Running back, Akron (from Colorado State), 2011–⁠15

Donnell Alexander

Number
No. 8
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Blue Springs, MO

Donnell Alexander played running back at Colorado State (2011–⁠13) and Akron (2014–⁠15).

Career highs

143rushing yards, career highvs. Buffalo, 20152rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Buffalo, 2015

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2012Colorado State1175875.0437
2013Colorado State714286.0270
2015Akron1074994.7335
Career2951,5145.1970

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Colorado State171559.1037
2013Colorado State211788.5134
2015Akron1−2−2.000
Career393318.5137

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2012Colorado State3760
2013Colorado State2720
Career51480

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonTeamGSoloAstTkl
2012Colorado State9101
2015EAkron12 of 13459

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Colorado State8RB
2012Colorado State8RB
2013Colorado State8RB
2014Akron8RB
2015Akron8RB5′11″

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.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2013Colorado State900.2898th (n=226)0.0725.311%0.18
2015Akron1070.0324th (n=268)0.123.114%0.00

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2015 Akron 11 games, 499 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 5atOklahomaL 3–⁠417160–––
Sep 19vs.Savannah StateW 52–⁠911780–––
Sep 26atLouisianaW 35–⁠14137001−20
Oct 3vs.OhioL 12–⁠14110–––
Oct 10atEastern MichiganW 47–⁠2121780–––
Oct 17atBowling GreenL 10–⁠597140–––
Nov 7atMassachusettsW 17–⁠13130–––
Nov 14atMiami (OH)W 37–⁠285330–––
Nov 21vs.BuffaloW 42–⁠21241432–––
Nov 27vs.Kent StateW 20–⁠08400–––
Dec 22 ✦vs.Utah StateW 23–⁠219231–––
2013 Colorado State 11 games, 428 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 1vs.ColoradoL 27–⁠4121802110
Sep 14vs.Cal PolyW 34–⁠1712311–––
Sep 21atAlabamaL 6–⁠312−402120
Sep 28vs.UTEPW 59–⁠427510180
Oct 12vs.San José StateL 27–⁠345410170
Oct 19atWyomingW 52–⁠22157711341
Oct 26atHawai’iW 35–⁠287810190
Nov 2vs.Boise StateL 30–⁠4296703170
Nov 9vs.NevadaW 38–⁠1722204370
Nov 30vs.Air ForceW 58–⁠1331303260
Dec 21 ✦vs.Washington StateW 48–⁠4573103170
2012 Colorado State 9 games, 587 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDRecRec ydsRec TD
Sep 1vs.ColoradoW 22–⁠1786601190
Sep 8vs.North Dakota StateL 7–⁠22125902190
Sep 15atSan José StateL 20–⁠4062305310
Oct 6vs.Fresno StateL 7–⁠283301370
Oct 13atSan Diego StateL 14–⁠3831301100
Nov 3atWyomingL 31–⁠452011413230
Nov 10vs.UNLVW 33–⁠11211392280
Nov 17atBoise StateL 14–⁠4220580280
Nov 24vs.New MexicoW 24–⁠20241121–––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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