Wisconsin Badgers

Honors and Awards 
2017: Second-team All-Big Ten (consensus), Academic All-Big Ten
2016: All-Big Ten honorable mention(coaches)
2015: Academic All-Big Ten
2014: Academic All-Big Ten

Notable: Invited to 2018 East-West Shrine Game

Career: Played in 53 games with 26 starts … recorded 100 total tackles,15.0 TFLs and 11.0 sacks ... logged 7 pass breakups ... part of winningest senior class in school history, posting four-year record of 45-10 that included 29-5 mark in Big Ten play and 11-1 record in rivalry games … part of four consecutive bowl game wins, four straight seasons of 10-plus wins and three Big Ten West Division titles …  contributor to one of the of nation’s elite units, with UW ranking No. 2 nationally in scoring defense (16.0 ppg), No. 2 in rushing defense (104.8 ypg), No. 2 in pass efficiency defense (103.9) and No. 3 in total defense (281.7 ypg) over the span of his four-year career … played in 12 games for UW unit that ranked No. 1 nationally in scoring defense (13.7 ppg) and No. 2 in total defense (268.5 ypg) in 2015 
 
2017 Season: Earned fourth letter, starting all 14 games at defensive end ... made 52 tackles, including 8.0 TFLs and 6.5 sacks ... shared Jimmy Demetral Team MVP award with fellow senior teammates … contributed to unit that ranked No. 2 nationally in total defense (262.1 yards per game), No. 3 in scoring defense (13.9 points per game), No. 3 in rushing defense (98.4 ypg) and No. 1 in pass efficiency defense (96.4) … had 5 tackles, including 1.0 sack, vs. Miami in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 30 ... notched 5 tackles vs. Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship Game on Dec. 2 ... logged 2.5 TFLs and 1.5 sacks at Indiana on Nov. 4 ... had 4 tackles, including 2.0 sacks, vs. Illinois on Oct. 28 ... made 6 stops vs. Maryland on Oct. 21 ... had 5 tackles, including 1.0 sack, vs. Purdue on Oct. 14 ... had 5 tackles. including 0.5 TFL, at Nebraska on Oct. 7 ... recorded 4 tackles and 1.0 sack vs. Northwestern on Sept. 30 ... owned 6 tackles at BYU on Sept. 16 ...  had 2 tackles and 2 pass deflections vs. Iowa on Nov. 11

2016 Season: Earned third letter, playing in 13 games with 9 starts … had 23 tackles with 13 solo stops and 3.5 TFLs … forced a fumble and recorded 3 pass breakups … logged a career-best 8 tackles against Ohio State on Oct. 15 … recorded 3 tackles in Lambeau Field College Classic vs. LSU on Sept. 3 … made 3 tackles vs. Iowa on Oct. 22 … broke up a pass in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic vs. Western Michigan on Jan. 2

2015 Season: Earned second letter, playing in 12 games with one start at defensive end … finished with 17 total tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sacks and one pass breakup … recorded career-high seven tackles vs. Northwestern on Nov. 21 … had two tackles, including first sack of career, in season opener vs. Alabama on Sept. 5 … made two stops vs. Troy on Sept. 19 … made one tackle and broke up a pass at Nebraska on Oct. 10

2014 Season: Earned first letter, playing in all 14 games with two starts at defensive end ... totaled eight tackles, including 1.5 TFLs, one fumble recovery and one pass defended ... recorded two tackles, including 1.0 TFL, in Badgers debut vs. LSU on Aug. 30 ... logged two tackles, including 0.5 TFL, recovered a fumble and broke up a pass vs. Bowling Green on Sept. 20 ... recorded one tackle each at Rutgers on Nov. 1, vs. Maryland on Oct. 25, vs. Illinois on Oct. 11 and at Northwestern on Oct. 4

2013 Season: Redshirt season

High School: Four-star recruit according to ESPN ... rated three stars by Rivals and Scout ... No. 29 defensive end as rated by ESPN, No. 64 by Scout ... ranked as the No. 1 recruit in the state of Wisconsin according to ESPN, No. 2 according to Rivals ... had 97 tackles, 25.0 for loss, 12 sacks and four forced fumbles as a senior ... 2012 Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Defensive Player of the Year ... unanimous first-team all-state, first-team all-conference, first-team all-area and all-area Player of the Year according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ... Greater Metro Conference defensive lineman of the year ... Tim Krumrie Award winner as the most outstanding senior defensive lineman in Wisconsin ... first-team all-state, first-team all-conference, Greater Metro Conference defensive lineman of the year, second-team all-area according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel as a junior ... all-conference honorable mention as a sophomore ... three-year letterwinner in track, qualifying for state meet in 4x100 and 4x200 relays ... head coach was Tom Swittel

Personal: Parents are Heidi James and Jimmie James ... father played football at Minnesota and went on to professional career in NFL and USFL ... Alec enjoys working out and playing video games ... graduated with bachelor's degree in personal finance in December 2017