Alex Singleton (linebacker)

Alex Reed Singleton (born December 7, 1993) is an American football linebacker for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Montana State and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Seahawks after the 2015 NFL Draft. He also previously played for the New England Patriots, Minnesota Vikings, and Calgary Stampeders.

Alex Singleton
No. 49 – Philadelphia Eagles
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1993-12-07) December 7, 1993
Thousand Oaks, California
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school:Thousand Oaks (CA)
College:Montana State
CFL draft:2016 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6
Undrafted:2015
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2019
Total tackles:5
Sacks:0.0
Forced fumbles:0
Fumble recoveries:0
Interceptions:0
Player stats at NFL.com
Career CFL statistics
Tackles:328
Quarterback sacks:4
Interceptions:1
Player stats at CFL.ca

Professional career

Seattle Seahawks

Singleton was signed as an undrafted rookie free agent by Seattle on May 8, 2015. He signed a three-year contract worth $1,578,500 and received a $3,500 signing bonus. On September 5, he was released.[1]

New England Patriots

Three days later, Singleton was signed to the Patriots' practice squad.[2] He was released on September 15, 2015.

Minnesota Vikings

Singleton was signed to the Vikings' practice squad on December 22, 2015.[3] He was released on April 13, 2016.

Calgary Stampeders

Singleton was drafted by the Calgary Stampeders with the sixth overall pick in the 2016 CFL Draft. He had acquired a Canadian passport in October 2015, having qualified for dual citizenship because his mother was born in Toronto. Under then-recently implemented CFL rules, Singleton's Canadian citizenship automatically qualified him to be counted as a Canadian "national" player - previously, players who did not play a meaningful part of their amateur football careers in Canada were counted as "international" players even if they were Canadian citizens.

Singleton signed with the team on May 17, 2016. He made his CFL debut on June 25, 2016 against the BC Lions.[4]

2016 season

Singleton had an exceptional first season in the CFL and quickly became one of the Stampeders important players on defense.[5] Over the course of the season, he played in all 18 regular season games, and the Stamps two playoff games. He contributed 65 defensive tackles, 9 special teams tackles, and 3 forced fumbles.

2017 season

On November 1, 2017, Singleton was announced the team's nominee for the CFL's most outstanding defensive player, most outstanding Canadian and most outstanding player awards, including sweeping all votes in the defensive and Canadian player categories. His 121 tackles going into week 20 of the CFL season were already the most in Calgary Stampeders history.[6]

2018 season

Singleton's 2018 season matched the previous year in tackles with 123. Although he recorded no sacks, Singleton did add 6 special teams tackles for the Stamps, as well as 2 forced fumbles and was named to his second CFL All-Star team.[7][8]

Philadelphia Eagles

On January 7, 2019, Singleton signed with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.[9] Singleton played in all four preseason games for the Eagles, and contributed with 28 defensive tackles and one forced fumble. He was waived during final roster cuts on August 30, 2019,[10] but was re-signed to the team's practice squad the next day.[11] On October 16, 2019, Singleton was promoted to the active roster following the release of linebacker Zach Brown.[12]

References
  1. "Alex Singleton Contract Details". overthecap.com. Over The Cap. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  2. Kyed, Doug (September 8, 2015). "Patriots Sign Ex-Seahawks Linebacker Alex Singleton To Practice Squad". nesn.com. New England Sports Network. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  3. Gates, Christopher (December 22, 2015). "Minnesota Vikings Sign Alex Singleton To Practice Squad". dailynorseman.com. Daily Norseman. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  4. "ALEX SINGLETON". stampeders.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  5. "Landry: Stamps' rookie Singleton making it look easy". CFL.ca. October 21, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  6. Busby, Ian (November 1, 2017). "Singleton snags triple honours for Stamps - 3DownNation". 3DownNation. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  7. https://www.cfl.ca/2018/11/07/star-power-2018-cfl-divisional-stars-announced/
  8. "Stars aligned: 2018 CFL All-Stars unveiled". Canadian Football League. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  9. "Eagles sign star CFL LB Alex Singleton to reserve/futures deal". Eagles Wire. USA Today. January 8, 2019.
  10. "Eagles announce first wave of roster moves as team works toward 53-player limit". PhiladelphiaEagles.com. August 30, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  11. McPherson, Chris (September 1, 2019). "Eagles agree to terms with nine practice squad players". PhiladelphiaEagles.com. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  12. "Eagles promote Alex Singleton". Yahoo! Sports. October 16, 2019.
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