2025 Football Roster
Roster
Alexander, Roy

Jersey Number 18
Roy Alexander
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fort Myers, Fla.
- High School:
- Riverdale
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2025 SEASON (SENIOR)
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Stats Perform All-America Team (2024, Jr.)
- All-Southland Conference Second Team (2024, Jr.)
- Southland Conference Student-Athlete of the Year (2024, Jr.)
- Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Nov, 15, 2024, Jr.)
- Phil Steele Magazine All-CAA fourth team (2021, Fr.)
2025 SEASON (SENIOR)
- Joined the Red Raiders in late May as a spring addition out of the transfer portal … will use his final season of eligibility as a Red Raider, bolstering Texas Tech’s depth at receiver following an impressive 2024 campaign at Incarnate Word.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
- Arrived at Texas Tech following one season at Incarnate Word University and three years at the University of Albany … will have one season of eligibility remaining with the Red Raiders … spent only the 2024 season at Incarnate Word after playing at Albany over the course of the 2021-23 campaigns.
- Appeared in 41 games over his collegiate career, combining to make 202 catches for 2,422 yards and 20 touchdowns at both FCS schools …  nearly half of his career catches came during a breakout season at Incarnate Word in 2024.
- Combined for 102 catches for 1,264 yards and seven touchdowns over his three seasons at Albany … utilized as a returner on special teams while at Albany, combining for 718 kick return yards on 35 attempts (20.5 average) over his three seasons.
- 2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT JUNIOR at INCARNATE WORD): among the best receivers at the FCS level after catching 100 passes for 1,108 yards and 13 touchdowns in his lone season with the Cardinals … added seven carries for 66 rushing yards and two touchdowns on the ground … appeared in all 14 games for a UIW program that finished 11-3 overall and won the Southland Conference title … Cardinals later fell to South Dakota State in the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs. Â
- Easily snapped the UIW single-season record with his 100 receptions, breaking the previous record of 87 that was set by Taylor Grimes in 2021 … became only the fifth 1,000-yard receiver in school history, joining the likes of Darion Chafin (2022), Grimes (2021-22), Brandon Porter (2023) and teammate Jalen Walthall (2024) … finished fifth for both single-season receiving yards and receiving touchdowns in school history.
- Ranked among the FCS leaders in several statistical categories, finishing second overall in total receptions (100), fifth in receptions per game (7.1), tied for fifth in receiving touchdowns (13), 10th in total receiving yards (1,108) and 26th for receiving yards per game (79.1) … was the Southland Conference leader for receptions and ranked second for both receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, trailing only his teammate Walthall in both categories.
- Caught at least three passes in all 14 games and finished with five or more receptions in 13 of 14 contests overall … posted three 100-yard outings with 128 yards on nine catches and a touchdown at South Dakota State (9/7), 117 yards on 10 receptions at Southern Illinois (9/14) and a career-high 163 yards and three touchdowns on eight catches versus Lamar (11/9) … made 10 or more catches twice on the season against Southern Illinois and then in his final game as a Cardinal, a rematch versus South Dakota State (12/14) in the FCS quarterfinals … finished with 13 catches for 92 yards and a touchdown in the playoff loss … caught at least one touchdown in eight of 14 games overall.
- Tabbed an All-American by Stats Perform and was a second team All-Southland Conference selection by the league coaches … also recognized for his work in the classroom as the Southland Conference Student-Athlete of the Year … named the Southland Conference Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 5 following his performance versus Houston Christian … had seven catches for 89 yards and three touchdowns in the win over the Huskies.
- 2023 SEASON (JUNIOR at ALBANY): redshirt season … appeared in six games total with three of those being in the postseason, which qualified for a redshirt year … started first two games of the season before missing next nine games to injury.
- Made 18 receptions on the season for 144 yards and two touchdowns … top performance came in the opener versus Fordham (8/26) … caught six passes for 58 yards versus Fordham with two of those going for touchdowns … combined for 11 catches for 81 yards in Albany’s three FCS playoff games.
- 2022 SEASON (SOPHOMORE at ALBANY): appeared and started in all 11 games, logging at least one catch in each contest … second-leading receiver for Albany as a sophomore after catching 47 passes for 610 yards and two touchdowns … best performance came early in the season at Fordham (9/17) with six catches for 127 yards … both touchdown catches came in back-to-back weeks with four catches for 49 yards at Monmouth (10/8) and four receptions for 74 yards against Hampton (10/15) … followed with 11 catches for 90 yards at Villanova (10/22), which marked the third highest single-game total since Albany moved to the FCS level in 1999.
- 2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN at ALBANY): quickly became one of Albany’s top receivers as only a true freshman, recording 37 catches for 560 yards and three touchdowns … led the team in receptions that season while appearing in 10 of 11 games … arrived at Albany as a mid-year enrollee before spring semester in 2021 as a cornerback before shifting to the wide receiver room.
- Made quite the debut with four catches for 113 yards in the season opener at nationally-ranked North Dakota State (9/4), which included a season-long 67 yard haul … went over the 100-yard mark again later in the season with nine catches for 162 yards and a touchdown at Towson (10/30) … final touchdown reception of debut season was against Morgan State (11/13) as part of six catches for 77 yards) … heavily used as a kick returner as well with 17 attempts for 348 yards (20.5 yards per return) on the season.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Riverdale High School in Fort Myers, Fla., before graduating from Bridgton Academy, a prep school in Maine … three-year letterwinner in both football and basketball … named a team captain in both sports as a senior.
- Helped lead Riverdale to the district title in both football and basketball as a senior … rushed for eight touchdowns that season to go along with three touchdown passes and two interceptions on the defensive side of the ball … on the hardwood, averaged 15 points, three rebounds, six assists and four steals per game as a senior … selected following the season to play in the Rotary South All-Star Classic.
PERSONAL
- Roy Alexander … son of Toney Alexander Jr. and Stephanie Alexander … has two brothers, Jimmy and Toney, and a sister, Jerrica.
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