undersized, scrappy ACU linebacker with old-school run-stopping roots
Alaniz was a 5-9, 200-pound linebacker from Roma, and his high-school résumé jumped off the page: 134 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, two sacks and a forced fumble in his senior season before he arrived at Abilene Christian. The key takeaway is his toughness and instinctive, physical play style rather than eye-popping measurables; he profiles as a grinder who earns trust with effort, leverage and edge. Publicly available ACU roster data shows him in the program, but there’s no recent stat line to judge 2026 production, so the fit question comes down to whether a team wants a compact, throwback LB who brings bite, discipline and special-teams value.
