Tickets2009: Started all 13 games, 12 at right guard and one (at Syracuse) in the right tackle slot ... a second-team all-BIG EAST selection ... won the team[apos]s 'C'-Club Strothman Award for Academic and Athletic Excellence ... carries a 3.423 GPA as a biological sciences major ... behind the offensive line, the Bearcats had an individual top the 100-yard plateau in eight out of 13 games overall ... UC topped 200-yards rushing on three occasions and set school records for points and touchdowns.
2008: Played in 11 games ... earned a start at left guard at Marshall and at West Virginia ... helped the UC offense average 27.3 points and 375.3 yards of total offense per contest.
2007: Redshirted.
Cathedral High School: Major cog for coach Jim O[apos]Hara[apos]s Division 4A state champions ... keyed Fighting Irish[apos]s back-to-back city championships ... garnered all-State honors as a junior and again as a senior ... named top offensive lineman in Indiana as a junior ... received high academic honors all four years of high school.
Alexander Edward Hoffman: Born Aug. 8, 1988 ... son of Gene and Kathy Hoffman.
Academic Major: Biological Sciences.