Kwon Alexander, a LB out of LSU, was taken in the 4th round of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played the Will for the Tigers in college. Coming out, he was considered a good athletic specimen with great speed and the ability to aggressively attack the play. However, he’s also considered light for a linebacker and therefore lacked some functional strength. There were also a number of times where his aggressiveness caused him to be out of position and give up a big play, as well as some technique refinements he needed to make. Since the Bucs have the best WLB in the game in Lavonte David, they experimented with moving Alexander around and became really impressed with how he performed in the Mike position. Now he’s getting first team snaps in the preseason and it looks like he’s going to be the starter when the season rolls around. As a bit of a lesser touted rookie who is going to start, he should be interesting to study. This article will break down all of his defensive snaps from the Bucs’ preseason game against the Bengals.
Before I begin, I’m going put forth a couple of caveats about this analysis.… Article continues here