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3 Alec Bryant

  • Position OLB
  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 250
  • Major Communication
  • Hometown Houston, Texas
  • High School Shadow Creek
  • Prev School Virginia Tech
  • Instagram _alecbryant_
  • Twitter ABXC__

Biography

Graduation Badge University of Illinois Graduate

2024 Junior

  • Played in all 13 games with five starts
  • 22 tackles (15 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, one fumble recovery, two QB hurries and one pass breakup on the season.
  • Career-high-tying five tackles (four solo) vs. Michigan State (11/16/24)
  • Career-high two sacks and a QB hurry against #22 Nebraska (9/20/24)
  • First-career fumble recovery against #19 Kansas (9/7/24)

2023 Sophomore

  • Played in all 12 games with one start at outside linebacker
  • First career start with a career-high five tackles against Wisconsin (10/21/23)
  • Season-high four tackles and a QB hurry vs. FAU (9/23/23)

2022 Redshirt Freshman

  • Played in 12 games
  • 11 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks, one pass breakup, and two quarterback hurries on the season
  • Seventh on the team in TFLs (3.5)
  • Tackles for loss at Wisconsin 10/1/22, at Nebraska 10/29/22, and against Purdue 11/12/22

2021 Redshirt Freshman

  • Transferred from Virginia Tech with four years of eligibility remaining
  • Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules

2020 Freshman (Virginia Tech)

  • Played in one game against Virginia 12/12/20

High School

  • Team won the Texas 5A state championship in football in 2019
  • Ranked as the No. 13 weakside defensive end in the country by 247Sports
  • Earned first-team all-district honors as a junior
  • Team was the state runner-up in 2018, posting a 15-1 record
  • No. 10 in the Houston Chronicle's top 100 prospects in Texas
  • Played for head coach Brad Butler at Shadow Creek High School
  • Four-star rating from Rivals
  • 45 total tackles (31 solo), 16.0 TFL, 6.0 sacks, four forced fumbles

Personal

  • Graduated from the University of Illinois in December 2024 with a degree in communication
     

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 90

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    OLB
    6'3" 240 lbs
    90
  • 90

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    OLB
    6'3" 240 lbs
    90
  • 90

    2023Sophomore

    OLB
    6'3" 245 lbs
    90
  • 3

    2024Junior

    OLB
    6'3" 250 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2025Senior

    OLB
    6'3" 250 lbs
    3