Player Dossier

2023-2025

SMU

Alexander Kilgore

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Katy, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Alexander Kilgore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

45%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

72

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · SMU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
SMU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech

Player Story

Alexander Kilgore built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Katy, TX wearing No. 54, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Alexander Kilgore's career was his defensive production:...

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Alexander Kilgore, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · SMU. Alexander Kilgore shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
147
TFL
13
Sacks
5
Passes defended
5
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Alexander Kilgore quick answers

Latest team and position
SMU · LB
Career Tackles
147
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · SMU
Top game
Louisiana Tech
Latest roster
No. 54 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
60 tackles · LB 221st (top 18%) · ACC 47th (top 6%) · National 401st (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonSMU133-0--049.1
2023 Regular SeasonSMU13296.54--049.1
2024 PostseasonSMU135-0--032.2
2024 Regular SeasonSMU135031-3032.2
2025 PostseasonSMU113-0--049.7
2025 Regular SeasonSMU11573.50-2249.7

Related Context

Alexander Kilgore played LB for SMU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Alexander Kilgore recorded 147 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with SMU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

SMU paired 7.5 primary output with 29.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 29.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: California

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · SMU

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

29.5

Usage

6.3

Consistency

51.5

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona: 1. East Texas A&M: 1. TCU: 0. Syracuse: 1. Stanford: 0. Clemson: 1. Wake Forest: 2. Miami: 0. Boston College: 0. Louisville: 0. California: 1.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 3 by 22.5. East Texas A&M: 0 by 10. TCU: 4 by 16.7. Syracuse: 2 by 18.3. Stanford: 5 by 20.8. Clemson: 11 by 55.8. Wake Forest: 7 by 49.2. Miami: 6 by 25. Boston College: 10 by 41.7. Louisville: 3 by 12.5. California: 9 by 52.5

Split Comparison

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Wins0.5 · Games = 8 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

55.8 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 1/3vs ArizonaW 24-19320010
Sun 11/30@ CaliforniaL 35-38951.5000
Sat 11/22vs LouisvilleW 38-632000
Sat 11/8@ Boston College10+ tacklesW 45-13106000
Sat 11/1vs MiamiW 26-2061000
Sat 10/25@ Wake ForestSplash gameL 12-1373101
Sat 10/18@ Clemson10+ tacklesW 35-24118100
Sat 10/11vs StanfordW 34-1051000
Sat 10/4vs SyracuseW 31-1821001
Sat 9/20@ TCUL 24-3542000
Sun 8/31vs East Texas A&MW 42-13000010

Player Story

Alexander Kilgore story

Alexander Kilgore built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Katy, TX wearing No. 54, spending time with SMU. The clearest part of Alexander Kilgore's career was his defensive production: 147 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 37 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with SMU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Alexander Kilgore's production has multiple signals. With 37 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across SMU.

The arc is straightforward: Alexander Kilgore moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    SMU

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonSMU11.519.15.2
2023 Regular SeasonSMU11.519.15.20
2024 PostseasonSMU7233.9-4.5
2024 Regular SeasonSMU7233.90
2025 PostseasonSMU7.529.56.30.5
2025 Regular SeasonSMU7.529.56.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Louisiana Tech

Week 1 · W 38-14

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

84.2 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 80 California

Week 14 · L 35-38 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

75.8 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 52 Wake Forest

Week 9 · L 12-13 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 34 Clemson

Week 8 · W 35-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

67.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Virginia

Week 13 · W 33-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

62.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · SMU

7.5 primary output · 29.5 efficiency · 6.3 usage

49.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · SMU

49.7

7.5 primary · 29.5 efficiency · 6.3 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · SMU

49.1

11.5 primary · 19.1 efficiency · 5.2 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

6

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games