Alex Hrebec

Position:
LB
Height:
5-11
Weight:
238
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
High School:
Oakville

-- First Team Academic All-Big 12

CAREER: A physical linebacker who has played a majority of his career as a starter before being used extensively on special teams and as a backup linebacker as a senior... A former walk-on who started 21 games over his first three seasons in Manhattan.

2011 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): A First Team Academic All-Big 12 selection… Made one tackle on special teams against Kent State… Carded four tackles against Kansas and made two more against Oklahoma State.

2010 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): A Third Team Midseason All-Big 12 performer by Phil Steele... Also earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors... Finished the regular season third on the team in tackles with 77 despite missing two games due to injury... Ranked 17th in the Big 12 with 7.0 tackles per game... Ranked 10th in the Big 12 but tops among linebackers with nine passes defended... Began the season with a career high 12 tackles against UCLA, while he also hit double digits vs. both UCF?and Nebraska (10)... Had nine stops against Iowa State and eight against both Missouri State and Kansas... Also had a tackle for loss and three pass break ups vs. the Bears.

2009 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Had a great game against Tennessee Tech, carding 10 stops, while tallying 3.0 TFLs... Topped double-digits in tackles for the 2nd-straight game against Iowa State, tying his career high with 11 tackles, a K-State season high... Became the first Wildcat since 2006 to record back-to-back double-digit tackle games... Turned in 4 tackles at Texas Tech and another 4 stops and one pass break up vs. UMass... Had 3 tackles at Oklahoma, including one for a loss.

2008 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Saw action in all 12 games and started the final six at linebacker... Finished second on the team with 68 tackles... Averaged 8.2 tackles per game over the final seven contests after averaging just two tackles per game the first five games... Recorded at least nine tackles the final four games... Tallied a career-best 11 tackles vs. Iowa State - including 1.5 sacks - and returned his first career interception 51 yards... Had nine tackles against Nebraska... Collected 10 tackles at Missouri, besting his previous best of nine at Kansas... Also had one sack against the Tigers... Earned his first-career start at Colorado as he carded six tackles and one pass breakup... Followed that with a seven-tackle effort against Oklahoma... Also had six takedowns, including one for a loss, at Texas A&M... Recorded five stops against Louisiana... A First Team Academic All-Big 12 selection.

2007: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four year letterwinner at Oakville High School...Totaled 80 tackles in 2005 and 2006... Awarded team defensive player of the year honors in 2006... Awarded all-state honorable mention honors... Selected all-conference in 2006... Coached by Arlee Conners... A two-year letterwinner in baseball where he earned all-conference and all-state honorable mention honors.

PERSONAL: Alex Hrebec was born on October 5, 1988, in St. Louis, Mo... Son of Janet Hrebec.