2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 3
Alec Bryant
- Position:
- OLB
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 250
- Major:
- Health Communication
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Shadow Creek
- Prev School:
- Virginia Tech
 University of Illinois Graduate |
2025 Senior
- Played in all 12 regular-season games with six starts
- 24 tackles (9 solo), 3.0 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks and two quarterback hurries on the season.
- Season highs with four total tackles vs. USC (9/27/25) and at Washington (10/25/25)
- Three total tackles and 0.5 sacks vs. Western Michigan (9/13/25)
- One solo stop and two quarterback hurries in win at Duke (9/6/25)
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
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