Aidan Alves: P · Liberty · #46.
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Liberty’s specialists
Aidan Alves
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Liberty.
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
41.5 gross, but 24 of 61 inside the 20 (39.3%) — in between — no clean archetype. no clean archetype
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-27@ Southern Miss | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 59 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 21-14vs UAB | 7 | 261 | 37.3 | 44 | 3 | |
| Wk 3 | L 36-37@ No. 19 Wake Forest | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 48 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 21-12vs Akron | 6 | 283 | 47.2 | 64 | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-24@ Old Dominion | 4 | 172 | 43.0 | 47 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-24@ Massachusetts | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 48 | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-20vs Gardner-Webb | 8 | 329 | 41.1 | 58 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-14vs BYU | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-19@ Arkansas | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 47 | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | L 33-36@ UConn | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 45 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-23vs Virginia Tech | 6 | 215 | 35.8 | 46 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-49vs New Mexico State | 3 | 147 | 49.0 | 60 | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 19-21vs Toledo | 5 | 212 | 42.4 | 54 | 3 | |
| Total | 61 | 2533 | 41.5 | 64 | 24 |
Week 10 · 2022
W 21-19
at Arkansas
41.8 yards per punt · 6 punts · 3 inside the 20
A close one, won by 2 on the road.
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
39%24 of 61Touchback rate
3%2 of 61Yards / punt
41.561 puntsLong
64yards41.5 yards/punt on 61 punts · 39% placed inside the 20 · 2 touchbacks.
Liberty carries three punters; Alves has taken all 61 punts.
How it ended
Five seasons at Liberty — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Turner Gill → Hugh Freeze. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
