7 Desmond Alexander
Desmond Alexander
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    190
  • Hometown:
    Des Moines, Iowa
  • Position:
    RB
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • High School:
    Roosevelt
  • gp
    9
  • tk
    0.0
  • sac
    0.0
  • int
    0
  • ffum
    0

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • Three-year Letterwinner (2019, 2021-22)
2022 | senior
  • Led the team with 559 rushing yards on 148 attempts
  • Scored five touchdowns on the year, three on the ground and two through the air
  • Added 14 receptions for 116 yards out of the backfield
  • Broke the 100-yard barrier with a 26-carry, 104-yard effort against Central
  • Recorded the first multi-touchdown game of his career against Nebraska Wesleyan, scoring two on the ground while adding 76 rushing yards
2021 | junior
  • Appeared in all but one game for the Storm, carrying the ball 118 times for 333 yards and two touchdowns
  • Showed his versatility as a receiver out of the backfield, adding on 12 receptions.
  • Also returned kicks for the Storm, recording over 20 yards a return
2020 | sophomore
  • Did not appear in the Storm’s only game that season
2019 | freshman
  • Returned five kicks for a total of 42 yards to average 8.4 yards per return
  • Averaged 1.8 yards per carry at running back on nine rushes
Personal
  • Majoring in sports communication
  • Writer for the Simpsonian

 

 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14
  Overall Conf
Solo tackles 0 0
Assists 0 0
Tackles 0.0 0.0
Tackles per game .0 .0
Sacks 0.0 0.0
Sack yards 0 0
Interceptions 0 0
Returned for touchdown - -
Fumble recoveries 0 0
Fumble return TDs - -
Tackle for loss 0.0 0.0
Tackle for loss yards 0 0

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 17 41 2.4 12 0 - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 28 100 3.6 15 0 - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 8 20 2.5 5 0 1 1
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 12 9 0.8 8 0 - -
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 15 85 5.7 39 1 - -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 7 36 5.1 8 0 - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 18 86 4.8 19 1 - -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 7 -1 -0.1 4 0 - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 5 30 6.0 19 0 - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 4 36 9.0 13 1 - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 3 19 6.3 9 1 1 1
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 1 4 4.0 4 0 - -
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 1 3 3.0 3 0 - -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 2 10 5.0 11 0 - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 3 17 5.7 11 0 - -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 0 0 - 0 0 - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 - - - - - 0
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 - - - - - 0
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 - - - - - 0
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 - - - - - 0
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 - - - - - 0
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 - - - - - 0
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - -

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 2 51 25.5 26 0 - - - - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 6 114 19.0 42 0 - - - - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 1 41 30 - - 71
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 1 100 36 - - 136
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 1 20 19 - - 39
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 1 9 4 - - 13
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 1 85 3 - - 88
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 1 36 10 - 51 97
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 1 86 17 - - 103
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 1 - - - - 0
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 1 -1 0 - 114 113
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - -

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 6 0 1 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 6 0 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 6 1 0 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 2 Augustana (Ill.) L, 49-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at Crown (Minn.) W, 48-46 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Neb. Wesleyan L, 21-13 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Sep 23 Wartburg L, 63-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Buena Vista W, 55-28 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 14 Coe L, 28-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Luther W, 56-14 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 28 Dubuque L, 45-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Loras L, 82-16 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Central (Iowa) L, 69-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2019-20 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 35 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2019-20 7 9 16 2.3 1.8 0 4 - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 9 118 333 37.0 2.8 2 30 1 0
2022-23 10 148 559 55.9 3.8 3 38 3 2
2023-24 9 112 376 41.8 3.4 2 39 1 1
Total 35 387 1284 36.7 3.3 7 39 5 3

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2019-20 7 - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 9 12 1.3 86 9.6 7.2 0 28
2022-23 10 14 1.4 116 11.6 8.3 2 21
2023-24 9 19 2.1 119 13.2 6.3 2 19
Total 35 45 1.3 321 9.2 7.1 4 28

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2019-20 7 - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 - - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 9 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 9 - - - - - - - 0
Total 35 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2019-20 7 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 9 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 9 - - - - - - - -
Total 35 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2019-20 5 42 8.4 0 15 - - - - -
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 7 142 20.3 0 33 - - - - -
2022-23 1 21 21.0 0 21 - - - - -
2023-24 8 165 20.6 0 42 - - - - -
Total 21 370 17.6 0 42 - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2019-20 7 16 - - 42 58 8.3
2020-21 - - - - - 0 -
2021-22 9 333 86 - 142 561 62.3
2022-23 10 559 116 - 21 696 69.6
2023-24 9 376 119 - 165 660 73.3
Total 35 1284 321 - 370 1975 56.4

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2019-20 0 0.0 0 - 0 - - - - - - 0
2020-21 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 12 1.3 2 0 0 - - - - - - 0
2022-23 30 3.0 3 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
2023-24 24 2.7 2 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
Total 66 1.9 7 4 0 - - - - - 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2019-20 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 9 2 0 2.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 9 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 35 2 0 2.0 .1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Splits Stats - Passing

    gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event Total 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 9 112 376 41.8 3.4 2 39 1 1
Conference 7 67 235 33.6 3.5 2 39 1 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 36 86 21.5 2.4 0 12 - -
Away 5 76 290 58.0 3.8 2 39 1 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 61 271 90.3 4.4 2 39 - -
Losses 6 51 105 17.5 2.1 0 12 1 1
Month September 5 80 255 51.0 3.2 1 39 1 1
October 3 25 122 40.7 4.9 1 19 - -
November 1 7 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0 4 - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 9 19 2.1 119 13.2 6.3 2 19
Conference 7 10 1.4 53 7.6 5.3 1 11
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 8 2.0 44 11.0 5.5 0 19
Away 5 11 2.2 75 15.0 6.8 2 13
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 8 2.7 56 18.7 7.0 1 13
Losses 6 11 1.8 63 10.5 5.7 1 19
Month September 5 14 2.8 92 18.4 6.6 2 19
October 3 5 1.7 27 9.0 5.4 0 11
November 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 - 0 0

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 9 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 4 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 3 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 5 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 1 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 9 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month September 5 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 1 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total 8 165 20.6 0 42 - - - - -
Conference 8 165 20.6 0 42 - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 2 51 25.5 0 26 - - - - -
Away 6 114 19.0 0 42 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses 8 165 20.6 0 42 - - - - -
Month September - - - - - - - - - -
October 2 51 25.5 0 26 - - - - -
November 6 114 19.0 0 42 - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 9 376 119 - 165 660 73.3
Conference 7 235 53 - 165 453 64.7
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 4 86 44 - 51 181 45.3
Away 5 290 75 - 114 479 95.8
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 3 271 56 - - 327 109.0
Losses 6 105 63 - 165 333 55.5
Month September 5 255 92 - - 347 69.4
October 3 122 27 - 51 200 66.7
November 1 -1 0 - 114 113 113.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 24 2.7 2 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
Conference 18 2.6 2 1 0 - - - - - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Away 24 4.8 2 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 18 6.0 2 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Losses 6 1.0 0 1 0 - - - - - 0 0
Month September 18 3.6 1 2 - - - - - - 0 0
October 6 2.0 1 0 0 - - - - - 0 0
November 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 9 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 7 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Losses 6 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month September 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 3 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
November 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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