Player Dossier

2011-2015

Memphis

Alan Cross

TE • 6'1" • Millington, TN, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Alan Cross reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

25

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

19

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

35

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Memphis
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss

Player 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,...

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Alan Cross, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Memphis. Alan Cross reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,050
Receptions
90
Touchdowns
15

Quick Answers

Alan Cross quick answers

Latest team and position
Memphis · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,050
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 41 games
Best season
2014 Postseason · Memphis
Top game
Southern Miss
Latest roster
No. 40 · Class 2015
2015 Receiving yards rank
229 receiving yards · TE 66th (top 22%) · American Athletic 51st (top 29%) · National 537th (top 28%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonMemphis0-00-
2012 Regular SeasonMemphis1123301567.5
2013 Regular SeasonMemphis814147249.3
2014 PostseasonMemphis12369169.1
2014 Regular SeasonMemphis1225304469.1
2015 PostseasonMemphis1010050.3
2015 Regular SeasonMemphis1024229350.3

Related Context

Alan Cross played TE for Memphis. Across 5 tracked seasons, Alan Cross recorded -1 rushing yards, 1,050 receiving yards, and 15 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason

Memphis paired 373 primary output with 73.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 57.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 87.5th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2013 Regular Season · Memphis

Games

8

Receiving Yards / G

18.4

Efficiency

57.6

Usage

9.9

Consistency

66.9

Best Game by takeover score

Cincinnati

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Duke: 1. Middle Tennessee: 7. Arkansas State: 19. UCF: 26. Cincinnati: 31. UT Martin: 32. Temple: 25. UConn: 6

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. Duke: 1 by 6.7. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 23.3. Arkansas State: 3 by 42.2. UCF: 1 by 100. Cincinnati: 3 by 68.9. UT Martin: 1 by 100. Temple: 1 by 100. UConn: 2 by 20

Split Comparison

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

Wins25.5 · Games = 2 · +9.5 vs Losses
Losses16 · Games = 6 · -9.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Cincinnati

Best efficiency game

100 vs Temple

Result
Sat 12/7@ UConnL 10-45263306
Sat 11/30vs TempleL 21-411252525025
Sat 11/9vs UT MartinW 21-61323232032
Thu 10/31vs CincinnatiL 21-3433110.310.30016
Sat 10/5vs UCFL 17-241262626026
Sat 9/21vs Arkansas StateW 31-73196.36.30112
Sat 9/14@ Middle TennesseeL 15-17273.53.5016
Sat 9/7vs DukeL 14-28111101

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

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    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

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#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