Rufus Alexander
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Linebacker, Oklahoma, to 2006

Rufus Alexander

Born
Apr 12, 1983, in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

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Rufus Alexander played linebacker at Oklahoma (to 2006). The Minnesota Vikings took Alexander in round 6, No. 176 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2006
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and First-team All-Big 12
Drafted
No. 176
Round 6, 2007 NFL Draft (Minnesota Vikings)

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2004 and 2006

All-America: AFCA 2006; Walter Camp second team 2006; AP third team 2006; CBS Sports 2006

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

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2004Oklahoma1
2005Oklahoma1
2006Oklahoma1
On file (2004–⁠06)3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). 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

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFFHur
200512564610214.551929
2006147543118123.51343
On file1318922026.58.5212612

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.

Game by game

2006 Oklahoma 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 14vs.Iowa StateW 34–⁠91
2005 Oklahoma 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 15vs.KansasW 19–⁠31
2004 Oklahoma 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 23vs.KansasW 41–⁠101

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 2007Combine or pro day 2007
Height6′0⅞″
Weight228 lb
Arm length33¾″
Hand size9″
40-yard dash4.80 s
10-yard split1.72 s
Vertical jump35″
Broad jump9′9″
Bench press25 reps
3-cone drill7.06 s
20-yard shuttle4.30 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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