Senior linebacker for Wake Forest. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
6′2″ · 234 lb · El Paso, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
tackles · 2025
3 games into 2025 so far -- Best game: 2 tackles, vs Western Carolina
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Wake Forest. 2025: 3 games with a box-score line.
Alec Marenco
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Western Carolina — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dave Clawson → Jake Dickert. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #318 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | New Mexico | 64 | 33 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | New Mexico | 26 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | New Mexico | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 98 | 51 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Western Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 39-14@ Oregon State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-14vs Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Wake Forest
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Wake Forest
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Wake Forest · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #63 · 2026 recruiting class #39
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Riko Jeffers’s 2021 season.
Matches Riko on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Cam Burden's junior season at Charlotte (2024).
Matches Cam on
Player DNA