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2006 Football Roster

45 Alexander Bostic III

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 215
  • Position Linebacker
  • Class Senior
  • High School Norland H.S.

Biography

2005 (Junior): Saw action in all 11 games with three game starts at the weak-side linebacker spot...one of the top tacklers on the team with 46 stops (24 solo), which ranked fifth best...showed a nose for the ball, forcing a fumble and recovering two others...had a stretch of three-straight eight tackle games...in a start at Louisiana-Monroe (11/5), had six solo stops, forced a fumble and broke up a pass during FIU’s first-ever I-A victory...recovered two fumbles and made six tackles (five unassisted) at Troy (10/20)...also had six stops (five solo) against Florida Atlantic (11/26) that included one tackle for a loss of minus-9 yards.

 

2004 (Sophomore): Participated in 10 games with seven starts...ranked fourth on the team with 70 tackles (34 solo) and had five stops that resulted in minus-14 yards...had five-or-more tackles in all by one outing...registered a career-high 11 tackles (nine unassisted) against Florida A&M (11/27) with two tackles for loss...recorded 10 tackles versus McNeese State (10/23)...picked up nine stops (six solo) in the season finale at Florida Atlantic (12/4) with one-and-a-half tackles for losses of minus-3 yards...broke up a pass and made eight stops against nationally-ranked Western Kentucky (11/20)...also had eight tackles vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (10/2)

 

2003 (Freshman): Cracked the starting lineup in the fourth game of the season as a true freshman and remained there for the remainder of the year...played in all 12 games with 43 tackles (22 solo) and a season-high seven stops against I-A Louisiana-Lafayette (11/8)...became the first FIU player ever to run back an interception for a touchdown with a 28-yard return against Holy Cross (10/25)...recorded one tackle for a loss of minus-3 yards vs. I-A Troy (10/18).

 

Norland High School: Another integral part of head coach Nigel Dunn’s 2002 6A state championship team...a third-team all-county performer who was named the team’s defensive lineman of the year...also competed in wrestling, track and bowling...an honor roll student.

 

Personal: Born July 11, 1985...selected FIU over interest shown by Western Michigan and Troy...son of Alexander and Alice Bostic...Psychology major.

 

Tackles

Sacks

Fumbles

Pass

Year

Solo

Ast

Total

TFL-Yds

No.-Yds.

FF

FR-Yds.

Int-Yds

Def

2003

22

21

43

1.0-3

0-0

0

0-0

1-28

0

2004

34

36

70

5.0-14

0-0

0

0-0

0-0

1

2005

24

22

46

1.0-9

0-0

1

2-0

0-0

0

Totals

80

79

158

7.0-26

0-0

1

0-0

1-28

1

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 49

    2003Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 216 lbs
    49
  • 49

    2004Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 202 lbs
    49
  • 45

    2005Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 211 lbs
    45
  • 45

    2006Senior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 215 lbs
    45