2025 (at Tulane): A Preseason Fourth Team All-AAC selection by Athlon Sports… Played in all 14 games, registering 35 total tackles (20 solo, 15 assisted), 2.0 tackles-for-loss, 1 sack and 1 fumble recovery… Recorded four tackles and a fumble recovery in the season opening win against Northwestern… Recorded 4 tackles and a sack in the win over East Carolina… Recorded an assisted tackle-for-loss against both Army and Florida Atlantic… Helped Tulane to the American Conference Championship and an appearance in the First Round of the College Football Playoff.
2024 (at Texas Tech): Played 11 games with two starts…Totaled 19 tackles, two stops for loss and a 1.5 sacks
2023 (at Texas Tech): Appeared in eight games as a redshirt freshman, breaking into the defensive line rotation late in the season … Listed as the backup at nose tackle by the end of the season … Made 11 tackles on the season (6 solo), the bulk of which came in the regular-season finale at Texas (11/24) … Registered six tackles against the Longhorns, including his first career sack … Found Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers for a five-yard sack on third down to force the Longhorns to a punt on their first drive of the second half … Previous high for tackles in a game was two, coming against Tarleton State (9/16) … Made one stop in three different games against both West Virginia (9/23) and Houston (9/30) as well as the Radiant Technologies Independence Bowl versus Cal (12/16) … Credited with playing in 124 defensive snaps on the season by Pro Football Focus … Highest snap counts came against Tarleton State (38), Texas (35), West Virginia (21) and Cal (14).
2022 (at Texas Tech): Did not see any game action.
High School: Attended Saraland High School in his hometown of Saraland, Alabama ... Considered one of the top defensive linemen from the state of Alabama prior to signing with the Red Raiders ... Helped lead Saraland to the Class 6A state quarterfinals as a senior and the state semifinals his junior year ... Served as a team captain his senior year ... Named the 2021 Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) Class 6A Defensive Lineman of the Year after being credited with 101 total tackles, 26.5 tackles for a loss and 7.5 sacks as a senior ... Was also a first team ASWA All-State honoree ... selected to play in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game following his senior season ... Previously totaled 88 tackles, including 16.0 for a loss and 7.0 sacks as a junior, earning second team All-State accolades ... Consensus three-star prospect by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN ... Ranked as the No. 19 player in the state of Alabama by 247Sports ... received more than 25 scholarship offers from football programs across the country
Personal: Son of Kenneth and Anne McAlpine ... has four siblings, Marylel, William, Kenny, and Rashawn … Rashawn played football at Independence Community College in Independence, Kan.