ALL-TIME BOBCATS No. 15: Alex Singleton
8/21/2023 5:04:00 PM | Football
Ball-hawking linebacker Alex Singleton impacted the Bobcats during two Big Sky title seasons
We're re-starting our Top 125 Bobcats countdown, today singling out star linebacker Alex Singleton...
#15 - August 21, 223
Alex Singleton, LB, 2011-14
ALL-TIME TEAM: none previously
HONORS: 3rd Team All-America and 1st Team All-Big Sky in 2014, Honorable Mention All-Big Sy in 2013
A CLOSER LOOK: Flags fly forever, personnel decisions are made from that premise at all levels of competitive athletics. and Alex Singleton's Bobcat career stands as an example.
In the fall of 2011, injuries inundated Montana State's defense, and Singleton's activation filled a key role on special teams. He also saw more and more time at linebacker as the season went along. The result was the Bobcats sharing the Big Sky Championship for the second of three straight seasons, and Singleton contributed six tackles.
One season later he was a foundational player on the Bobcat defense. He logged 23 tackles, six for a loss, with an interception and a pass breakup.
As a junior, Singleton posted arguably his best season. He rolled up 110 tackles, 16.5 for a loss, with 1.5 sacks. He intercepted three passes and broke up four others, while forcing two fumbles. Singleton was always around the ball, blending amazing instincts, small-space quickness, and tremendouse straight-line speed.
As a senior, Singleton played in the eye of the storm as part of another MSU defense riddled with injuries. His 136 tackles was 12th-most in school history, and made 15 of hem behind the line of scrimmage. He also logged two sacks, an interception, and a forced fumble. For good measure, he blocked two kicks.
Singleton was one of those players that made people say things like, "If this guy's not an NFL player either I don't know what I'm talking about or teams don't know what they're doing." Turns out it was more the latter than the former, because after some outstanding seasons in the CFL - including one Most Outstanding Defensive Player award - he hooked on with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019. He spent three seasons there, moving to the Denver Broncos in 2022.
Known around Bozeman for his ever-present smile and relentless good cheer, he has championed Special Olympics and made positive waves in every community he's occupied.
FROM SKYLINE SPORTS EDITOR AND ESPN MONTANA'S COLTER NUANEZ: "It might sound simplistic or clich to say a linebacker is an exceptional tackler, but it's the absolute truth with Singleton. He is the single best one-on-one tackler I have covered during my 17 seasons covering the Big Sky Conference. His ability to tackle in space, tackle in the box, and finish with ciolent authority is still a huge reason why he's a starting linebackr for one of the best defenses in the NFL."
FROM FORMER BOBCAT ASSISTANT COACH KANE IOANE: "Alex wanted to be at Montana State. Very similar to Jody Owens, he came in with a chip on his shoulder and he always played with that chip on his shoulder and that thing is still on there today, and you can still see him playing with that same kind of passion and energy and enthusiasm when he steps between the lines. Alex is a guy who loves the game of football, loves a physical style of football, and a guy who soaked up anything and everything he could when it came to knowledge of the game and how to prepare. He sat in the same room as Jody Owens for his first couple of years and soaked in as much as he possibly could, and when his turn came he took full advantage of it. He has a great, great desire to be the best players at that position our football history. He continues to shine because of that desire He easily could have hung it up, but kept fighting and kept competing to get to the ultimate goal of getting to the highest level. He just kept going and going. It's been so much fun to watch him do what he does."
#15 - August 21, 223
Alex Singleton, LB, 2011-14
ALL-TIME TEAM: none previously
HONORS: 3rd Team All-America and 1st Team All-Big Sky in 2014, Honorable Mention All-Big Sy in 2013
A CLOSER LOOK: Flags fly forever, personnel decisions are made from that premise at all levels of competitive athletics. and Alex Singleton's Bobcat career stands as an example.
In the fall of 2011, injuries inundated Montana State's defense, and Singleton's activation filled a key role on special teams. He also saw more and more time at linebacker as the season went along. The result was the Bobcats sharing the Big Sky Championship for the second of three straight seasons, and Singleton contributed six tackles.
One season later he was a foundational player on the Bobcat defense. He logged 23 tackles, six for a loss, with an interception and a pass breakup.
As a junior, Singleton posted arguably his best season. He rolled up 110 tackles, 16.5 for a loss, with 1.5 sacks. He intercepted three passes and broke up four others, while forcing two fumbles. Singleton was always around the ball, blending amazing instincts, small-space quickness, and tremendouse straight-line speed.
As a senior, Singleton played in the eye of the storm as part of another MSU defense riddled with injuries. His 136 tackles was 12th-most in school history, and made 15 of hem behind the line of scrimmage. He also logged two sacks, an interception, and a forced fumble. For good measure, he blocked two kicks.
Singleton was one of those players that made people say things like, "If this guy's not an NFL player either I don't know what I'm talking about or teams don't know what they're doing." Turns out it was more the latter than the former, because after some outstanding seasons in the CFL - including one Most Outstanding Defensive Player award - he hooked on with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019. He spent three seasons there, moving to the Denver Broncos in 2022.
Known around Bozeman for his ever-present smile and relentless good cheer, he has championed Special Olympics and made positive waves in every community he's occupied.
FROM SKYLINE SPORTS EDITOR AND ESPN MONTANA'S COLTER NUANEZ: "It might sound simplistic or clich to say a linebacker is an exceptional tackler, but it's the absolute truth with Singleton. He is the single best one-on-one tackler I have covered during my 17 seasons covering the Big Sky Conference. His ability to tackle in space, tackle in the box, and finish with ciolent authority is still a huge reason why he's a starting linebackr for one of the best defenses in the NFL."
FROM FORMER BOBCAT ASSISTANT COACH KANE IOANE: "Alex wanted to be at Montana State. Very similar to Jody Owens, he came in with a chip on his shoulder and he always played with that chip on his shoulder and that thing is still on there today, and you can still see him playing with that same kind of passion and energy and enthusiasm when he steps between the lines. Alex is a guy who loves the game of football, loves a physical style of football, and a guy who soaked up anything and everything he could when it came to knowledge of the game and how to prepare. He sat in the same room as Jody Owens for his first couple of years and soaked in as much as he possibly could, and when his turn came he took full advantage of it. He has a great, great desire to be the best players at that position our football history. He continues to shine because of that desire He easily could have hung it up, but kept fighting and kept competing to get to the ultimate goal of getting to the highest level. He just kept going and going. It's been so much fun to watch him do what he does."
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