7 Desmond Alexander
Desmond Alexander
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    190
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Des Moines, Iowa
  • High School:
    Roosevelt
  • Position:
    RB
  • gp
    10
  • 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
Oct 8 at Dubuque L, 66-14
Oct 15 Loras L, 63-21
Oct 22 at Central (Iowa) L, 49-17
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 74-41
Nov 5 at Wartburg L, 81-9
Nov 12 Buena Vista L, 26-21
  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 - -

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 10 at Waldorf L, 54-21 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 35-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Coe L, 48-10 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Luther L, 33-23 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Dubuque L, 66-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Loras L, 63-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Central (Iowa) L, 49-17 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 74-41 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Wartburg L, 81-9 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Buena Vista L, 26-21 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 10 at Waldorf L, 54-21 17 45 2.6 8 0 - -
Sep 17 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 35-14 19 97 5.1 16 0 - -
Sep 24 at Coe L, 48-10 16 69 4.3 19 0 - -
Oct 1 Luther L, 33-23 18 72 4.0 19 0 1 1
Oct 8 at Dubuque L, 66-14 17 35 2.1 9 0 - -
Oct 15 Loras L, 63-21 17 20 1.2 8 0 1 1
Oct 22 at Central (Iowa) L, 49-17 26 104 4.0 12 0 - -
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 74-41 10 76 7.6 38 2 - -
Nov 5 at Wartburg L, 81-9 - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Buena Vista L, 26-21 8 41 5.1 9 1 1 0

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 10 at Waldorf L, 54-21 1 9 9.0 9 1 - -
Sep 17 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 35-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Coe L, 48-10 2 14 7.0 10 1 - -
Oct 1 Luther L, 33-23 7 48 6.9 20 0 1 1
Oct 8 at Dubuque L, 66-14 4 45 11.3 21 0 - -
Oct 15 Loras L, 63-21 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 22 at Central (Iowa) L, 49-17 0 0 - 0 0 - -
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 74-41 - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Wartburg L, 81-9 - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Buena Vista L, 26-21 - - - - - 1 0

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 10 at Waldorf L, 54-21 - - - - - 0
Sep 17 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 35-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 24 at Coe L, 48-10 - - - - - 0
Oct 1 Luther L, 33-23 - - - - - 0
Oct 8 at Dubuque L, 66-14 - - - - - 0
Oct 15 Loras L, 63-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 22 at Central (Iowa) L, 49-17 - - - - - 0
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 74-41 - - - - - 0
Nov 5 at Wartburg L, 81-9 - - - - - 0
Nov 12 Buena Vista L, 26-21 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 10 at Waldorf L, 54-21 - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 35-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Coe L, 48-10 - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Luther L, 33-23 - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Dubuque L, 66-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Loras L, 63-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Central (Iowa) L, 49-17 - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 74-41 - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Wartburg L, 81-9 - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Buena Vista L, 26-21 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 10 at Waldorf L, 54-21 1 21 21.0 21 0 - - - - -
Sep 17 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 35-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Coe L, 48-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 1 Luther L, 33-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Dubuque L, 66-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Loras L, 63-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Central (Iowa) L, 49-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 74-41 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Wartburg L, 81-9 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Buena Vista L, 26-21 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 10 at Waldorf L, 54-21 1 45 9 - 21 75
Sep 17 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 35-14 1 97 - - - 97
Sep 24 at Coe L, 48-10 1 69 14 - - 83
Oct 1 Luther L, 33-23 1 72 48 - - 120
Oct 8 at Dubuque L, 66-14 1 35 45 - - 80
Oct 15 Loras L, 63-21 1 20 - - - 20
Oct 22 at Central (Iowa) L, 49-17 1 104 0 - - 104
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 74-41 1 76 - - - 76
Nov 5 at Wartburg L, 81-9 1 - - - - 0
Nov 12 Buena Vista L, 26-21 1 41 - - - 41

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 10 at Waldorf L, 54-21 6 0 1 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 17 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 35-14 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 24 at Coe L, 48-10 6 0 1 - - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 1 Luther L, 33-23 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 8 at Dubuque L, 66-14 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 15 Loras L, 63-21 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 22 at Central (Iowa) L, 49-17 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 74-41 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 5 at Wartburg L, 81-9 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 12 Buena Vista L, 26-21 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 10 at Waldorf L, 54-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 17 at Wis.-Stevens Point L, 35-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 24 at Coe L, 48-10 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 1 Luther L, 33-23 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 8 at Dubuque L, 66-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 15 Loras L, 63-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 22 at Central (Iowa) L, 49-17 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 74-41 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 5 at Wartburg L, 81-9 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 12 Buena Vista L, 26-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

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 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location Home 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result Wins 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

    gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event Total 10 148 559 55.9 3.8 3 38 3 2
Conference 8 112 417 52.1 3.7 3 38 3 2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 53 209 52.3 3.9 3 38 3 2
Away 6 95 350 58.3 3.7 0 19 - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 1 10 76 76.0 7.6 2 38 - -
Losses 9 138 483 53.7 3.5 1 19 3 2
Month September 3 52 211 70.3 4.1 0 19 - -
October 5 88 307 61.4 3.5 2 38 2 2
November 2 8 41 20.5 5.1 1 9 1 0

Splits Stats - Receiving

    gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event Total 10 14 1.4 116 11.6 8.3 2 21
Conference 8 13 1.6 107 13.4 8.2 1 21
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 7 1.8 48 12.0 6.9 0 20
Away 6 7 1.2 68 11.3 9.7 2 21
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 1 - - - - - - -
Losses 9 14 1.6 116 12.9 8.3 2 21
Month September 3 3 1.0 23 7.7 7.7 2 10
October 5 11 2.2 93 18.6 8.5 0 21
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

    gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 4 - - - - - - - 0
Away 6 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 1 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 9 - - - - - - - 0
Month September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 5 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

    gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 4 - - - - - - - -
Away 6 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 1 - - - - - - - -
Losses 9 - - - - - - - -
Month September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 5 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

    kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event Total 1 21 21.0 0 21 - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away 1 21 21.0 0 21 - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses 1 21 21.0 0 21 - - - - -
Month September 1 21 21.0 0 21 - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

    gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event Total 10 559 116 - 21 696 69.6
Conference 8 417 107 - - 524 65.5
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location Home 4 209 48 - - 257 64.3
Away 6 350 68 - 21 439 73.2
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result Wins 1 76 - - - 76 76.0
Losses 9 483 116 - 21 620 68.9
Month September 3 211 23 - 21 255 85.0
October 5 307 93 - - 400 80.0
November 2 41 - - - 41 20.5

Splits Stats - Scoring

    pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event Total 30 3.0 3 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
Conference 24 3.0 3 1 - - - - - - 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location Home 18 4.5 3 0 - - - - - - - 0
Away 12 2.0 0 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result Wins 12 12.0 2 - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 18 2.0 1 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
Month September 12 4.0 0 2 0 - - - - - 0 0
October 12 2.4 2 0 - - - - - - - 0
November 6 3.0 1 - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

    gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event Total 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 8 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 6 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 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 9 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month September 3 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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