Player Dossier

2023-2025

Purdue

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.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational defensive role

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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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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8728

Oxford · Oxford, MS

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

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas11-0--036.7
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas00-0--0-
2025 Regular SeasonPurdue12473.50-1041.7

Related Context

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

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

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 11/29vs IndianaL 3-5611000
Sun 11/16@ WashingtonL 13-4931000
Sat 11/8vs Ohio StateL 10-3472100
Sat 11/1@ MichiganL 16-2143000
Sat 10/25vs RutgersL 24-2721000
Sat 10/18@ Northwestern10+ tacklesL 0-191010.5001
Sat 10/11@ MinnesotaL 20-2774100
Sat 10/4vs IllinoisL 27-4360100
Sat 9/20@ Notre DameL 30-5621000
Sat 9/13vs USCL 17-3321000
Sat 9/6vs Southern IllinoisW 34-1711000
Sat 8/30vs Ball StateW 31-022000

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

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

  1. 1

    Arkansas

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Purdue

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas04.20.7
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas00
2025 Regular SeasonPurdue4.520.14.34.5

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

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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

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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

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games