Alec Marenco

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
234
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
El Paso, Texas
High School:
Burges
Prev School:
Univ. of New Mexico

CAREER HONORS
• 2023 All-Mountain West Honorable Mention

2024: Played on kickoff coverage at Tulane.

2023 AT UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO: Played in all 12 games with 10 starts, leading the team with 66 tackles en route to All-Mountain West Honorable Mention accolades... Also carded 3.5 tackles for loss, a half sack, three pass breakups and a forced fumble... Recorded a pair of double-digit tackle games as he had a career-high 12 stops at UMass and 11 tackles in the season finale against Utah State, the latter of which featured a career-high seven solo stop... Also had nine tackles at Wyoming... Produced a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss against San Jose State and his first-career half sack against New Mexico State... Batted away passes on three occasions – against Tennessee Tech, San Jose State and Hawai’i.

2022 AT UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO: Saw action in six games with three starts before suffering a season-ending injury... Recorded 26 tackles on the season, including a season-high nine at LSU in his first-career start... Also had six tackles at UNLV.

2021 AT UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO: Played in nine games, primarily on special teams, as he tallied four tackles on the year... Carded his first-career tackle in his collegiate debut at Texas A&M.

AT BURGES HIGH SCHOOL: Played for the Mustangs under head coach James Routledge... Totaled 297 tackles, 15.0 tackles for loss, three sacks and four interceptions of his prep career as he was named the city’s defensive MVP... Also played receiver, hauling in 41 passes for 787 yards and 11 touchdowns... Also competed in track and field, earning all-district honors, picking up three district championships and becoming a regional qualifier in the 4x400, shot put and triple jump.

PERSONAL: Alec Marenco (pronounced mah-REN-coe) was born August 13, 2003, in El Paso, Texas... Son of Oscar and Christina Marenco... Has one sibling, Savannah... Father, Oscar, played football at Texas Tech before suffering a career-ending injury... Mother, Christina, played volleyball at UTEP... Sister, Savannah, played beach volleyball at UTEP.