Alex Flinn

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-1
Weight:
233
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Fletcher
High School:
A.C. Reynolds
Major:
MBA

2023: Started seven games this season (App State, Gardner-Webb, Rice, SMU, UTSA, Tulane, FAU), played in all ... Completed six of 11 attempts for 52 yards while adding 14 rushing yards on three carries at Michigan ... Entered the game in the fourth quarter vs Marshall ... Completed three of eight passing attempts for 61 yards and an interception ... Tallied -10 rushing yards on three carries ... Made his first career start at quarterback at App State ... Completed 17 of 31 passing attempts for 158 yards and three interceptions ... Added six rushing yards on eight carries ... vs Gardner-Webb completed eight of 18 attempts for 94 yards and his first career passing touchdown ... at Rice notched career highs in completions (21), passing attempts (44), rushing yards (21) and rushing attempts (13) ... Completed six of 13 pass attempts for 38 yards, no touchdowns and an interception vs SMU ... Added 13 rushing yards on four carries ... Completed 11 of 18 passing attempts for 69 yards vs Charlotte ... Connected with Shane Calhoun for a 10-yard touchdown toss ... Completed 23 of 43 pass attempts for 225 yards, two touchdowns and an interception at UTSA ... Recorded the first multi-touchdown game of his career while also turning in career highs in completions, longest pass (39 yards), rushing yards (53) and longest rush (18 yards) ... Completed 10 of 18 passing attempts for 120 yards vs Tulane ... Added four rushing yards on five carries ... Completed 18 of 30 pass attempts for 156 yards, no touchdowns, and one interception at FAU ... Added 16 rushing yards on six carries.

2022: Appeared in two games logging five snaps ... Took first career snap behind center against No. 13 NC State, handing the ball off to Keaton Mitchell for a two-yard gain ... Entered the Old Dominion contest in the fourth quarter but did not record any statistics ... Named to ECU All-Academic Team during Annual Breakfast of Champions event ... Earned football teams academic award during the annual banquet.

2021: For second-straight year earned inclusion on weekly dress roster – did not play in any games.

2020: Earned inclusion on weekly dress-out roster but did not play in any games during the pandemic-shortened season.

2019: Spent season on developmental roster as a redshirt (and did not experience game-day action) … Commended by coaching staff for efforts as one of the top signal-callers on scout squad, assisting in the weekly preparation of ECU’s defense.

High School: A two-sport athlete who finished prep career with a combined six letters at A.C. Reynolds High School – three football, three baseball … Part of a Rockets’ program which compiled a three-year 37-7 composite record, a 22-0 conference slate and three consecutive Western Mountain Conference titles (2016-18) under head coach Shane Laws … Completed 534-of-829 passes for 7,431 yards with 76 TDs and only 20 interceptions prep career … Added 1,088 rushing yards on 287 carries with 24 scores … Surpassed the 100-yard ground single game mark on two occasions … As a freshman, appeared in one game completing one pass for 24 yards on the varsity squad … Followed rookie season by completing 23-of-38 passes for 322 yards with one touchdown during sophomore campaign … Also scored a pair of touchdowns on the ground in 2016 … Had breakout year as a junior, passing for nearly 4,000 yards (3,972) and 40 touchdowns on 300 completions in 447 attempts (67.1 pct.) … Also ran for 451 yards on 118 carries (3.8 ypc) with eight touchdowns in 2017… Guided the Rockets to the Western 3-AA Championship and a state title game appearance (lost to New Hanover 27-17) … Was a MaxPreps/USA Football Player-of-the-Week nominee on Sept. 20, 2017 … Top games as a junior include a 15-of-19, 295-yard, four TD effort in the opener vs. Southern Durham … Surpassed the 300-yard mark on four occasions, which included a season-high 368-yard outing vs. Erwin … Tossed five TDs in back-to-back contests vs. North Buncombe and West Henderson … Was 14-of-25 for 282 yards, rushed for 140 yards on 15 carries and accounted for two TDs during the state semifinals vs. Sun Valley before the setback to New Hanover (was 28-of-49 for 229 yards in the loss) … Completed 210-of-343 passes for 3,113 yards with 34 TDs and only eight interceptions to close out high school career … Rushed for a personal-best 673 yards on 148 carries (4.5 ypc) with 14 scores … Tutored by John Shoop, who spent 20-plus years as a QBs coach and offensive coordinator in the NFL and at the major college level before relocating to Asheville after leaving Purdue in 2015 … Also earned a spot on the Asheville Citizen Times All-Western North Carolina baseball squad in 2018 after batting .340 with four HRs and a team-best 35 RBI … Considered a three-star prospect by ESPN.com and 247Sports.com … Committed to ECU on June 23, 2018 … Won the gold medal at the National Quarterback Skills Competition in Atlanta, Ga., which was hosted by the National Football Academies (finished first out of 169 competitors and was crowned the NFA rising junior national champion) … Invited to play in the Hawai’i Tiki All-Star Bowl (December 2018).

Personal: Son of Veronica Langford and Dan Flinn … Graduated in December of 2022 with a degree in Exercise Physiology … Earned ECU Chancellor’s List (4.0 GPA) inclusion for the 2019 and 2022 fall semesters before being named to the Dean’s List the following three successive terms (spring ’20, fall ’20, spring ’21).