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1 7 F O O T B A L L ME D I A G U I D E
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Played in 13 games, making five starts ... Made 44 tackles including 2.0 for loss
... Recorded two interceptions and defended nine passes ... Made two tackles
against Tennessee ... Had four tackles and an interception versus Boston
College ... Had three tackles against ECU ... Made one stop against North
Carolina ... Had three tackles against Syracuse ... Made a tackle against Miami
... Recorded four stops versus Pittsburgh ... Had three tackles against Duke and
returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown ... Was in on one stop against
Georgia Tech ... Recorded nine tackles against Notre Dame ... Had four tackles
and an interception against Virginia ... Tallied seven tackles against Clemson ...
Had two tackles against Arkansas in the Belk Bowl.
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Made seven starts appearing in 11 total games … Logged 530 plays, including
459 as rover and 71 on special teams … Made 51 total tackles with four
interceptions … Made three solo tackles against No. 1 Ohio State … Caught
first career interception vs. Furman … Started at Purdue making seven tackles
and an interception … Started at East Carolina and registered a career-high of
nine total tackles …Started versus Pittsburgh recording eight tackles …Started
versus NC State making seven tackles with one interception … Recorded six
tackles after starting at Miami … Tied a career-high of nine tackles with a half
tackle for loss after starting versus No. 23 Duke … Made one tackle at Georgia
Tech … Appeared in the game at Virginia.
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Enrolled at Tech in January after graduating high school early … Earned Iron
Hokie honors in spring max testing … Posted a 41-inch vertical jump to go
along with a 375-pound squat and a 315-pound power clean.
H I GH SCHOOL
Played football at Independence High for Coach Joe Evans … A first-team all-
state selection by The Associated Press … Named to the Charlotte Observer’s
All-Mecklenburg second-team football as a junior and the third-team as a senior
… Finished with 105 tackles and two interceptions as a senior … Was an all-
conference safety as both a junior and senior … Rated as the No. 28 player in
the state of North Carolina by Rivals … Listed as the No. 65 safety in the country
and the No. 27 player in the state of North Carolina by 247Sports … Ranked
as the No. 107 safety in the country and the No. 48 player in the state by ESPN
Recruiting Nation … Rated as the No. 84 safety in the country by Scout.
PERSONAL
Adonis K. Alexander … Born November 7, 1996 in Charlotte, N.C. … Son of
Debra Alexander and Harry Seymour … Has two younger brothers … Currently
enrolled in University Studies.
6-3 · 197 · JUNIOR · CHARLOTTE, N.C. · INDEPENDENCE
RETURNING PLAYER PROFILES
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A D O N I S
AL EXANDER
CB
SEASON GP GS SOLO AST TOTAL TFL-YDS NO-YDS INT BU PD QBH RCV FF KICK
2015 12 8 37 18 55 0.5-1 0.0-0 4 6 10 0 0 0
0
2016 13 5 31 13 44 2.0-5 0.0-0 2 7 9 1 0 0
0
Career 25 13 68 31 99 2.5-6 0.0-0 6 13 19 1 0 0
0
SEASON GP GS NO. YDS AVG
TD LONG NO.
YDS AVG TD LONG
2015 12 8 4 -4 -1.0
0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2016 13 5 2 -1 -0.5
0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
Career 25 13 6 -5 -0.8
0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0
FUMBLES
PASS DEFENSE
SACKS
FUMBLE RETURNS
TACKLES
INTERCEPTION RETURNS
BLOCKED
ADONIS
ALEXANDER