2024 Spring Football Roster
Jersey Number 18
Kam Alexander
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Manvel, Texas
- High School:
- Manvel HS
- Prev School:
- Sam Houston/UTSA
Bio
As A Redshirt Junior at UTSA (2023)
» All-AAC first team (coaches)
» Frisco Bowl Defensive MVP
Played in 13 games for the Roadrunners while making nine starts … An all-AAC first-team selection by the league’s coaches … Finished with 34 total tackles (32 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss, a sack, two interceptions and 17 passes defended … Tied for fifth in the nation with 17 passes defended, and tied for fourth nationally with 15 pass breakups … Broke up at least one pass in 10 of 13 games, including four games with multiple PBUs … One of just 17 players nationally with at least 17 passes defended … Played 665 total snaps, including 597 on defense … Ranked fifth among all AAC cornerbacks with an 80.7 overall grade from Pro Football Focus, and fifth with an 82.1 coverage grade … at Houston (Sept. 2): Opened the season with a season-high six solo tackles and a pass breakup … at No. 17 Tennessee (Sept. 23): Broke up a season-high three passes, the first of four straight games with multiple passes defended … at Temple (Oct. 7): Matched season-high with six tackles while adding two PBUs … vs. UAB (Oct. 14): Pulled in first interception of the season, returning it 15 yards … at North Texas (Nov. 4): Made five solo tackles and broke up a pass … vs. Marshall (Dec. 19): Named the Defensive MVP of the Frisco Bowl after recording second interception of the season, first career sack and three passes defended … Returned interception 57 yards … Earned a season-best 81.7 overall grade from PFF with an 80.3 coverage grade.
As A Junior at Sam Houston (2022)
Played in four games for the Bearkats, utilizing a redshirt … Finished with 14 total tackles, half a TFL and an interception … Played 287 total snaps, including 269 on defense … at Texas A&M (Sept. 3): Picked off a pass and ran it back 33 yards … vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (Sept. 17): Made six total tackles (five solo) and assisted on a TFL … vs. Stephen F. Austin (Oct. 1): Finished with five solo tackles.
As A Sophomore At Sam Houston (2021)
Played in all 12 games, making one start against Lamar (Oct. 9) … Finished with 18 total tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions, six pass breakups and a forced fumble … Was also the team’s primary kick returner, running back 14 kicks for 272 yards with a long return of 35 yards … Played 355 total snaps on defense and 149 on special teams … Earned a 75.7 overall grade from Pro Football Focus … at Northern Arizona (Sept. 2): Impressed in the season opener with three solo tackles, a pair of TFLs and a forced fumble … Also recorded a season-long 35-yard kickoff return … vs. Lamar (Oct. 9): Pulled in first career interception in first career start while also logging a TFL … vs. Dixie State (Nov. 6): Notched fourth TFL of the season and broke up a pass … at Abilene Christian (Nov. 20): Returned second interception of the season 13 yards.
As a Sophomore At Sam Houston (2020)
Played in all 10 games while helping the Bearkats go undefeated en route to winning the 2020 FCS Championship … Finished with 16 total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and eight pass breakups … Recorded a PBU in seven of 10 games, including each of the first four … Also returned 11 kickoffs for 231 yards with a long return of 56 yards … Played 297 defensive snaps … at Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 27): Made three solo tackles, broke up a pass and returned two kicks for 38 yards in season opener … vs. Nicholls (March 13): Recorded a TFL and two pass breakups, including one that resulted in a 24-yard pick-six by teammate Jahari Kay … at Lamar (March 20): Provided a spark on special teams with a career-long 56-yard kickoff return while also assisting on a TFL and breaking up a pass on defense … vs. Monmouth (April 24): Finished with a season-high four total tackles and a pass breakup … vs. North Dakota State (May 2): Logged three solo tackles and a pass breakup in the FCS Playoff quarterfinals.
As A Freshman At Sam Houston (2019)
Played in six games as a true freshman for the Bearkats … Finished with four tackles, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery … Had two tackles each against Oklahoma Panhandle State (Sept. 7) and Houston Baptist (Nov. 23) … Recovered a fumble vs. OPSU and broke up a pass against HBU.
High School
Was defensive back and kick returner at Manvel HS … Unanimous all-district selection … Regional qualifier in long jump … Clocked at a 4.39 40-yard dash.
» All-AAC first team (coaches)
» Frisco Bowl Defensive MVP
Played in 13 games for the Roadrunners while making nine starts … An all-AAC first-team selection by the league’s coaches … Finished with 34 total tackles (32 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss, a sack, two interceptions and 17 passes defended … Tied for fifth in the nation with 17 passes defended, and tied for fourth nationally with 15 pass breakups … Broke up at least one pass in 10 of 13 games, including four games with multiple PBUs … One of just 17 players nationally with at least 17 passes defended … Played 665 total snaps, including 597 on defense … Ranked fifth among all AAC cornerbacks with an 80.7 overall grade from Pro Football Focus, and fifth with an 82.1 coverage grade … at Houston (Sept. 2): Opened the season with a season-high six solo tackles and a pass breakup … at No. 17 Tennessee (Sept. 23): Broke up a season-high three passes, the first of four straight games with multiple passes defended … at Temple (Oct. 7): Matched season-high with six tackles while adding two PBUs … vs. UAB (Oct. 14): Pulled in first interception of the season, returning it 15 yards … at North Texas (Nov. 4): Made five solo tackles and broke up a pass … vs. Marshall (Dec. 19): Named the Defensive MVP of the Frisco Bowl after recording second interception of the season, first career sack and three passes defended … Returned interception 57 yards … Earned a season-best 81.7 overall grade from PFF with an 80.3 coverage grade.
As A Junior at Sam Houston (2022)
Played in four games for the Bearkats, utilizing a redshirt … Finished with 14 total tackles, half a TFL and an interception … Played 287 total snaps, including 269 on defense … at Texas A&M (Sept. 3): Picked off a pass and ran it back 33 yards … vs. Texas A&M-Commerce (Sept. 17): Made six total tackles (five solo) and assisted on a TFL … vs. Stephen F. Austin (Oct. 1): Finished with five solo tackles.
As A Sophomore At Sam Houston (2021)
Played in all 12 games, making one start against Lamar (Oct. 9) … Finished with 18 total tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, two interceptions, six pass breakups and a forced fumble … Was also the team’s primary kick returner, running back 14 kicks for 272 yards with a long return of 35 yards … Played 355 total snaps on defense and 149 on special teams … Earned a 75.7 overall grade from Pro Football Focus … at Northern Arizona (Sept. 2): Impressed in the season opener with three solo tackles, a pair of TFLs and a forced fumble … Also recorded a season-long 35-yard kickoff return … vs. Lamar (Oct. 9): Pulled in first career interception in first career start while also logging a TFL … vs. Dixie State (Nov. 6): Notched fourth TFL of the season and broke up a pass … at Abilene Christian (Nov. 20): Returned second interception of the season 13 yards.
As a Sophomore At Sam Houston (2020)
Played in all 10 games while helping the Bearkats go undefeated en route to winning the 2020 FCS Championship … Finished with 16 total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and eight pass breakups … Recorded a PBU in seven of 10 games, including each of the first four … Also returned 11 kickoffs for 231 yards with a long return of 56 yards … Played 297 defensive snaps … at Southeastern Louisiana (Feb. 27): Made three solo tackles, broke up a pass and returned two kicks for 38 yards in season opener … vs. Nicholls (March 13): Recorded a TFL and two pass breakups, including one that resulted in a 24-yard pick-six by teammate Jahari Kay … at Lamar (March 20): Provided a spark on special teams with a career-long 56-yard kickoff return while also assisting on a TFL and breaking up a pass on defense … vs. Monmouth (April 24): Finished with a season-high four total tackles and a pass breakup … vs. North Dakota State (May 2): Logged three solo tackles and a pass breakup in the FCS Playoff quarterfinals.
As A Freshman At Sam Houston (2019)
Played in six games as a true freshman for the Bearkats … Finished with four tackles, a pass breakup and a fumble recovery … Had two tackles each against Oklahoma Panhandle State (Sept. 7) and Houston Baptist (Nov. 23) … Recovered a fumble vs. OPSU and broke up a pass against HBU.
High School
Was defensive back and kick returner at Manvel HS … Unanimous all-district selection … Regional qualifier in long jump … Clocked at a 4.39 40-yard dash.
