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Darius Alexander

Age
26
Height
6'4"
Weight
310 lbs
College
Toledo
Drafted
2025, No. 65 overall (NYG)
Experience
2nd NFL season

Giants 3-1-1Offense 16thDefense 22nd

Compare with another playerInterior linemen leaderboard

49

Overall

75th of 108 interior linemen

Early read

Most of his numbers are still mostly luck; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

01 / 11

The read

Darius has played 4 games for 4 tackles, 2 solo tackles and 2 assisted tackles, but every advanced number is still mostly luck at this point, so his grade of 49 is a placeholder rather than a verdict.

  • Game to game on pressures per 100 snaps: best 2.8 in Week 4 against ARI, worst 0.0 in Week 5. He beat the typical interior lineman's pressures per 100 snaps in 1 of 4 games.
  • Season rank slipped: 44th to 33rd percentile since Wk 4.
  • Lately he is playing better. Pressures per 100 snaps is 1.7 over the last 2 games (59 snaps), against 0.0 before that. A few plays could easily explain this. Worth watching, not worth believing yet.
  • Back in the lineup: He missed 1 game earlier, then played all of the last 2 games, on the field for about 5 of every 10 plays when he plays.
  • Too early to call: pressures per 100 snaps and tackles for loss per 100 snaps. After 5 games the gaps between interior linemen on those stats are still mostly chance, so we show them without ranking.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 4 games are behind the season figures.

02 / 11

His team

A player is part of a unit. Here is how the New York Giants do at his job, and who he shares the room with.

Darius grades as the Giants' best interior lineman, and the Giants' pass rush ranks 31st of 32.

Giants unit

Pass rush: 31st of 32

  • Sacks per dropback4.5% 26th
  • Pressure per dropback11% 32nd
  • Quarterback hits per dropback11.8% 27th

Ranked among all 32 teams. See every team.

New York Giants interior linemen

His room, by grade

  1. 1Darius Alexander DL49
  2. 2Shelby Harris DL48
  3. 3DJ Reader DL47

Overall grade, 20 to 80, against all interior linemen in the league. A teammate with too few plays to grade is listed without one.

03 / 11

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the interior linemen in the league.
  • Sacks per 100 snaps0.0mostly luck so far
  • Pressures per 100 snaps0.9mostly luck so far
  • Tackles for loss per 100 snaps0.0mostly luck so far

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying interior linemen. Faded bars are still small samples. Outlined bars are stats where, this early, the gaps between players are mostly luck, so they are not ranked yet.

04 / 11

In the league

Every interior lineman in the league as a dot: pick any two stats and see where he sits, who is around him, and who is ahead.

Who is around him on the leaderboards

His best numbers, with the interior linemen just ahead of and behind him. A number is easier to judge beside the names.

Pressures per 100 snaps

The interior linemen just above and below him

  1. 67thLee Hunter Panthers0.9
  2. 68thKhristian Boyd Saints0.9
  3. 69thDarius Alexander Giants0.9
  4. 70thJordan Phillips Dolphins1.0
  5. 71stTyleik Williams Lions1.0

The leader is further up the board.

Tackles for loss per 100 snaps

The interior linemen just above and below him

  1. 74thShy Tuttle Commanders0.0
  2. 75thLee Hunter Panthers0.0
  3. 76thDarius Alexander Giants0.0
  4. 77thTedarrell Slaton Bengals0.0
  5. 78thJordan Elliott Titans0.0

The leader is further up the board.

Build and age against the position

Size and age are not good or bad. They show what kind of interior lineman he is and how he compares physically with the interior linemen in the league.

Height

6'4"

Darius Alexander is taller than 66% of interior linemen.

Weight

310 lbs

Darius Alexander is heavier than 56% of interior linemen.

Age

26

Darius Alexander is younger than 58% of interior linemen.

05 / 11

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among interior linemen after each week, and every game behind it.
WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 4: 42nd percentileWeek 5: 36th percentile36th

Season rank holding near the 36th percentile since Wk 4.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 99 (the best in the league) down to 1 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

Pressures per 100 snaps game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamesnapsSeason rank after
1vs DAL0.018Not yet
3vs TEN0.023Not yet
4vs ARI2.83642nd pct
5vs WAS0.03336th pct

“Not yet” means too little of the season was behind him to rank him fairly against interior linemen. A week-by-week rank needs most of the 80 snaps that grade a full season, so early weeks stay blank for players who see few plays, like kickers. It says nothing about how he played.

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 28 snaps can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

06 / 11

The numbers, in context

Each one against every interior lineman with at least 80 snaps. Right on the strip is better.

Pressures per 100 snaps

Mostly luck so far

0.9

Too early to rank. On 110 snaps, luck still decides who is on top of interior linemen.

Sacks, hits and hurries as Pro Football Reference charts them, for every 100 snaps he plays. A pass rusher is doing his job on plays that never become a sack.

The box score: A sack total misses most of what a rusher does and depends on how many snaps he plays.

Does it show up in winning? Across 158 games league-wide, a good or bad game on pressures per 100 snaps from a interior lineman has not lined up much with his team winning (48% wins in the best third, 37% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 1.7 (59) vs 0.0 before.+9.6grade points up Within the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 110 snaps

Sacks per 100 snaps

Mostly luck so far

0.0

Too early to rank. On 110 snaps, luck still decides who is on top of interior linemen.

Sacks for every 100 snaps he plays. Rare, so it swings fast; pressures are the steadier read.

The box score: A sack total ignores how many snaps he played.

Does it show up in winning? Across 158 games league-wide, a good or bad game on sacks per 100 snaps from a interior lineman has not lined up much with his team winning (39% wins in the best third, 36% in the worst).

Last 2 games: 0.0 (59) vs 0.0 before.No change worth reading.

Small sample: could move a lot · 110 snaps

Tackles for loss per 100 snaps

Mostly luck so far

0.0

Too early to rank. On 110 snaps, luck still decides who is on top of interior linemen.

Plays he ends behind the line of scrimmage, for every 100 snaps.

The box score: Tackles for loss are counted, but never against the snaps he played.

Does it show up in winning? Across 158 games league-wide, teams won 47% of the time when their interior lineman was in the best third on tackles for loss per 100 snaps, and 34% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 0.0 (59) vs 0.0 before.No change worth reading.

Small sample: could move a lot · 110 snaps

07 / 11

Contract & cap

Darius Alexander's deal is 4 years and $6.8M, $1.7M a year. $1.6M of it is guaranteed, 23% of the total.

Per year

$1.7M

average over the deal

Cap hit, 2026

$1.5M

0.5% of the $301.2M cap

Guaranteed

$1.6M

23% of the total, at signing

Runs through

–

4-year deal, final year not tracked

70th-highest paid of the 107 interior linemen we track

Aaron Hall (CAR): $1.0M a yearAdam Butler (LV): $5.5M a yearAdetomiwa Adebawore (IND): $1.2M a yearAdin Huntington (CLE): $995K a yearAlim McNeill (DET): $24.2M a yearArik Armstead (JAX): $14.5M a yearBobby Brown III (CAR): $7.0M a yearBraden Fiske (LAR): $2.4M a yearBrandon Dorlus (ATL): $1.2M a yearByron Murphy II (SEA): $4.0M a yearCalais Campbell (BAL): $5.5M a yearCameron Heyward (PIT): $18.0M a yearChris Jones (KC): $31.8M a yearChris McClellan (GB): $1.8M a yearChristian Barmore (NE): $21.0M a yearColby Wooden (NO): $1.2M a yearCory Durden (NE): $1.1M a yearD.J. Jones (DEN): $13.0M a yearDJ Reader (NYG): $6.2M a yearDaVon Hamilton (JAX): $11.5M a yearDalvin Tomlinson (LAC): $6.5M a yearDarius Robinson (ARI): $3.5M a yearDaron Payne (WAS): $22.5M a yearDarrell Jackson Jr. (NYJ): $1.4M a yearDavon Godchaux (NO): $5.5M a yearDeForest Buckner (IND): $23.0M a yearDeWayne Carter (BUF): $1.4M a yearDeone Walker (BUF): $1.3M a yearDerrick Harmon (PIT): $4.5M a yearDevonte Wyatt (GB): $18.3M a yearDexter Lawrence (CIN): $28.0M a yearFoley Fatukasi (LV): $1.3M a yearGervon Dexter Sr. (ATL): $1.7M a yearGracen Halton (SF): $1.4M a yearGrady Jarrett (CHI): $14.5M a yearGreg Gaines (BUF): $1.5M a yearGrover Stewart (IND): $13.0M a yearHarrison Phillips (NYJ): $7.5M a yearJalen Carter (PHI): $38.0M a yearJamaree Caldwell (LAC): $1.6M a yearJarran Reed (SEA): $7.3M a yearJavon Hargrave (GB): $11.5M a yearJavon Kinlaw (WAS): $15.0M a yearJeffery Simmons (TEN): $35.3M a yearJerry Tillery (IND): $1.5M a yearJonah Laulu (LV): $1.0M a yearJonathan Allen (CIN): $12.5M a yearJonathan Ford (GB): $1.5M a yearJordan Davis (PHI): $26.0M a yearJordan Elliott (TEN): $4.0M a yearJordan Phillips (MIA): $1.2M a yearJoshua Farmer (NE): $1.2M a yearJowon Briggs (NYJ): $1.1M a yearKarl Brooks (GB): $1.0M a yearKeeanu Benton (PIT): $18.0M a yearKenny Clark (DAL): $21.3M a yearKentavius Street (CHI): $1.5M a yearKhristian Boyd (NO): $1.1M a yearKhyiris Tonga (KC): $7.0M a yearKobie Turner (LAR): $1.3M a yearKris Jenkins (CIN): $2.0M a yearLT Overton (DAL): $1.1M a yearLaCale London (ATL): $2.8M a yearLee Hunter (CAR): $2.5M a yearLeonard Williams (SEA): $30.0M a yearLevi Drake Rodriguez (MIN): $1.0M a yearMaason Smith (ATL): $2.0M a yearMalcolm Roach (DEN): $8.8M a yearMaliek Collins (CLE): $10.0M a yearMason Graham (CLE): $10.2M a yearMatt Dickerson (JAX): $1.4M a yearMike Hall Jr. (CLE): $1.8M a yearMilton Williams (NE): $26.0M a yearMoro Ojomo (PHI): $979K a yearNathan Shepherd (NO): $4.3M a yearNazir Stackhouse (TEN): $993K a yearNeville Gallimore (CHI): $5.0M a yearNnamdi Madubuike (BAL): $24.5M a yearOsa Odighizuwa (SF): $20.0M a yearPeter Woods (KC): $4.5M a yearPoona Ford (LAR): $9.2M a yearQuinnen Williams (DAL): $35.3M a yearRoy Lopez (ARI): $5.2M a yearRuke Orhorhoro (JAX): $2.5M a yearShelby Harris (NYG): $3.0M a yearSheldon Rankins (HOU): $8.5M a yearShy Tuttle (WAS): $1.3M a yearSkyler Gill-Howard (DET): $1.2M a yearSolomon Thomas (TEN): $3.0M a yearT'Vondre Sweat (NYJ): $2.4M a yearTeRah Edwards (CAR): $885K a yearTeair Tart (LAC): $10.0M a yearTedarrell Slaton (CIN): $7.0M a yearThomas Booker (LV): $3.7M a yearTim Settle (WAS): $8.0M a yearTommy Togiai (HOU): $2.7M a yearTonka Hemingway (LV): $1.2M a yearTravis Jones (BAL): $13.5M a yearTyleik Williams (DET): $4.1M a yearTyler Davis (LAR): $1.1M a yearVernon Broughton (NO): $1.7M a yearVita Vea (TB): $30.0M a yearWalter Nolen (ARI): $4.8M a yearYahya Black (PIT): $1.1M a yearZach Sieler (MIA): $21.3M a yearZeek Biggers (MIA): $1.1M a yearDarius Alexander: $1.7M a yearAlexander $1.7M$0$38.0M
Each dot is one of the interior linemen on the teams we track, placed by what he is paid a year.

Pay against play

Early read

Among the 107 interior linemen we have a grade and a contract for, Darius Alexander is 74th on the field and 70th in pay. His grade is still an early read, so this says nothing yet about whether his pay is fair.

On the field (overall grade)74 of 107
In pay70 of 107

Ranks are among the 107 interior linemen on the teams we track who have both a grade and a contract. A rank near the right of a bar is better play or higher pay.

Contract figures as of 2026-10-12, read from public cap sites (StickToTheModel team cap pages and OverTheCap contracts list and player pages) into a file we keep by hand, for all 32 teams. A deal signed, cut or reworked since may differ, and cap hits are rounded to $0.1M.

08 / 11

Playing time

He has played in 3 of his team's 4 games with snap counts, on the field for about 41% of the team's defensive plays when he plays.

Back in the lineup. He missed 1 game earlier, then played all of the last 2 games, on the field for about 5 of every 10 plays when he plays.

Each column is a game: the share of his team's defensive snaps he played. 80% means about 8 of every 10 plays. “Out” means he did not play; a question mark means snap counts are not posted yet. Shaded games are the recent stretch.

09 / 11

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level. A dash means that number is not in yet (charting posts a day or two after a game), not a zero.

Pressures per 100 snapsHigher is better

▲ Best game
2.8per 100 snapsWeek 4 ARI, W 36–241 pressure in 36 snaps
▼ Worst game
0.0per 100 snapsWeek 5 WAS, T 27–270 pressures in 33 snaps

Tackles for loss per 100 snapsHigher is better

▲ Best game
0.0per 100 snapsWeek 1 DAL, W 28–200 tackles for loss in 18 snaps
▼ Worst game
0.0per 100 snapsWeek 5 WAS, T 27–270 tackles for loss in 33 snaps
Darius Alexander game by game
GameResultSnapsTklSoloAstTFLSacksPressPBUIntMissedPressures/100TFL/100
Wk 1 vs DALW 28–2031%0000000000.00.0
Wk 3 vs TENW 12–738%0000000000.00.0
Wk 4 vs ARIW 36–2455%2110010002.80.0
Wk 5 vs WAST 27–27–2110––0––0.00.0

10 / 11

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among interior linemen. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.
Darius Alexander box score totals
StatTotalRank
Tackles499th of 108
Solo tackles278th of 108
Assisted tackles298th of 108
Tackles for loss068th of 108
Sacks044th of 108
Pressures164th of 108
Passes defended033rd of 108
Interceptions01st of 108
Missed tackles045th of 108 (most)

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Players with a similar profile

The interior linemen whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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