2015 Football
Roster
Matt McAlvin
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 278
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Evans, Ga.
Enters third season as a starter at right tackle … Has logged 23 starts over the past two seasons … Tall, rangy blocker who is one of six returning linemen with starting experience … Graduated from Gardner-Webb with a degree in Business Administration in May, 2015.
2014 at Gardner-Webb: Played in all 12 games at right tackle … Logged 585 snaps, which ranked second on the team … Registered two knock down blocks … Took a season-high 84 snaps at VMI (10/18) … Played 79 snaps vs. Charlotte (10/4). 2013 at GWU: Started all 12 games at right tackle … Played 766 snaps, which ranked second on the team … Graded out near the top of the scale at 72 percent … Ranked among the team leaders with 23 knockdown blocks … Logged a career-high 91 snaps at Charlotte (10/5) and had a season-high four knockdown blocks in that game Had four games with more than 80 snaps. 2012 at GWU: Played in 10 games, seeing action at tackle and tight end in unbalanced line sets … Made a start at tight end vs. Coastal Carolina (11/3). 2011 at GWU: Redshirted.
High School: Played at Greenbrier (Ga.) High under Coach Brian Smith … Helped team to a 7-5 record in 2010 … Three-year letterwinner … A second-team All-Area selection by the Augusta Chronicle … Earned first-team All-County honors from the Columbia News-Times … Voted the team’s top blocker in 2010 after clearing a path for a 900-yard rusher … Earned All-Region 2-4A honors as a senior … An honorable mention All-Region 2-5A selection as a junior ... Also recruited by Vanderbilt and Mississippi State.
