2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 46
Aidan Alves
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 220
- Prev School:
- Northern York HS
- Hometown:
- Dillsburg, Pa.
2021 (R-Jr.):Â Â Â Â Â Â
- Saw playing time in nine games, starting eight contests
- Missed three games due to injury
- Special Team MVP of the LendingTree Bowl
- Finished the season averaging a career-best 42.7 yards per punt (22 punts for 939 yards)
- Recorded five punts of 50 or more yards
- Finished the season with nine punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line
- Averaged 42.0 yards per punt, including three inside the opponent’s 20-yard line in a road win at Troy
- Three punts for 133 yards (44.3 yards per punt) against Old Dominion
- Averaged 46.5 yards per punt in a road win at North Texas
- Booted a career-long punt of 66 yards against Army
- Two 50-plus yard punts against Eastern Michigan in the LendingTree Bowl and averaged 48.7 yards per punt to help the Flames to a bowl game win
2020 (R-Jr.):Â Â Â Â Â Â
- Liberty’s starting punter for all 11 games
- Finished the year averaging 41.8 yards per punt (26 punts for 1,088 yards)
- Recorded six punts of 50 or more yards and eight inside the opponent’s 20-yard line
- Averaged 40 or more yards per punt in six of Liberty’s 11 games
- Averaged a season-best 48.0 yards per punt against North Alabama, including a season-long punt of 56 yards
- Two out of three punts landed inside the 20-yard line against ULM where he averaged 42.0 yards per punt
- Averaged 43.2 yards per punt during Liberty’s road win over Syracuse
- Averaged 44.0 yards per punt to help the Flames upend in-state foe Virginia Tech, including a 51 yard punt
- Finished the NC State game averaging 45.8 yards per punt, including a pair of 50-plus yard punts
2019 (R-So.):Â Â Â Â
- 2019 Ray Guy Award watch list member
- Liberty’s starting punter for all 13 games
- Averaged more than 4.0 yards per punt longer than his freshman season (37.0 average in 2018; 41.6 average in 2019)
- Averaged 40 or more yards per punt in nine games, including eight of the last 10 games
- Nine 50-plus yard punts, including a pair of 70-yard punts
- 11 punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line
- Five punts for an average of 48.0 yards per punt at New Mexico State
- Averaged a season-best 49.0 yards per punt at BYU, including three 50-plus yard punts
- Also added two tackles, both solo stops, during the first two games of the season
2018 (R-Fr.):Â Â Â Â Â
- Liberty’s starting punter for all 12 games
- Finished the season averaging 37.0 yards per punt (68 punts for 2,444 yards)
- Placed 23 punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line
- Had seven 50-yard punts and posted five games averaging 40.0 yards or more per punt
- Finished the New Mexico game averaging 41.7 yards per punt, including 3-of-7 punts inside the 20-yard line
- Averaged 38.6 yards per punt during Liberty’s road game at New Mexico State, with 4-of-7 punts landing inside the 20-yard line
- Named Liberty’s Special Teams Player of the Week after the Idaho State game
- Had five punts against Idaho State, averaging 45.2 yards per punt and placing 3-of-5 punts inside the 20-yard line
- Named Liberty’s Special Teams Player of the Week after the UMass game
- Averaged 43.0 yards per punt at UMass and placed 3-of-6 punts inside the 20-yard line
- Two punts for an average of 44.5 yards per punt at Virginia
- Seven punts for 282 yards at Auburn, averaging 40.3 yards per punt
2017 (Fr.):Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
- Redshirted during the season
Prep:
- Graduated from Northern York High School
- Four-year varsity letter winner
- Earned all-conference honors as a kicker and punter during his senior year
- All-Sentinel first-team kicker and punter as a senior
- Named to four different all-state teams during his senior year
- Kicked the game-winning field goal to knock off a previously undefeated team and send Northern York into the playoffs as a senior
- Also played soccer and lacrosse during high school
Personal:
- Son of Jennifer and Steven Alves
- Graduated in May 2021 with a bachelor's degree in business administration – project management
- Currently pursuing his master's degree in sport management
- Birthday is May 22
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