Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Rice
Alex Lyons
LB • 6'1" • DeSoto, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Alex Lyons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
86
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
84
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Alex Lyons built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from DeSoto, TX wearing No. 4, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Alex Lyons' career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 5.5...
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Alex Lyons, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Rice. Alex Lyons shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 91
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 1
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Alex Lyons quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · LB
- Career Tackles
- 91
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Rice
- Top game
- Stanford
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · DeSoto · Rice
- High school pipeline
- DeSoto · 90 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 91 tackles · LB 90th (top 9%) · Conference USA 15th (top 3%) · National 124th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 12 | 91 | 5.5 | 1 | - | 4 | 0 | 66.8 |
Related Context
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Alex Lyons played LB for Rice. Across 5 tracked seasons, Alex Lyons recorded 91 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Rice paired 10.5 primary output with 40.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 40.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Rice
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
40.4
Usage
9.8
Consistency
45.2
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Kentucky: 0. Army: 1. Baylor: 0. North Texas: 0.5. Southern Miss: 0. UTSA: 1.5. Prairie View A&M: 1. Louisiana Tech: 0. Florida Atlantic: 1.5. Charlotte: 0. UTEP: 2. Stanford: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Kentucky: 7 by 29.2. Army: 10 by 51.7. Baylor: 7 by 29.2. North Texas: 9 by 42.5. Southern Miss: 7 by 29.2. UTSA: 6 by 40. Prairie View A&M: 5 by 30.8. Louisiana Tech: 9 by 37.5. Florida Atlantic: 8 by 48.3. Charlotte: 8 by 33.3. UTEP: 8 by 53.3. Stanford: 7 by 59.2
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 9 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
59.2 vs Stanford
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/27 | @ StanfordSplash game | L 17-41 | 7 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs UTEPSplash game | W 44-24 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Charlotte | W 22-21 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Florida Atlantic | L 25-42 | 8 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 16-61 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Prairie View A&M | W 65-44 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs UTSA | L 13-14 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Southern Miss | L 28-44 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs North Texas | L 35-42 | 9 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Baylor | L 10-38 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Army10+ tackles | L 14-31 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | @ Western Kentucky | L 14-46 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Alex Lyons story
Alex Lyons built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from DeSoto, TX wearing No. 4, spending time with Rice. The clearest part of Alex Lyons' career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Rice. 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 Alex Lyons' production has multiple signals. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Rice.
The arc is straightforward: Alex Lyons 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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Rice
2012-2016
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Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Rice | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Rice | 10.5 | 40.4 | 9.8 | 10.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Stanford
Week 13 · L 17-41
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#2
vs UTEP
Week 12 · W 44-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 10 · L 25-42 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
66.1 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.
#4
vs UTSA
Week 7 · L 13-14 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
46.4 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Army
Week 2 · L 14-31
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Havoc Plays
45 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Rice
10.5 primary output · 40.4 efficiency · 9.8 usage
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#2
2012 Regular Season · Rice
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Rice
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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