Player Career

Alan Cross Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Alan Cross story

Alan Cross built his college career from 2011 through 2015 as a tight end from Millington, TN wearing No. 40, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Alan Cross' career was his receiving role: 90 catches, 1,050 receiving yards, and 14 touchdowns across 41 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Memphis. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 41 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Memphis.

The arc is straightforward: Alan Cross 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

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

  1. 1

    Memphis

    2011-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonMemphis0
2012 Regular SeasonMemphis30168.215.9301
2013 Regular SeasonMemphis14757.69.9-154
2014 PostseasonMemphis37373.711.2226
2014 Regular SeasonMemphis37373.711.20
2015 PostseasonMemphis22952.19.2-144
2015 Regular SeasonMemphis22952.19.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Southern Miss

Week 13 · W 42-24 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

49

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

49 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ SMU

Week 9 · L 13-44 · Conference game

35

Receiving Yards

84.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

35 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Rice

Week 6 · W 14-10 · Conference game

35

Receiving Yards

83.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

35 receiving yards with a 77.8 efficiency score.

#4

vs BYU

Week 1 · W 55-48 · Postseason

69

Receiving Yards

80.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

69 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Tulane

Week 11 · W 37-23 · Conference game

46

Receiving Yards

79.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

46 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Postseason · Memphis

373 primary output · 73.7 efficiency · 11.2 usage

69.1

#2

2014 Regular Season · Memphis

69.1

373 primary · 73.7 efficiency · 11.2 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · Memphis

67.5

301 primary · 68.2 efficiency · 15.9 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games