2018 Football

Alex Cantrell #19 DL

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-0 / 210
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School:
    Providence Day

Summary

Biography

2017: Two-year letterwinner ... expected to move to a hybrid linebacker/defensive end position as a junior.

2016: Played in a majority of the team''s games during his sophomore season as a defensive back and special teams player ... notched 18 tackles, a half sack (-4) and one fumble recovery ... posted a career-best six tackles in a 48-34 win at Guilford (10/15) ... logged three tackles, including one tackle for a loss (-2) and recovered a fumble in a 52-7 win over Hampden-Sydney (10/22) ... had two tackles and a half sack in a 30-20 loss at Bridgewater (11/5).

2015: Played in all 11 contest as a first-year, totaling 12 tackles and one pass breakup ... logged nine solo tackles ... had three tackles in a season-opening 63-35 win over Averett (9/4) ... logged three stops in a 52-33 win over Catholic (11/7) ... had one tackle and one pass breakup in a 56-21 win over the Apprentice School (9/25).

High School: Earned three letters in football, three in outdoor track & field and one in indoor track & field at Providence Day School ... helped lead the football team to a conference and state title in 2011 ... also helped the track & field team to a trio of conference and state championships for the outdoor season ... served as a captain for all three sports as a senior ... earned all-conference and all-state honors on the gridiron as a senior ... was a three-time state qualifier in the long jump, finishing fourth as a junior and eighth as a senior ... qualified for states twice in the 200 meters, placing fifth as a senior ... also qualified for states in the 100 meters as a senior.

Personal: Also a member of the track & field team at W&L, competing in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m and the long jump ... father, Jeffrey, played football at Furman ... Dean''s List and President''s List student ... ODAC All-Academic team member and a W&L Scholar-Athlete ... serves as a teaching assistant in the computer science department ... volunteers with campus garden and Project Horizon ... plays the guitar ... computer science and economics double-major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2015First Year

    DB
    6'0" 186 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2016Sophomore

    DB
    6'0" 188 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2017Junior

    DL
    6'0" 203 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2018Senior

    DL
    6'0" 210 lbs
    19