Brandon Alexander (born September 27, 1993) is an American professional football defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL).[1]
Professional career
In his rookie season in 2017, Alexander was the team's nominee for the most outstanding rookie in the CFL.[2] Alexander won the 107th Grey Cup with the Blue Bombers when they defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33–12.[3] He had an interception early in that game when he grabbed Dane Evans' first pass of the game, this was one of seven turnovers created by Winnipeg.[3]
Alexander signed a one-year contract extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on January 11, 2021.[4] Throughout the season, Alexander continued to build his reputation as a hard hitting safety for the Blue Bombers, with several bone crunching hits delivered to his opponents. While being named both a CFL West All-Star and CFL All-Star at safety for the first time, Alexander helped rebuild the Blue Bombers' secondary and recorded 36 tackles, two interceptions and one forced fumble as part of a defence that allowed a league-low 12.9 points per game.[5] In his second CFL season, Alexander competed in his second championships when the team went to the 108th Grey Cup against the hometown Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Bombers would trail for much of the second, third, and fourth quarters. Alexander would go on to contribute two tackles in a tough battle as the Bombers would go on to win their second consecutive Grey Cup in overtime by a score of 33–25.[6]
CFL statistics
| Defence | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | ST | Sacks | Int | TD | FF | |||
| 2017 | WPG | 15 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 2018 | WPG | 14 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2019 | WPG | 10 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | WPG | Season cancelled | |||||||||
| 2021 | WPG | 13 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| CFL totals | 52 | 162 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||
References
- ^ "Brandon Alexander". Canadian Football League. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
- ^ "Harris, Randle, Bryant, Medlock and Alexander also up for CFL awards". Winnipeg Sun. November 1, 2017.
- ^ a b "5 game-changing moments from 107th Grey Cup between the Bombers and Ticats". CBC Sports. November 24, 2019.
- ^ "Winnipeg Blue Bombers agree to terms on one-year extension with safety Brandon Alexander". BlueBombers.com. January 11, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ "Hard-hitting Winnipeg safety Brandon Alexander doesn't care about his reputation in opposing locker rooms". 3DownNation. December 9, 2021.
- ^ Dan Ralph (December 12, 2021). "Blue Bombers defeat Tiger-Cats 33-25 in OT to repeat as Grey Cup champions". CBC Sports.
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