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2024 Football Roster

53 Shane Aleaga

  • Position Linebacker
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 221
  • Hometown Burien, Wash.
  • Major Business
  • High School Kennedy Catholic '21

Biography

2024 (Redshirt Junior)
  • Played in one game this season vs. Idaho State (11/16/24).
  • Recorded a tackle vs. Idaho State (11/16/24).
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Appeared in two games during the 2023 season.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. 
  • Appeared in all 11 games for the Eagles, recording eight tackles.
  • Had a season-high of three tackles against both Florida (10/2/22) and Cal Poly (10/22/22).

2021 (Freshman)
  • Redshirted.

High School
  • Graduated in 2021 from Kennedy Catholic High School.
  • Was listed as a two-star recruit by 247 Sports. 
  • In the abbreviated 2020-21 season, helped lead the Lancers to a perfect 6-0 record overall and 4-0 finish in the 3A/4A North Puget Sound League and was honorable mention all-league as a linebacker.
  • Earned First-Team All-North Puget Sound League honors as a junior in 2019.
  • Helped his team win the NPSL title as he recorded 80 tackles (8.9 per game), four tackles for loss, and one sack in nine games.
  • Aided the Lancers to an 11-1 record and a No. 1 seed in the State 4A Playoffs. Kennedy Catholic beat Wenatchee 49-20 in the first round before having its unbeaten season ended with a 55-42 loss to Woodinville.
  • With 27 tackles as a sophomore, he had 107 tackles (7.6 per game) in the 2018 and 2019 seasons combined.
  • Was coached in high school by Sheldon Cross.
  • Also competed in basketball in high school.

Personal
  • Born 11/19/02 in Burien, Wash.
  • Parents are Ink and Kelli Aleaga.
  • His father played at the University of Washington and went on to be a starting linebacker for the New Orleans Saints.
  • His late mother played basketball at Hawaii and his sister, Malia, became an All-America setter in volleyball at Western Washington University.
  • Nickname is “Sugar Shane.” 

Statistics

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2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 53

    2021Freshman

    LB
    6'1" 215 lbs
    53
  • 53

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    LB
    6'1" 215 lbs
    53
  • 53

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'0" 221 lbs
    53
  • 53

    2024Redshirt Junior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 221 lbs
    53