Alexander McPherson
Penn State Nittany Lions
76
Solid

Alexander McPherson

Penn State Nittany LionsAverage
LDEDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Colorado
2nd String / Backup

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Alexander McPherson is listed 2nd string at LDE for Penn State Nittany Lions.

Sophomore · #33 · 6'6", 254 lbs

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Depth at LDE · Penn State Nittany Lions

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Penn State Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the Big Ten

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Up next for Penn State

Penn State plays Washington away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of IMG Academy, ranked #1,107 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 15 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 76 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,107 NatlTeam Share2%
Stuart, FL
Jersey
#33
Class
SO/TR
Height
6'6"
Weight
254 lbs
Transfer
Colorado

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—150.50.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8656
National Rank
#1107
High School
IMG Academy
Hometown
Bradenton, FL

Why this rating?

On a 87-rated defense; 57th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.88 for competition level) put them -5 vs unit starters → 76.

Team defense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 57% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.88)
Depth-chart adjustment
-5 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WPURTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-17

Oct 17LMICHTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 21-18

Oct 10LUSCTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-23

Oct 3LNUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-13

Sep 26LWISTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-20

Sep 19WBUFFTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-13

Sep 12WTEMTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-9

Alexander McPherson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

15 tkl · 0.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement50%
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