Player Dossier

2020-2025

Illinois

Alec Bryant

LB • 6'3" • 250 lbs

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Alec Bryant shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

19%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

47

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

41

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

55

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Virginia Tech • Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Player Story

Alec Bryant built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker wearing No. 3, spending time with Illinois and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Alec Bryant's career was his defensive production: 83...

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Alec Bryant, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Illinois. Alec Bryant shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
83
TFL
11
Sacks
4.5
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Alec Bryant quick answers

Latest team and position
Illinois · LB
Career Tackles
83
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 42 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Illinois
Top game
Nebraska
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
26 tackles · LB 517th (top 41%) · Big Ten 191st (top 25%) · National 1,616th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois893.51.521059.3
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois12262.50.52-036
2024 PostseasonIllinois101-0-1035.9
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois10212211035.9
2025 PostseasonIllinois122-0--032.9
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois122430.52-032.9

Related Context

Alec Bryant played LB for Virginia Tech and Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Alec Bryant recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Illinois paired 8 primary output with 14.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Virginia Tech, Illinois.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wisconsin

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Illinois

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

14.7

Usage

5.2

Consistency

79.2

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 1. Wyoming: 0. Chattanooga: 1. Wisconsin: 2. Nebraska: 1. Michigan State: 1. Purdue: 1. Northwestern: 1

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. Indiana: 1 by 14.2. Wyoming: 1 by 4.2. Chattanooga: 2 by 18.3. Wisconsin: 1 by 24.2. Nebraska: 2 by 18.3. Michigan State: 0 by 10. Purdue: 2 by 18.3. Northwestern: 0 by 10

Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Wisconsin

Result
Sat 11/26@ NorthwesternW 41-300001
Sat 11/12vs PurdueL 24-3121100
Sat 11/5vs Michigan StateL 15-2300000
Sat 10/29@ NebraskaW 26-922100
Sat 10/1@ WisconsinSplash gameW 34-1011110
Fri 9/23vs ChattanoogaW 31-0210.500.500
Sat 9/3@ IndianaL 20-2311000
Sat 8/27vs WyomingW 38-610000

Player Story

Alec Bryant story

Alec Bryant built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker wearing No. 3, spending time with Illinois and Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Alec Bryant's career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Alec Bryant'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

    Virginia Tech

    2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Illinois

    2022-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech0
2022 Regular SeasonIllinois814.75.28
2023 Regular SeasonIllinois513.23.8-3
2024 PostseasonIllinois716.23.62
2024 Regular SeasonIllinois716.23.60
2025 PostseasonIllinois5.513.64.3-1.5
2025 Regular SeasonIllinois5.513.64.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Nebraska

Week 4 · W 31-24 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 44 Duke

Week 2 · W 45-19

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Florida Atlantic

Week 4 · W 23-17

1.5

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Wisconsin

Week 5 · W 34-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

62.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 78 Western Michigan

Week 3 · W 38-0

1.5

Havoc Plays

56.9 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Illinois

8 primary output · 14.7 efficiency · 5.2 usage

59.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Illinois

36

5 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 3.8 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Illinois

35.9

7 primary · 16.2 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games