Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Purdue
Alex Sanford Jr.
LB • 6'1" • 232 lbs • Oxford, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Alex Sanford Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
29
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Purdue
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Arkansas • Purdue
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Alex Sanford Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Oxford, MS wearing No. 10, spending time with Arkansas and Purdue. The clearest part of Alex Sanford Jr.'s career was his...
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- Committed To
- Arkansas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Alex Sanford Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Purdue. Alex Sanford Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 48
- TFL
- 3.5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Alex Sanford Jr. quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Purdue · LB
- Career Tackles
- 48
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Purdue
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Oxford · Arkansas
- High school pipeline
- Oxford · 21 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 47 tackles · LB 306th (top 24%) · Big Ten 88th (top 12%) · National 682nd (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 47 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 41.7 |
Related Context
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Alex Sanford Jr. played LB for Arkansas and Purdue. Across 3 tracked seasons, Alex Sanford Jr. recorded 48 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Purdue paired 4.5 primary output with 20.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Arkansas, Purdue.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Purdue
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
20.1
Usage
4.3
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ball State: 0. Southern Illinois: 0. USC: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Illinois: 1. Minnesota: 1. Northwestern: 1.5. Rutgers: 0. Michigan: 0. Ohio State: 1. Washington: 0. Indiana: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ball State: 2 by 8.3. Southern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. USC: 2 by 8.3. Notre Dame: 2 by 8.3. Illinois: 6 by 35. Minnesota: 7 by 39.2. Northwestern: 10 by 56.7. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3. Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Ohio State: 7 by 39.2. Washington: 3 by 12.5. Indiana: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 10 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Indiana | L 3-56 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | @ Washington | L 13-49 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | vs Ohio State | L 10-34 | 7 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Michigan | L 16-21 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Rutgers | L 24-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Northwestern10+ tackles | L 0-19 | 10 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Minnesota | L 20-27 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Illinois | L 27-43 | 6 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ Notre Dame | L 30-56 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs USC | L 17-33 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Southern Illinois | W 34-17 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Ball State | W 31-0 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Alex Sanford Jr. story
Alex Sanford Jr. built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Oxford, MS wearing No. 10, spending time with Arkansas and Purdue. The clearest part of Alex Sanford Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 48 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Alex Sanford Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Arkansas
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Purdue
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Arkansas | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Purdue | 4.5 | 20.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 51 Northwestern
Week 8 · L 0-19 · Conference game
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 70 Minnesota
Week 7 · L 20-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
65.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.9 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 2 Ohio State
Week 11 · L 10-34 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 24 Illinois
Week 6 · L 27-43 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
1
Havoc Plays
56.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 25 Michigan
Week 10 · L 16-21 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0
Havoc Plays
15.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Purdue
4.5 primary output · 20.1 efficiency · 4.3 usage
41.7
#2
2023 Regular Season · Arkansas
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Arkansas
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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