Carlos Alvarez

Position:
Place Kicker
Ht./Wt.:
5-9 / 195
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Baldwin, La.
High School:
West St. Mary

2011 (Freshman): Saw action in three games, handling the kickoff chores against La.-Monroe (11/5), at Arizona (11/26) and vs. San Diego State in the New Orleans Bowl. . . received chance to play when Hunter Stover was injured and made the most of it, owning a team-best 63.2 average on 15 kickoffs with one touchback. . . best game came at Arizona where he averaged 66.8 yards on five kickoffs. . . earned first letter.

High School: Three-time first team all-district choice at West St. Mary High, playing for coach Ryan Antoine. . . was six-for12 on field goal attempts, all from at least 45 yards, and made all of his 40 extra-point attempts as a senior. . . recorded touchbacks on 88.9 percent of kickoffs (32-of-36). . . career-long field goal was 50 yards. . . also punted and played fullback, averaging 40 yards per punt as a senior. . . rated a two-star prospect by Scout.com, the nation’s 44th-best kicker by KohlsKicking.com and 52nd by ESPN.com’s Scouts, Inc. . . in summer 2010, finished Top 30 in kickoffs and field goals out of 145 of his peers at the Kohl’s National Invitational Scholarship Camp in Wisconsin.

Personal: Born Nov. 22, 1992. . . son of Wilfredo and Elodie Alvarez. . . has one brother (Henry) and two sisters (Maria & Theresa). . . exercise science major.