Alex Angus

Position:
Outside Linebacker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
200
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Browns Summit
High School:
Page
Major:
Psychology

Listed on the preseason two-deep as a reserve at the outside linebacking/bandit position … Likely to also fill a top-tier role on various special teams units.

2019: Able to preserve redshirt status by appearing in only four games … Experienced action against Cincinnati, SMU, Connecticut and Tulsa to close out the campaign … Was not credited with any defensive statistics … Officially enrolled early at ECU (January) and participated with the Pirates in spring drills.

High School: A two-sport athlete who earned four overall letters at Page High School (three football, one basketball) … Helped head coach Jared Rolfes and the Pirates to a 6-6 overall record and a perfect 4-0 ledger in the Metro Conference as a senior … Earned all-conference honors as a sophomore, junior and senior … Named to the HSXtra.com All-Area team selected by the Greensboro News & Record as a senior … Tallied 97 tackles (50 solo), 11.0 TFLs, eight sacks and six interceptions in three-year prep career which spanned 36 games … As a freshman, played in 14 games and booked a pair of solo stops … Did not play as a sophomore, but bounced back and garnered all-area and all-conference accolades as a junior after netting 58 stops (33 solo) with three TFLs in 13 contests … Picked off six passes for 128 return yards (21.3 avg.) with a pair of scores (38-yarder vs. Davie County, 40-yarder vs. Ronald Reagan) … Also credited with two pass breakups and one fumble recovery in 2017 … Booked 37 tackles (15 solo) to go along with eight TFLs (all sacks) in nine games during senior campaign … Additionally, registered one pass breakup and returned a kickoff for 17 yards … Tallied six tackles and 3.5 TFLs during a 25-8 win against Ragsdale to clinch the league title … On the hardwood, averaged 6.1 points and 4.1 rebounds a game as a junior … Considered a three-star prospect and rated No. 64 overall in North Carolina by 247Sports.com … Also stood as one of the nation’s top 150 safeties according to 247Sports.com … Selected to participate in the 2018 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas (Dec. 15) … Officially committed to ECU on Nov. 7, 2018 … Also received offers from Appalachian State, Charlotte and Old Dominion.

Personal: Son of Felicia and Brian Angus … A psychology major who earned ECU Dean’s List status for work in the classroom during the 2019 fall semester … Also was included on school’s Honor Roll for the spring of 2019 and 2020.