending time with Army, Iowa State, and James Madison. The clearest part of Isaiah Alston's career was his receiving role: 58 catches, 1,180 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Isaiah Alston's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Army

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Iowa State

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    James Madison

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonArmy4710075
2021 PostseasonArmy44996.743.4402
2021 Regular SeasonArmy44996.743.40
2022 Regular SeasonArmy28583.344.3-164
2023 Regular SeasonArmy26610028.4-19
2024 PostseasonIowa State521009.1-214
2025 Regular SeasonJames Madison8178.11029

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UL Monroe

Week 2 · W 37-7

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

29

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

29 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Wake Forest

Week 8 · L 56-70

107

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

107 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Wake Forest

Week 6 · L 10-45

123

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

123 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Delaware State

Week 2 · W 57-0

135

Receiving Yards

97 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

135 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Air Force

Week 10 · W 21-14

79

Receiving Yards

91.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

79 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Army

449 primary output · 96.7 efficiency · 43.4 usage

88.5

#2

2021 Regular Season · Army

88.5

449 primary · 96.7 efficiency · 43.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Army

77.7

266 primary · 100 efficiency · 28.4 usage

Milestones

3

100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games