Cornerback, Nebraska, 2008–⁠11

Alfonzo Dennard

Number
No. 15
Height
5′10″
Hometown
Rochelle, GA
Born
Sep 9, 1989

Alfonzo Dennard played cornerback at Nebraska (2008–⁠11). The New England Patriots took Dennard in round 7, No. 224 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2011
Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year and First-team All-Big Ten
Drafted
No. 224
Round 7, 2012 NFL Draft (New England Patriots)

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010Nebraska4

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLIntPBUFFHur
20091120103030800
20101318123004711
2011102653100600
On file642791342111

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Nebraska15CB
2010Nebraska15CB
2011Nebraska15CB5′10″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Nebraska 4 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 11vs.IdahoW 38–⁠171
Sep 18atWashingtonW 56–⁠211
Sep 25vs.South Dakota StateW 17–⁠31
Nov 13vs.KansasW 20–⁠31
2009 Nebraska 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 25 yards
DateOpponentResultInt

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012
Height5′10″
Weight204 lb
Arm length30″
Hand size9½″
40-yard dash4.55 s
10-yard split1.61 sW
Vertical jump37″
Broad jump10′1″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 26 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2012New England Patriots103503
2013New England Patriots123901
2014New England Patriots41401
NFL career268805

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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