The Giants see a “high ceiling” for Alexander as he develops in a deep defensive front, which includes three-time Pro Bowl selection Dexter Lawrence.<\/p>\n
“I would say for me the main goal is just coming here as a young guy, working, getting to learn my teammates, getting to learn my defense and getting to learn my coaches,” Alexander said at rookie minicamp.<\/p>\n
Alexander added: “Next thing after that, it’d be just effort, just going out there running fast to the ball everywhere it goes. So, I’d say that’s the key to success right there.”<\/p>\n
Alexander was one of 27 defensive tackles selected in the 2025 draft, tied for the most (2001) since the start of the seven-round format in 1994.<\/p>\n
In his final collegiate performance, the 6-foot-4, 305-pounder returned an interception 58 yards for a touchdown with 7:49 left in regulation. His Toledo Rockets went on to defeat Pittsburgh 48-36 in a bowl-record six overtimes at the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field. Alexander also had a sack in the game.<\/p>\n
Alexander, a native of Fort Wayne, Ind., notched 28 reps in the bench press at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine, second-most among defensive tackles. The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman ranked him No. 53 on his annual College Football Freaks List, highlighting his 400-pound bench press, 30-inch vertical, and 20 mph on GPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Giants see a “high ceiling” for Alexander as he develops in a deep defensive front, which includes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,347,6,15,13830],"class_list":{"0":"post-98688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-homepage","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-roster-transactions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114615245169335616","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}