Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025BYU
Max Alford
LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Park City, UT, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Max Alford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
45
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
33
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · BYU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Utah State • BYU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico
Player Story
Max Alford built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Park City, UT wearing No. 30, spending time with BYU and Utah State. The clearest part of Max Alford's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Utah State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Max Alford, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · BYU. Max Alford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 54
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Max Alford quick answers
- Latest team and position
- BYU · LB
- Career Tackles
- 54
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · BYU
- Top game
- New Mexico
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Park City · Utah State
- High school pipeline
- Park City · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · LB 570th (top 45%) · Big 12 228th (top 32%) · National 1,986th (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah State | 10 | 31 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 24.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah State | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | BYU | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 42.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BYU to Michigan | P4 to P4 | 79.8 | Jan 12, 2026 |
| 2025 | Utah State to BYU | G5/FCS to P4 | 77.7 | Jan 1, 2025 |
Max Alford played LB for Utah State and BYU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Max Alford recorded 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Utah State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
BYU paired 4 primary output with 18.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.2 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Utah State, BYU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Utah
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · BYU
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
18.2
Usage
4.4
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Portland State: 0.5. Colorado: 0. West Virginia: 0. Utah: 3. Iowa State: 0.5. Texas Tech: 0. TCU: 0
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. Portland State: 1 by 9.2. Colorado: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 4 by 16.7. Utah: 2 by 38.3. Iowa State: 6 by 30. Texas Tech: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.7 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
Utah
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs Utah
Player Story
Max Alford story
Max Alford built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Park City, UT wearing No. 30, spending time with BYU and Utah State. The clearest part of Max Alford's career was his defensive production: 54 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 11 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Max Alford'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
Utah State
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
BYU
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah State | 2 | 14.9 | 3.2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | 8.3 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | BYU | 4 | 18.2 | 4.4 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs New Mexico
Week 10 · W 27-10 · Conference game
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 8 Utah
Week 8 · W 24-21 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
3
Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
#3
vs San José State
Week 12 · W 35-31 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
45 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 33 Iowa State
Week 9 · W 41-27 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
33.6 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 33.6 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 37 TCU
Week 12 · W 44-13 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
25.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 25.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · BYU
4 primary output · 18.2 efficiency · 4.4 usage
42.4
#2
2024 Regular Season · Utah State
40.5
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Utah State
24.6
2 primary · 14.9 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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