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2024 Football Roster

Profile

  • ILB
    Position
  • Redshirt Sophomore
    Class
  • Park City, Utah
    Hometown
  • 6'1
    Height
  • 245
    Weight
  • Park City HS
    High School
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Max Alford
#33
Max Alford
ILB
Position
Redshirt Sophomore
Class
Park City, Utah
Hometown

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Summary

Biography

HONORS 
Mountain West Freshman of the Week (11/5/22); Academic All-Mountain West (2022, 2023); Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2024).

CAREER NOTES 
Played in 16 games with five starts … logged 42 career tackles (26 solo), including 4.0 tackles for loss for nine yards.

2024 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON)
Played in each of the first four games and finished the year with two tackles … missed the remainder of the season due to injury … had two tackles at Temple (9/21) ... earned Mountain West Scholar-Athlete honors.

2023 (REDSHIRT)
Redshirted the season as he was injured on the first defensive play of the season at No. 25 Iowa (9/2) … earned Academic All-Mountain West honors.

2022 (FRESHMAN SEASON) 
Played in all 13 games with four starts … finished the season with 40 tackles (24-solo, 16-assist), which included 4.0 tackles for loss … had a career-high nine tackles, which included a career-best 2.0 tackles for loss, against Memphis (12/27) in the SERVPRO First Responder Bowl … was named the Mountain West Freshman of the Week following his performance against New Mexico (11/5) as he had a then-career high eight tackles, which included a then-career best 1.5 tackles for loss … added seven tackles against San José State (11/9), six tackles at Wyoming (10/22) and four tackles at Boise State (11/25) ... earned Academic All-MW honors.

HIGH SCHOOL 
Three-star prospect that was rated the 32nd-best recruit in the state of Utah by ESPN.com … injured during the season opener of his senior season … named first-team All-State and All-Region as a junior as he ran for 1,020 yards and nine touchdowns on 98 carries, while adding 30 receptions for 448 yards and two touchdowns to lead Park City (Utah) High School to the quarterfinals of the 2020 4A state playoffs … had six 100-yard rushing games as a junior, including a career-high 171 yards on nine carries against Ogden HS ... had multiple rushing touchdowns against Juan Diego HS, Tooele HS and Ogden HS ... played basketball and lacrosse, and competed in track & field at Park City HS ... placed seventh in the shot put at the 2021 5A state championships ... member of the High Honor Roll and an Academic All-Region selection all four years of high school.

PERSONAL 
Son of Aaron and Linda Alford ... both of his brothers, Eli and Sam, played football at Montana ... his late dad, Aaron, and uncle Tony, both played football at Colorado State, while his grandfather played football at Kent State ... dad was also a college coach at Southern Utah, Western Illinois, Wyoming, Akron and Utah ... uncle and grandfather also coached in college ... uncle played in the NFL with the Denver Broncos and his grandfather played for the Pittsburgh Steelers ... majoring in finance.

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