POSTGAME NOTES
Vanderbilt Commodores vs. Alabama Crimson Tide | Tuscaloosa, Ala. | Oct. 4, 2025
16/17 Vanderbilt 14, 10/11 Alabama 30
TEAM NOTES
- Four captains represented the Commodores at midfield: Langston, Patterson, Marlen Sewell, Eli Stowers and Jordan White
- Vanderbilt won the toss and elected to defer
- At 5-1, Vanderbilt is off to the program’s best start since 2008
- With an interception in the first quarter, the Commodore defense has forced a turnover in eight-straight games
- Vanderbilt has held its opponents scoreless on the opening drive in back-to-back games
- The Commodores’ four sacks are the most in a game this season
PLAYER NOTES
- Diego Pavia threw for 198 yards with a touchdown and added 58 yards on the collect 256 total yards of offense
- Pavia’s 36-yard rush in the opening quarter was his longest of the season and matched the longest rush of his career
- It is Pavia’s seventh-straight game with 200-plus yards of total offense
- Sedrick Alexander opened the scoring on a career-long 65-yard rush. It’s the longest rush by the Commodores this season
- Alexander also scored on a four-yard pass from Pavia. It’s his third time in four games recording a rushing and receiving touchdown and the fourth time this season with multiple scores
- Alexander amassed a team-high 98 all-purpose yards, 76 rushing and 22 receiving
- Joshua Singh recorded the first sack of his career
- Khordae Sydnor recorded the Commodores’ second sack of the game. He’s recorded 2.5 sacks so far this season and 13 in his career
- Martel Hight picked off Ty Simpson’s pass on the opening drive, his first interception of the season and fourth of his career
- Zaylin Wood registered Vandy’s third sack of the game and his second of the season, 13th of his career
- Wood’s six tackles were a season high
- Cole Spence hauled in a career-long 33-yard catch from Pavia totaling a career-high 45 yards
- Junior Sherrill matched his career high with six receptions
- CJ Heard and Bryan Longwell led the Commodores with eight tackles each, a season-high for Longwell
- Langston Patterson recorded a season-high seven tackles
- With five tackles each, Martel Hight and Khordae Sydnor posted season highs
- Nick Rinaldi was credited with a pass breakup, the first of his career
