| Brandon Alexander | |
| Image Upright: | 0.95 |
| Team: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers |
| Number: | 37 |
| Position: | Defensive back |
| Birth Date: | September 27, 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lbs: | 190 |
| College: | UCF |
| Playing Years2: | –present |
| Career Footnotes: | |
| Status: | Active |
| Import: | yes |
| Career Highlights: | |
| Cflwestallstar: | , |
| Statlabel1: | Tackles |
| Statvalue1: | 126 |
| Statlabel2: | Interceptions |
| Statvalue2: | 4 |
| Statlabel3: | Quarterback sacks |
| Statvalue3: | 0 |
| Statlabel4: | Forced fumbles |
| Statvalue4: | 4 |
| Cfl: | brandon-alexander/163055/ |
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]
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]
| 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 | ||||