Temple University Athletics
2014 Football Roster
Roster
Alex Wells
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Baltimore, Md.
- High School:
- Overlea
A two-year letter winner ('14, '15).
Honors: 2015 - First-team All-Conference by American Athletic Conference ... First-team All-American Athletic Conference by Phil Steele ... All-Star by ECAC.
2015 (Senior): Started at free safety for teh first 13 games but missed the Boca raton Bowl with a hamstring injury ... registered four tackles (three solo) with first two career INTs (21 yd and 57 yd returns) and two passes broken up at Cincinnati ... eclipsed 100 career tackles at #19 Houston ... game captain at UMass and against UCF.
2014 (Junior): Was fourth on the team with 51 tackles despite playing only nine games ... ranked third with five passes defended ... made his Temple debut starting at FS in the season opener at Vanderbilt ... injured his knee in the 1st quarter and did not return ... returned to game action in week 5 vs. Tulsa and was team’s second-leading tackler with eight total, six solo.
Junior College: Spent the past two seasons at ASA College in Brooklyn, NY, where he played for coach Dennis Orlando ... led the Avengers to back-to-back Northeast Football Conference Championships ... earned first team National Junior College Athletic Association All-America honors, the lone player from the NEFC to earn first or second team honors ... finished the 2012 season with 45 tackles, 3 FF, 3 FR, 3 INTs and 3 TDs ... his 3 FF and 3 FR led the conference ... had a stellar game on 9/29 vs. Army JV leading the Avengers to a 40-16 win ... had 2 TFL, 1 FR and 2 INTs - returned the fumble and one of the INTs for touchdowns.
High School: Played for head coach Craig Rollins at Overlea HS in Baltimore, MD … notched 120 tackles and 4 INTs in his career … was an all-state DB en route to the 1A North Championship as a senior ... was second in the state with 1,700 rushing yards … played in the Crab Bowl.
Personal: Born Alexander Ajanaku Wells on 7/25/94 in Baltimore, MD … raised by his aunt, Rita Wells ... has a brother Carey Wells-Jowers (18) and sisters Brittany Frazier (29), Keira Frazier (28), Brandi Wells (21), and Allie Wells (18) … list Martin as his favorite TV show and steak as his favorite food ... plans to study business management.
