Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Iowa#20 · 5-1 | 1 | 2% |
| 2025 | Iowa#14 · 9-4 | 1 | 0% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Alex Mota's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Alex Mota's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  Northern Illinois | W 40–0 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 2 |  Iowa State | W 16–13 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 3 |  Northern Iowa | W 55–0 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 4 | @ Michigan | W 20–19 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 5 |  Ohio State | L 14–31 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 6 | @ Washington | W 41–24 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2026 · 1 game | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4244th / 5408 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Opp. plays | Est. snaps | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Northern Illinois | 55 | ~9 (0–28) | 1 | 16% |
| Season | 383 | 9 (0–28) | 1 | 2% |
Position Room
19 DBs on the Iowa roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Zach Lutmer | DB | SR | 34 | 0.5 | 0 | — | 4 |
| Jacob Wallace | DB | 19 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Deshaun Lee | DB | SR | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Jaylen Watson | DB | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | ||
| 18 | Xavier Styles | DB | JR | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 |
| 2 | Tyler Brown | DB | JR | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 1 | Darion Jones | DB | FR | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 5 | Anthony Hawkins | DB | JR | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Ty Hudkins | DB | JR | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 |
| 7 | Rashad Godfrey Jr. | DB | JR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 | Cody Haddad | DB | SO | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 14 | Alex Mota | DB | SR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 26 | Eli Robbins | DB | FR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| Marcello Vitti | DB | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | ||
| 16 | Ronnie Hill | DB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Kyler Gerardy | DB | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Noah Daniel | DB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | Eli Kampman | DB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 34 | Drew MacPherson | DB | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Iowa depth chart →