Carlos Alvarez

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

2014 (Junior): Spent the season as the backup to Hunter Stover … did not see playing time.

2013 (Redshirt sophomore): Did not see playing time.

2012 (Sophomore): Did not see playing time.

2011 (Freshman): Saw action in three games, handling the kickoff chores against ULM (11/5), at Arizona (11/26) and against 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 6-for-12 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.