Press Release: #REDSKINS SELECT ADONIS ALEXANDER IN SIXTH ROUND OF SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT, WAIVE SAM IRWIN-HILL

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PRESS RELEASE

 

July 11, 2018

 

REDSKINS SELECT ADONIS ALEXANDER IN SIXTH ROUND OF SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT, WAIVE SAM IRWIN-HILL

 

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Redskins selected cornerback Adonis Alexander in the sixth round of the 2018 Supplemental Draft, held earlier this afternoon, and waived punter Sam Irwin-Hill.

The Redskins used their sixth-round choice in the 2019 NFL Draft to pick the 6-foot-3, 197-pound Alexander, making him the first player drafted in the supplemental draft since the organization selected Jeremy Jarmon out of the University of Kentucky in 2009.

 

Alexander appeared in 34 games in which he played at Virginia Tech. In three seasons, he collected 91 tackles (56 solo), 17 passes defensed, seven interceptions, a sack and forced fumble.

 

In 2017, Alexander appeared in nine games in which he played registering 27 tackles (23 solo) a sack, a forced fumble and one interception. He recorded a season high nine tackles versus West Virginia.

 

Alexander was born on Nov. 7, 1996, and attended Independence High School in Charlotte, N.C.

 

 

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[UK SKINS FAN '74]

Good move. Always looked a viable option in the supp draft. Nice proactive selection, well worth a 6th rounder.

[Leonard Washington]

When was the last time we pick up someone in the supplemental draft? I seem to remember a pass rusher we got for a relatively high pick that never really played and was traded/cut.

[pjfootballer]

Jeremy Jarmon our of Kentucky- DE.