Alexander Karr

Position:
OL
Ht./Wt.:
6-5 / 270
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Bartlett, Tenn.
Prev School:
Christian Brothers HS

Career

Has seen playing time at both right and left tackle and on special teams.

Honors (Academic/Athletic)

Earned Tiger 3.0 Club honors for the 2013 fall semester.

2015 (Sophomore)

Saw action in two contests in home wins over Cincinnati and Tulane ... Played four snaps at left tackle vs. the Green Wave ... Member of the 2015 squad that went 9-4 and played in the Birmingham Bowl.

2014 (Redshirt Freshman)

Saw playing time in three games … All three appearances came at right tackle … Played 30 total snaps … Saw action on a career-high 18 snaps in the season-opening win over Austin Peay … Played nine offensive snaps in a road win at SMU … Also played in the American Athletic Conference championship-clinching win over Connecticut (3 snaps) … =Member of the Tigers team that won 10 games (10-3 record) and earned a shared of the conference regular-season championship ... Team posted the program’s first 10-win campaign since 1938 … Squad also won the Miami Beach Bowl, a thrilling 55-48 double-overtime victory over BYU.

2013 (Freshman)

Redshirted.

High School

Played his prep career for head coach Kevin Locastro at Christian Brothers High School in Memphis … Earned 2012 Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA) Division II Class AA All-State Team honors his senior campaign … Other 2012 accolades included: Division II Class AA All-West Region Team, The Commercial Appeal Best of Preps All-Metro Team and an AutoZone Liberty Bowl All-Star Game participant … Helped the Purple Wave post a 9-2 overall record in 2012 … Christian Brothers ended the regular season with a four-game win streak … Won the last four games by an average of 30 points … Member of the 2012 Purple Wave team that made a Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Division 2-AA state playoffs quarterfinal appearance … Helped pave the way for the Purple Wave offense to pile up over 3,600 yards of total offense and score 56 TD in 2012 … The Christian Brothers rushing attack averaged over 225 yards a game … As a junior in 2011, helped lead Christian Brothers team to a 9-3 overall record … The Purple Wave advanced to the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Division 2-AA state playoffs quarterfinal round … Won five-straight game before the TSSAA state playoffs quarterfinal loss.

Personal

Son of Laura Karr and Jim Karr ... Birthday is June 12 ... Has two older brothers, Micah and Jonathan ... A finance major.